Easter Sunday - Can Anything Hold You Down, When..

In this sermon we focus on the POWER of His resurrection and how this affects us as believers. The Bible presents a profound truth that we were identified with Christ in His resurrection. When Christ was raised up, we were raised up. Of course, we were not even born about 2000 years ago when Christ was resurrected. But in the mind of God, and in the spiritual realm, God placed a truth, a spiritual reality – that when we become believers, what took place about 2000 years ago becomes real for us and in us – spiritually. The power of Chrit’s resurrection affects us today – just as the power of His Cross, the price He paid, the work He finished on the Cross is a present tense reality for us today. Resurrection in Greek is 'anastasis; and literally means to stand up again! His 'anastasis' power, His resurrection power, His power to make us stand up again, is at work in us! Can anything hold you down, can anything pin you down – when His resurrection power is at work in you! Believe you will stand up again! Rise up again! We have been made one with His resurrection.
By His resurrection power in us God:
- causes us to walk in newness of life - in the zoe life of God, free from the past.
- causes us to live with Him and unto Him.
- work in us beyond what we can ask or imagine.
- gives live to our mortal bodies
- enables us to endure hardships and share in sufferings for Christ
- will give us glorified bodies.