Raised to New Life: Baptism, Resurrection, and Walking Forward

Some encounter the power of God at the sea, at the resurrection. Some will encounter the power of God, and they will remain in fear. Other people hear the word of God, and they are brought into life. And so the question this morning for us is not whether or not the resurrection happened. It happened. The question is, what are you gonna do with it? [01:13:44] (38 seconds)  #ResurrectionChoice

the risen Christ is not just a fact for us to observe. He is the lord that calls you this morning. And if you hear this call, but you remain where you are, clinging to the old life and refusing him, then the power of God is only gonna be a terror. But if you hear his word and you turn to him, if you entrust yourself to him, brothers, sisters, is when death becomes life. [01:14:31] (61 seconds)  #RespondToTheCall

The guards see it and they collapse. They fall like dead men. The women see it, and they are afraid. The same event and the same power. But then the word comes. The word comes. It says, do not be afraid. He is not here. He has risen. You see, that is a dividing line that is just like the Red Sea. [01:12:46] (57 seconds)  #FromFearToFaith

See, they didn't come they didn't just come through the sea to survive. They came through the sea to live differently. They came through the sea to walk as a people who belongs to who belong to the one who had saved them. And the question was never only are they gonna be able to get through the water. The question was, what kind of life are they gonna live on the other side of the water? [00:56:58] (45 seconds)  #LiveDifferentlyAfterCrossing

Now see, in the book of Exodus, the the people of God are brought to the edge of the sea. There's no path forward. There's no escape behind them. The sea stands in front of them, and certain death stands behind them. And what does god do right there? He doesn't remove the obstacle. What he does is he makes a way through it. [00:45:59] (46 seconds)  #GodMakesAWay

Israel passed through the waters and left Egypt behind. You pass through death itself in Christ. Not just as a symbol, but but truly, you pass through death in Christ because you are united to Christ. And then verse four of Romans six, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the father, so we too might walk in newness of life. [01:07:09] (64 seconds)  #PassThroughToNewLife

You see, they passed through the sea, but they didn't walk in faith. They they experienced deliverance, but they didn't live in that deliverance. So the problem in all of it wasn't the water. The problem is what came after the water. And that's why Paul says that these things took place as examples for us. [00:59:45] (55 seconds)  #DontStopAtDeliverance

This is the purpose. Not just forgiveness, not just escape, but just like the crossing of the sea, the purpose is new life on the other side. Yes. The same power that ray that the same power that parted the sea, the same power that raised Christ from the dead is the power that brings you into that new life. [01:08:16] (50 seconds)  #PowerThatGivesLife

the new life that god calls us to walk in is not something that we that we create. It is something that we are brought into by our union with the risen Christ. And the question is not whether or not the crossing happened, but the question is whether we are living in what the crossing means. If you have died with Christ, you have been raised with Christ. So don't go back. Don't return to what God has already put to death. In Christ, we walk forward. We walk in the new life that Jesus Christ has given [01:09:07] (87 seconds)

Israel passed through the waters and left Egypt behind. You pass through death itself in Christ. Not just as a symbol, but but truly, you pass through death in Christ because you are united to Christ. And then verse four of Romans six, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the father, so we too might walk in newness of life. This is the purpose. Not just forgiveness, not just escape, but just like the crossing of the sea, the purpose is new life on the other side. [01:07:09] (92 seconds)

Israel passed through the waters and left Egypt behind. You pass through death itself in Christ. Not just as a symbol, but but truly, you pass through death in Christ because you are united to Christ. And then verse four of Romans six, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the father, so we too might walk in newness of life. This is the purpose. Not just forgiveness, not just escape, but just like the crossing of the sea, the purpose is new life on the other side. Yes. The same power that ray that the same power that parted the sea, the same power that raised Christ from the dead is the power that brings you into that new life. [01:07:09] (116 seconds)