SURFING WITH JESUS
Pastor Gene A. Dasher, Sr.
Web Site: http://SurfingwithJesus.Blogspot.com
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Jesus
Resurrection
This truth
is essential to the gospel. Why, if
Jesus died on the cross to pay for our sins and remove our guilt, why is the
resurrection of Jesus so important?
i. Although
Jesus bore the full wrath of God on the cross, as if He were a guilty sinner, guilty of all our sin, even being made sin for us (2 Corinthians 5:21), He
Himself did not become a sinner. Even
the act of taking our sin was an act of holy, giving love for us - so that
Jesus Himself did not become a sinner, even though He bore the full guilt of our sin. This is the gospel message! That Jesus took our punishment for sin on the
cross, and remained a perfect Savior through the whole ordeal - proved by His
resurrection.
ii. For this
reason, He remained the Holy One
(Acts 2:27, 31-32), even in His death.
Since it was incomprehensible that God’s Holy One could be bound by
death, the resurrection was absolutely inevitable.
iii.
Therefore, the resurrection of Jesus is not some “add on” to a “more important”
work on the cross. If the cross is the payment for our sins, the empty tomb is
the receipt, showing that the perfect
Son of God made perfect payment for our sins.
The payment itself is of little good without the receipt! This is why the resurrection of Jesus was
such a prominent theme in the evangelistic preaching of the early church (Acts
2:24, 3:15, 4:10, 13:30-39).
iv. The
cross was a time of victorious death, a negative triumph. Sin was defeated, but nothing positive was
put in its place until the resurrection.
The resurrection showed that Jesus did not succumb to the inevitable
result of sin. The resurrection is proof
of His conquest.
The fact
that Jesus rose again the third day is part of the gospel. Jesus was a unique case. He did not or will not rise at some “general”
resurrection of the dead. Instead He
rose the third day after His death. This
also demonstrates Jesus’ credibility, because He proclaimed He would rise three
days after His death (Matthew 16:21, 17:23, and 20:19).
This writing
comes from notes shared by Bro. Paul Lee in his weekly Bible study at Mt Olive COG.
It is so
important that we understand where we are at and where we are going. One
precious friend Bishop Morris Curry use to strum his instrument and sing “You
better be ready, you better be ready, and you better be ready to meet him in
the air.”
Are you
ready today? If you are that is wonderful. If you are not ready or if you have
a doubt take time this moment to prepare to meet Jesus when he returns, it will
be worth it all.
REMEMBER
“If we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our
sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” 1John 1:9
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