THE
RESURRECTION MESSAGE-HE'S ALIVE
STATEMENT: RESURRECTION: THE MOST WONDERFUL AND
MOST JOYFUL DAY OF HISTORY
STATEMENT: CRUCIFIXION: THE DARKEST DAY IN
HISTORY
1. THIS AFTERNOONT LET US CELEBRATE THE EMPTY
TOMB
2. THIS AFTERNOON LET US REJOICE IN THE
RESURRECTION
3. THIS AFTERNOON LET US REJOICE IN THE LOVE
THAT GOD HAS EXTENDED TO US
4. THIS AFTERNOON LET US BE FILLED WITH JOY
JUST AS THE ANGELS WERE ON THAT GLORIOUS
RESURRECTION DAY ALMOST 2000 YEARS AGO.
5. THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS IS THE MOST
PROFOUND TRUTH OF ALL THE AGES
A. WHAT WE BELIEVE ABOUT THE RESURRECTION
DETERMINES WHERE WE WILL SPEND ALL
ETERNITY
B. IT IS NOT WHAT WE THINK ABOUT THE CROSS
AND THE SHED BLOOD THERE AS PRCIOUS AS
THAT WAS
1. JESUS WAS PAYING THE PENALTY FOR OUR
SINS
2. JESUS WAS PAVING THE WAY FOR US TO BE
SAVED
3. BUT WHAT WE BELIEVE AND HOW WE RESPOND
TO JESUS AND HIS RESURRECTION;
DETERMINES WHERE WE SPEND ETERNITY
4. ROMANS 10: 9 FOR IF WE CONFESS WITH
OUT MOUTH THE LORD JESUS AND BELIEVE
IN OUR HEARTS THAT GOD RAISED HIM FROM
THE DEAD WE SHALL BE SAVED
6. MOST GLORIOUS DAY IN HISTORY
A. JESUS OVERCAME DEATH
1. TOMB COULD NOT CONTAIN HIM
2. JESUS HAD DIED ON AN OLD RUGGED CROSS
3. JESUS: IT IS FINISHED-INTO THY HANDS I
COMMEND MY SPIRIT
4. REMINDSUS OF JESUS'S WORDS: THIS IS MY
BLOOD OF THE NEW COVENANT, WHICH IS
POURED OUT FOR MANY.
5. TWO WONDERFUL FRIENDS BURIED HIM INA
RICH MAN'S TOMB.
6. RESURRECTION PROVED MANY THINGS.
A. RESURRECTION PROVED THE POWER OF GOD
1. JESUS SAID: DESTROY THIS TEMPLE AND IN
THREE DAY I WILL RAISE IT UP AGAIN
2. AGAIN: MY FATHER HAS GIVEN ME THE
POWER TO LAY DOWN MY LIFE AND THE
POWER TO RAISE IT UP
3. AND BY THAT MIGHTY POWER HE PROVED
THAT HE WAS THE SON OF GOD.
A. ROM 1:4 AND DECLARED TO BE THE SON
OF GOD WITH POWER, ACCORDING TO THE
SPIRIT OF HOLINESS, BY THE
RESURRECTION FROM THE DEAD
4. HE PROVED THAT HE HAD ALL POWER IN
HEAVEN AND EARTH
A. TAKES A LIVING SAVIOUR TO SAVE US
1. PROVED HE HAS THE POWER TO
RESURRECT US
5. HE PROVED BY HIS RESURRECTION THAT
EVERYTHING HE SAID AND DONE WAS TRUE
B. RESURRECTION PROVED GOD'S LOVE AND MERCY
1. JOHN 3:16
2. SHED BLOOD TO COVER OUR SINS
3. AROSE FRON GRAVE SO IT WOULD BE SO
C. RESURRECTION PROVED THERE IS HOPE FOR THE
CHRISTIAN
1. HIS RESURRECTION POINTS TO ANOTHER
RESURRECTION
A. JOHN 5.25 TRULY, TRULY, I SAY UNTO
YOU, THE HOUR IS COMING, AND NOW
IS, WHEN THE DEAD SHALL HEAR THE
VOICE OF THE SON OF GOD: AND THEY
THAT HEAR SHALL LIVE. MARVEL NOT AT
THIS: FOR THE HOUR IS COMING IN THE
WHICH ALL THAT ARE IN THE GRAVES
SHALL HEAR HIS VOICE, AND SHALL
COME FORTH; THEY THAT HAVE DONE
GOOD, UNTO THE RESURRECTION OF
LIFE; AND THEY THAT HAVE DONE EVIL,
UNTO THE RESURRECTION OF DAMNATION.
