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Sermon #B713 - He's Risen
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Dr. Byrd:I'm glad, and I hope
today that you're glad that he
will never stop loving you.
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Word of God for our text today
comes from the Book of Luke.
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Luke chapter 24, and we're going
to go to verse number one
through seven in harmony with
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the season. Luke chapter 24
verse number one, go there with
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me. I'm going to reading your
hearing from the King James
Version of the Bible.
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Luke chapter 24 the gospel
according to Luke 24 verse
number one the word of God says,
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"Now upon the first day of the
week, very early in the morning,
they came unto the sepulcher,
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bringing the spices which they
had prepared, and certain others
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with them. And they found
the stone rolled away from the
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sepulcher. And they entered
in and found not the body of the
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Lord Jesus. And it came to pass,
as they were much perplexed
thereabout, behold, two men
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stood by them in shining
garments: And as they were
afraid, and bowed down their
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faces to the Lord, they said
unto them, Why seek ye the
living among the dead? He is not
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here, but is risen: remember how
he speak unto you when he was
yet in Galilee, saying,
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"The Son of man must be
delivered into the hands of
sinful men, and be crucified,
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and the third day rise again."
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And today, I just want to
challenge you in for not long,
just a little while on the
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subject. He's risen. He's risen.
He's risen. A text culminates
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holy week and the final days
leading to our Savior's death.
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On Sunday, Jesus makes his
triumphal entry into Jerusalem
to the cries of hosanna.
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On Monday and Tuesday, the
conflict between Jesus and the
religious leaders escalates.
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On Wednesday, Jesus meets with
religious leaders, and Judas
rather meets with the religious
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leaders, and Judas arranges for
Jesus' betrayal. Judas betrays
Jesus with a kiss, which is a
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reminder to each and every one
of us that just because somebody
has public affection for you
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doesn't mean they really love
you. Everyone that shouts on
Jesus, everyone that claps on
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Jesus, every man at Amens' on
Jesus does not truly love Jesus.
I wish I had a church in this
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place. On Thursday, Jesus meets
with his disciples in the upper
room, and he shares the last
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supper with him. On Thursday
night, Jesus is arrested while
praying in Gethsemane. On Friday
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morning, Jesus appears in
Pilate's judgment hall. He
appears in Pilates courts, and
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when he stands before Pilate,
Pilate asks him "what is
truth?", and then Pilate starts
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talking about who he Pilate was
and what he had the power to do.
Pilate says to Jesus, "Don't you
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know that I have the power to
take your life?" Now you need to
understand that throughout this
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bogus trumped-up trial, Jesus
has kept his mouth shut. But
when Pilate says I have the
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power to take your life, Jesus
speaks up. Jesus says, hold up,
wait a minute. No man takes my
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life. I lay it down, and if I
lay it down, I've got the power
to take it back up again. Jesus
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says I can do whatever I want to
do. Jesus says I can make a bad
man a good man. I can make a
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pimp a preacher. I can make a
drunk a deacon. I can make a
whoremonger, wholesome. I'm
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Sovereign; I can do what I want,
when I want, where I want, and
how I want. Jesus was in
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Pilate's court. But Jesus had to
set Pilate straight because
Jesus knew how courts can be
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corrupt. Because just like
Pilate's court was corrupt,
we've got courts today that can
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be corrupt, which is why I've
been watching the George Floyd
court case carefully because the
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evidence can be right in your
face. The evidence can be video
recorded. The evidence can be
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articulated by eyewitnesses, but
people can still do the unjust
thing. Jesus can't get a fair
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trial, then surely it's not
far-fetched for us not to get a
fair trial. I wish I had a
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witness in his place. Jesus is
in Pilate's court; the people
shout, "Crucify him, crucify
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him." Jesus is sentenced to
death but aren't these the same
people who at the beginning of
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the week shouted hosanna when
Jesus made his triumphal entry
into Jerusalem. But now, on
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Friday, at the end of the week,
these same people shout "crucify
him." Let me tell you something,
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don't you put your trust in
people; they can be with you one
minute and turn against you the
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next minute. People will
backstab you. People will dog
you out. People will flip the
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script on you. That's why you
better put your trust in Jesus.
I agree with the psalmist said,
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"Some trust in chariots, Some
trust in horses, but I will
trust in the name of the Lord."
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On Friday evening. Jesus is
crucified. He's dead. He's
buried. On Sabbath,
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his body lay resting in the
grave according to the
commandment, which means even in
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death, he was obedient to his
law, but now in the text, we
come to early Sunday morning the
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women in the text are sad. The
disciples in the text are
scared. The disciples have laid
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down their lives, lay down their
jobs, lay down their careers to
follow Jesus. They have left
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their family. Left their friends
to follow Jesus when he was
healing the sick, when he was
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raising the dead, when he was
restoring sight to the blind; It
was cool to be a disciple. But
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now that he's dead, it's no
longer popular to be a disciple.
