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11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. —Romans 6:11 (KJV)
You Can’t Really Live Until You’ve Died
12 And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers,
13 Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.
14 And if this come to the governor’s ears, we will persuade him, and secure you.
15 So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day. —Matthew 28:12-15 (KJV)
Not Just another Dead god!
The Jews and religious leaders paid large sums of money to try and spread the lie that the disciples had stolen the body of Jesus from the tomb.
64 Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first. —Matthew 27:64 (KJV)
Jesus Is ALIVE and HE SHOWED HIMSELF ALIVE BY MANY INFALLIBLE PROOFS!
13 But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:
14 And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. —1 Corinthians 15:13-14 (KJV)
BECAUSE HE’S
We have HOPE
- To Live an abundant life now and then we will live with Him for eternity!
We have LIFE
- Any life with Jesus is far better than life on this earth without Him.
We have LOVE
- We are never alone, we are always “accepted”!
We have SALVATION
- Jesus made a way for us to LIVE with HIM. To be ALIVE now, and forever.
We have PURPOSE
- Because He Lives, we have a mission and a purpose to tell the whole world the GOOD NEWS (Gospel of Jesus).
LAZARUS
Martha probably lost track of the number of times she heard it while she stood by the BODY and TOMB of her brother Lazarus. Friend after friend stepped forward, hugged her and kissed her, and said, “Your brother will rise again.” Now along comes Jesus and He says the same thing. Choking back her TEARS she says, “I know he will rise again in the resurrection of the last day”- Jn. 11:24.
When the RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE speaks, GRAVES OPEN!
9 You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ.
10 But if Christ is in you, then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life because of righteousness.
11 And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you. —Romans 8:9-11 (NIV)
23 And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.
24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
25 He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
26 If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour. —John 12:23-26
WE SERVE A
GOD!
Jesus came and died for us so that we could have abundant life here on this earth and eternal life with Him.
Because HE IS ALIVE - WE CAN BE ALIVE in Him.
8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. —Romans 6:8-11 (KJV)
We need the Spirit of God in order to truly be ALIVE! You can’t really LIVE until you’ve DIED!
You need to die out to sin, and die out to self - so that you can BE ALIVE IN HIM!!
In order to receive His Spirit, we must Repent and Turn Away from all sin, Be Baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ, and He will fill us with His Spirit.
It is more than just believing, we need to obey His Word!
38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. —Acts 2:38 (KJV)