2. HERE IS THE CHRISTIANS GLORIOUS HOPE;
BECAUSE HE LIVES WE SHALL LIVE ALSO.
3. WE SHALL BE RAISED IN A GLORIOUS BODY
LIKE JESUS
B. HIS RESURRECTIONS POINTS TO A PRESENT
HOPE
1. WORLD IS FULL OF PAIN AND ANQUISH
2. WE STRUGGLE AND GROAN UNDER THE LOAD
3. BURDEN DOWN WITH CARES OF THIS LIFE
4. JUST AS JESUS HAD HIS DARK FRIDAY HE
ALSO HAD HIS GLORIOUS SUNDAY
5. SO WE KNOW WHEN WE HAVE DARK FRIDAYS,
JESUS WILL BRING US THROUGH TO A
JOYOUS SUNDAY.
6. H. G. SPAFFORD HAD A TRAGEDY IN HIS
LIFE-LOST WIFE AND CHILDREN YET HE
WROTE A SONG: WHEN PEACE LIKE A RIVER
ATTENDETH MY WAY, WHEN SORROWS LIKE
SEA BILLOWS ROLL; WHATEVER MY LOT,
THOU HAST TAUGHT ME TO SAY, IT IS WELL
IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL WITH MY SOUL.
1. ONLY A RISEN SAVIOUR COULD CAUSE A
MAN TO FEEL THAT WAY
2. ONLY A RISEN SAVIOUR CAN CAUSE A
MAN TO RISE ABOVE HIS MISERY
3. TODAY MEN AND WOMEN'S HEARTS FILLED
WITH FEAR
4. WORLD CRISIS AND SITUATIONS
5. LEADERS TELL US ONE THING AND DO
ANOTHER
6. OUR ENEMIES HAVE DREADFUL WEAPONS
OF WARFARE
7. BUT THIS SHOULDN'T WORRY THE
CHRISTIAN- WE HAVE A LIVING SAVIOUR
WHO IS IN CONTROL.
9. WHAT IS THE RESURRECTION MESSAGE: HE'S
ALIVE-HE'S ALIVE
A. WE HAVE THE RINGING TESTIMONY OF THE
FOLLOWING DISCIPLES
1. MARY & OTHER WOMEN AT EMPTY TOMB
2. 10 DISCIPLES IN UPPER ROOM
3. THOMAS
4. PETER
5. 500 DISCIPLES
6. AND LATER TO THE APOSTLE PAUL
B. EACH ONE ON THEM SAYS HE ALIVE
C. EVERY BORN AGAIN CHRISTIAN KNOWS THAT HE
IS ALIVE- NEW SONG IN THEIR HEARTS
1. THEIR MESSAGE HE'S ALIVE.
10. TODAY LOST MEN'S HEART ARE FULL OF DARKNESS
A. JESUS IS WAITING TO LIGHT UP THAT SOUL
B. HE IS RISEN THAT IS THE GOOD NEWS
1. HE IS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD
C. HE IS THE RESSSURECTION AND THE LIFE
D. WHAT WE BELIEVE ABOUT JESUS AND HIS
RESURRECTION DEPENDS ON WHERE WE SPEND
ALL ETERNITY
11. WHAT ABOUT YOU? DO YOU BELIEVE THAT JESUS
CHRIST DIED ON THE CROSS FOR YOUR SIN AND
THAT ON THE THIRD DAY HE AROSE
1. IF NOT WHY NOT MAKE THAT DECISION THIS
VERY DAY
2. FOR YOU SEE THAT DECISION YOU MAKE WILL
DETERMINE WHERE YOU SPEND ALL ETERNITY