It's no longer safe being one of
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his disciples. Somebody knows
that sometimes being in the will
of God causes you to be outside
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the favor of people. The
disciples are scared that
they're going to be killed next.
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So they're hiding in the upper
room because, in their hearts
and minds, Jesus is dead. The
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women are on their way to the
tomb with embalming spices and
perfumes, so they can properly
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anoint the body of Jesus. The
last time they had seen Jesus,
his hands were nailed to the
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cross. The last time they had
seen Jesus, his feet were nailed
to the cross. The last time they
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had seen Jesus, he had a crown
of thorns on his head. The last
time they had seen Jesus, he was
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dead. They remembered a
blood-soaked cross on a
skull-shaped hill that when man
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had done their worst, God had
done his best. They remember
three crosses, one man dying in
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sin, one man dying to sin, and
one man dying for sin. But now,
Jesus is dead, and they think
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he's still in the tomb. On their
way to the soon, the women are
worried because they're asking
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themselves who will roll the
stone away. They can't do it.
There are not strong enough who
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will roll the stone away. But
when they get to the tomb, the
stone has already been rolled
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away. But the stone is not rode
away so much to let Jesus out.
But the stone is rolled away to
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let the believers in because
every resurrection needs a
witness. I wish I had a church
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in his place. Every time God
does something wonderful. Every
time God does something awesome.
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Every time God does something
miraculous, there ought to be a
witness somewhere. There's
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somebody watching me right now
who can testify that there have
been some stones in your life,
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some obstacles in your life,
some roadblocks in your life,
some barriers in your life that
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people have put in your way to
block your progress. But when
you trust in God, when you put
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your trust in God, God will roll
the stone away and when God
rolls the stone away, it's not
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always to let you out of your
situation but to let people in
your life. So that they can see
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what God can do when somebody
puts their trust in God. I've
learned sometimes that sometimes
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your trouble is not for you, but
your trouble is for somebody
around you. Sometimes your
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strife is not for you, but for
somebody else to see that if you
put your hand in the Lord's
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hands, just like he brought me
out, He'll bring you out because
it is no secret what God can do.
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What he's done for others, He
will do for you. God has the
angel roll the stone away. And
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then the text says, that God
through the angel, asks the
women why seek ye the living
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among the dead, he's not here.
He has risen. Got on here what
I'm saying why seek ye the
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living among the dead, he's not
here; He's risen. Let me say
that again because somebody's
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not getting that because I
believe somebody should be
shouting because the angel said
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he's with him. He's not here.
And the reason he's not here is
because he's risen, and the
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reason he's risen is because he
has power. And the reason he has
power is because he's not here.
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You all don't hear them saying,
the reason he's not here is
because risen. And the reason
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he's risen is because he has
power and the reason he has
power is evidenced by the fact
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that he's not here. And the
reason he's not here is because
he's risen. The reason he's
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risen is because he has power
the reason he has power is
because he's not here. But just
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because he's not here. doesn't
mean he's not. He's just not
here. He is not being here
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doesn't mean he's not anywhere.
He's just not here. Somebody's
gonna get us in minutes. So the
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angel says, come see where the
Lord has laid him. Come see
where he was laid. In other
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words, come to where he used to
be. Come see where he was, He's
not dead. He's alive. The
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resurrection of Christ is
Christianity central claim. You
see, if Christ is not risen then
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our preaching is empty, and our
faith is void. If Christ is not
risen then we have no hope for
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eternal life. If Christ is not
risen, then none of what he
said, none of what he taught,
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none of what he promised would
mean anything, but because Jesus
rose everything he said,
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everything he taught, everything
he promised means everything.
There are some people, some of
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you all because you've emailed
me, you say to me, we shouldn't
celebrate Easter Pastor Byrd.
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Pastor Byrd, why do you even use
the term "easter" because it's
in the bible, go and read your
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bible in Acts chapter 12 verse
number 4, it's in there; are you
hearing what I'm saying? But
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they say, Pastor Byrd, we
shouldn't talk about Easter.
Easter is rooted in paganism,
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while that may be true. Let me
be clear. I'm not here to
celebrate easter eggs. I'm not
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here to celebrate easter
bunnies. I'm not here to
celebrate easter bonnets. I'm
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not here to celebrate easter
hats, but I'm here to celebrate
the life, the death, and most
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importantly, the resurrection of
Jesus Christ. Praise God for the
resurrection! The resurrection
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is important for several
reasons. Number one, the
resurrection of Jesus speaks to
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the power of God himself. To
believe in the resurrection is
to believe in God. If God exists
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and if he created the universe
and has power over it that he
has the power to raise the dead.
