I Believe Jesus Arose From the Dead
Minister: | Rev. Ronald Van Overloop |
Date: | 1/6/2019 AM |
Text: | II Timothy 2; Lord's Day 17 |
Psalters: | 174, 325, 52, 30 |
- For our righteousness.
- Jesus’ resurrection indicates that His death paid for our sins, thus overcoming death’s right to dominate us.
- In this way He purchased righteousness for us. His resurrection proved that He did so and that it was sufficient.
- By raising Him God (Acts 3:15; 13:30) announced that He was completely satisfied with the payment given (Rom. 4:25).
- More, God’s raising Jesus demonstrates that our justification is a partaking of perfect righteousness.
- All your righteousness is in Jesus.
- Second, by the power of Jesus’ resurrection we are raised up to a new life.
- This new life is the life of the Spirit through which we are united with Christ our Savior so His work and life become ours.
- Every elected person is given this new life.
- This new life is the life of Jesus which the Spirit gives us in regeneration (I Peter 1:3).
- This life is evidenced in the ability to believe (John 5:24,25), a walking with God.
- Every believer has this new life in His heart, but sin still wages war against us.
- This life evidences itself in our repenting, in our hating sin, and in our desire more and more to live in obedience to Jesus.
- This new life is the life of the Spirit through which we are united with Christ our Savior so His work and life become ours.
- Third, in Jesus’ resurrection we have the promise of our bodily resurrection; it is a hope of everlasting life.
- Christ was raised from the dead to glory and immortality (II Tim. 1:10).
- His resurrection is a pledge or guarantee that we also will partake of a physical resurrection like unto His.
- How blessed will be the resurrection day.
- Nothing demonstrates God’s power for His people more than His raising Jesus (Eph. 1:19,20; Phil. 3:10; I Cor. 6:14).