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If God doesn't have such power,
he isn't worthy of our faith and
worship. Only God, who can
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create life, can resurrect life
after death. Only God who can
create life can overturn in
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reverse the ugliness of death
itself. Only God, who created
life, can remove the sting of
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death and gain victory over the
grave and resurrecting Jesus
Christ from the grave. God
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reminds us of his power over
life and death. Number two, the
resurrection of Jesus validates
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that Jesus is the Messiah the
Son of God. You see, the old
testament prophecies foretold of
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Jesus is suffering and
resurrection. His resurrection.
Also validated his own claims
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that he would rise on the third
day. Jesus died on Friday was
buried on Friday, rested on the
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Sabbath, but he rose early on
the third appointed day Sunday
morning according to the
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scriptures, but not only that,
if you read Matthew 16, 1 to 4,
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Jesus' resurrection was the sign
from heaven that validated his
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ministry. His resurrection was
attested by hundreds of
eyewitnesses in First
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Corinthians 15, which provides
irrefutable proof that he is the
Savior of the world.
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Number three, the resurrection
of Jesus proves his sinless
character and divine nature.
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Psalm. 16:10 says that
"God's holy one would never see
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corruption". Now, remember
friends of mine that Messiah in
the Hebrew means God's anointed
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one. Jesus' ministry was
anointed at his baptism.
Remember now it was God the son
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Jesus who was baptized. It was
God the Father who said, "Thou
art my beloved Son in whom I am
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well pleased." But it was God,
the Holy Spirit's who descended
upon Jesus in the form of a
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dove, the Holy Spirit you will
remember it's symbolic of the
oil. You cannot be anointed
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without oil. Jesus, his ministry
was anointed by the oil,
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by the Holy Ghost when the Holy
Ghost is sending in the form of
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a dove. Jesus the Messiah being
is God's anointed one. Jesus
never saw corruption even after
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he died. So it was on the basis
of the resurrection of Jesus
that Paul preached through
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Jesus. The Forgiveness of sins
is proclaimed to you through
him. Everyone who believes is
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set free from every sin. Number
four, the resurrection of Jesus
is a testimony to the
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resurrection of human beings,
which then is a basic tenet of
the Christian faith. Unlike
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other religions, Christianity
possesses a Founder who
transcends death and promises
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that his followers will do the
same. think about a friends of
mine, every other religion was
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founded by men or whose prophets
whose end was the grave. Think
about it, there are four major
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religions, Buddhism, Islam,
Judaism and Christianity. Buddha
is found Buddhism is founded on
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Buddha. Islam is founded on
Muhammad. Judaism sees Abraham
as the father of many nations,
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but if you go to any of their
graves, if you go to Buddha's
grave, Muhammad's grave,
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Abraham's grave, their remains
are still there. But if you go
to the Tomb of Jesus, if you go
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to the grave of Jesus, he's not
there, he's risen. Herod could
not kill him. Governments cannot
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silence him. Mommy could not buy
him. Satan could not seduce him
death could not destroy him.
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Hell could not handle him, and
the grave could not hold him.
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He's risen. Number five, the
Resurrection of Jesus guarantees
that one day those of us who
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believe in Him will one day be
resurrected to eternal life. Let
me help you understand here. If
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Jesus weren't ever resurrected,
then we'd have no hope that one
day we'd be resurrected either.
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But because Jesus rose one day
when Jesus comes back, the dead
in Christ are going to rise
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first, then we which remain are
alike and alive shall be caught
up together with them in the
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clouds to meet the Lord in the
air. And so shall we ever be
with the Lord? Jesus said I am
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the Resurrection and the life.
There is no Resurrection apart
from Jesus Christ. There is no
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eternal life apart from Jesus
Christ. Jesus does more than
give life. Jesus is life, which
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is why death has no power over
him. Jesus has the power to
resurrect, and through His
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Resurrection, we will be one day
resurrected to eternal life. You
will remember friends of mine
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that in the gospels. Jesus
wasn't the only one who was
raised from the dead you will
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remember in his ministry that
Jesus resurrected the widow's
son at name that Jesus
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resurrected Jarius his daughter
that Jesus resurrected Lazarus
from the grave you remember that
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but not only that Jesus
empowered his disciples to raise
the dead you will remember Peter
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resurrected Tabitha or Dorcas
Paul resurrected Utica. Everyone
that Jesus raised, however,
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everyone that the disciples
raised, however, they died
again, and they laid in the
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grave. Their Resurrection back
to life was only temporary. But
Jesus is Resurrection was final
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and complete, he rose again, and
he's alive forevermore, and
those of us who believe in him
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will one day personally
experienced Resurrection, and it
will be final and complete
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because having the life that
Jesus gives we overcome death.
Christ was given a death
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sentence, but the end result is
an eternal life sentence for you
and me because of Jesus' death.
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Death is not a period, only a
comma in the story of a life
because of Jesus when people
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die, we don't we as if we have
no hope, we have hope in the
coming of the Lord. Jesus is
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Resurrection speaks to God's
power, proves who Jesus is,
proves his sinless character,
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shows that God has power to
raise us from the dead, and it
defecates guarantees that those
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of us who believe in Jesus will
not remain dead. But one day,
will be resurrected to eternal
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life. Now. There are those who
try to refute the Resurrection.
They try to discredit the
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Resurrection. You remember study
the word it was after Jesus'
Resurrection that the chief
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priests tried to bribe the
soldiers to tell a story that
was not true to refute the
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Resurrection. When Jesus
couldn't be found in the tomb,
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you will remember the chief
priest told the soldiers to say
that the night disciples came
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and stole him away while they
were asleep. But that's weak.
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Why is that weak? Because of
the disciples had stolen Jesus'
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body, the soldiers would not
have believed to be able to tell
the story. The soldiers would
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have been punished and killed,
but then there are some false
teachings about the Resurrection
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that there is no resurrection of
the dead. And yes, Resurrection
is not a natural thing; things
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that are dead normally say dead,
people that are dead stay dead,
people have died in the Lord are
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not in heaven; they are in the
grave; they are dead because if
they were already in heaven,
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who would Jesus be coming back
at his second coming to get.
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Who would rise first according
to 1st Thessalonians Chapter 4
death is a permanent Earthly
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state, but Resurrection is a
miraculous divine intervention
Resurrection is a God-given
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miraculous thing, and if there
were no miraculous examples of
the Resurrection of the dead,
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then neither the widowed son,
neither Jarius his daughter,
neither Lazarus would ever been
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resurrected. And then there are
some who misrepresent the story
that it is not only really a
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physical resurrection as but a
reincarnation, but that's a lie
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too. Because remember Jesus had
a physical body after the record
Resurrection, people recognized
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him, people talk with him,
people touched him, people ate
with him. Marry the women, the
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disciples Cleophus, and the
other unnamed disciple on the
Emmaus Road James Paul, they all
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saw him. He's risen. He's alive.
He's not dead, but let's not
stop there for those who try to
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refute his Resurrection. Let's
go to science. Science says that
if there is any such thing as
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infallible proof, it is the
repetition of the same
experiment. So, if you perform
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the same experiment and get the
same results, it must be true.
It must be fact. So, let's look
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at the science. Experiment
number one, Jesus rose from the
dead, and Mary Magdalene saw
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him. Experiment number two, the
women saw him. Experiment number
three, the disciples saw him.
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Experiment number four, the
apostles saw him. Experiment
number five, James saw him.
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Experiment number six, Paul saw
him. Experiment number seven,
Christ was seen by 500 people in
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1st Corinthians 15; each
appearance of the Risen Christ
is the repetition of the same
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experiment. They all encountered
the same phenomenon. Jesus, who
was dead, is now alive. Jesus
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has risen, and I serve a risen
savior. He's in the world today.
I know that he is living
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whatever men may say. I see his
hand of mercy. I hear his voice
of cheer, and just the time I
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need him. He's always near. I
don't serve a dead Jesus. God's
not dead. God's Alive. He's not
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on a crucifix. He's not still
hanging on a cross. He's risen,
and that's cause for
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celebration. I don't understand
how some Christians can't sing.
Can't smile great praise. God,
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can't worship. God, don't you
know, he's risen? don't you
know, he's alive? and if he's
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alive, he wants you to be alive.
You're not the Frozen chosen.
You're not the first church of
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refrigeration. You're the same
Sanctified, blood brought, blood
wash, blood soaked child of the
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most high God, and I'm so glad
that Jesus died for me, but I'm
so glad that he not only died,
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but Jesus got up because of
Jesus had just died. We'd still
be in our sins. If Jesus had
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just died. We would have had no
hope for personal Resurrection.
If Jesus had just died, we have
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no possibility of eternal life.
But I'm so glad today, that
Jesus got up. Jesus rose. Jesus
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Lives. Jesus has risen. Let me
tell you something; I showed up
this Sabbath after church. Not
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just because it is the Sabbath.
I showed up this Sabbath. Not
just because it's Easter
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Sabbath. I showed up this
Sabbath. I not just hear Anthony
Brown and group therapy, but I
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showed up this Sabbath. I showed
up today because he showed up in
my life one day, and I know he's
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alive because he's alive in me.
Amazing Grace, how sweet the
sound. That saved a wretch like
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