Embracing the Transformative Power of the Resurrection

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1. "For what I have received I pass on to you as of first importance That Jesus Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures That he was buried and that he was raised on the third day according to the scriptures And that he appeared to Cphus and then to the 12 After that he appeared to more than 500 of the brothers and sisters at the same time most of whom are still living through though some have fallen asleep." [00:54:24]

2. "On that Sunday morning after that Friday the disciples were brokenhearted They had gone through the Sabbath They couldn't do anything with the body of Jesus And so the ladies got up early in the morning to go and to prepare Jesus's body for burial We see this moment in the scriptures and and and they're you know overwhelmed They're heartbroken and they go to the grave of where Jesus should be The guards are gone The grave is open and he's not there." [00:56:37]

3. "The angels say this 'Why do you look for the living among the dead why are you looking for somebody that's alive in a grave?' Right like why are you looking for somebody alive here in the midst of a grave they go 'He is not here He's not here in the grave He has risen And that's why on Easter Sunday when we say he has risen we say he is risen indeed because we believe that he has risen That Jesus is sitting at the right hand of the father That he is in heaven ruling." [00:58:51]

4. "The resurrection confirms that Jesus was who he said he was that he truly was the son of God We see this moment right as we're we're going through this right and and and I I started in Corinthians for a reason because Paul's speaking to us in Corinthians I think it's really important Now this is after the fact right paul's writing to the church in Corenth This is after the fact This isn't like two days later after the Jesus died and was risen from the dead." [01:01:10]

5. "If the people of God if people open up their eyes they would hear and see him we are challenged to do the same Open our eyes to hear him and see him And so what Paul does he's writing to this church in Corinth and right we see that he says uh for what I receive I pass on to you for first importance other words it's very important the first thing I want to tell you about is that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures." [01:02:42]

6. "Paul emphasizes that Christ and the resurrection are the most important thing in the life of the believer He lists many witnesses right that's the next thing we see He lists many witnesses grounding our faith in what historical reality I love how he doesn't go 'Well it was just three of us that saw him right jesus was around for about 40 days after he was risen.' you know that most people don't realize that they think that you know because of all the movies or like the little kids stories that we watch growing up." [01:05:39]

7. "There's a reason why 2,000 years later we're talking about him He wasn't just some ordinary everyday man He wasn't just some normal person I lost my grandfather earlier this year and it's still hard But like you know we remember those that have gone before us and I love him and I miss him But I also know that one day I will go right one day I will pass on from this world and and I know people will remember me But there's only a certain amount of time that people truly remember you." [01:07:00]

8. "He wasn't just some everyday person He wasn't just some some prophet He wasn't just some teacher He was somebody different because he truly was the son of God For 2,000 years we have been searching and grasping who Jesus is Without the resurrection there's no Christianity But because of it we have unstoppable hope We have hope in something more than than we could have ever imagined Christianity is not just good advice It's good news It's a story of the good news right it's it's a story of hope in the world today." [01:08:52]

9. "The walk with Christ is not just good advice It should be everything in our life It's the good news of our life It's the hope from our life We see in Romans this moment in 8 uh chapter 8 11 and it says 'If the spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you he who raised Christ from the dead is also will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his spirit who lives in you And if the spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is now living where in you right that spirit did what it raised Jesus from the dead right it gave life to Christ." [01:11:31]

10. "The spirit of God is the one that conquered death The people the the the lives of the believers have that sort of spirit That's that gift that Jesus gave us before he left He said 'Listen I'm sending you a helper.' He said 'Wait for the helper.' That was the Holy Spirit I remember there's a moment in scripture I was watching I was telling you earlier this week I was watching the Chosen series um just Holy Week and just wanted to watch it right so I was watching through it and there was this moment and I know they take some liberties for the story to for storytelling purposes." [01:13:49]

11. "The people of God are called to carry that spirit with them in every aspect of their our lives see the spirit of God was on Jesus You know Jesus was the son of God and the spirit of God was on him But see the difference between then and now right is that if the people of God are surrendered to God and fully surrendered to allow the Holy Spirit to minister to in their life and minister to the lives of others where Jesus was only at one place at a time we can be at thousands to millions of places at one time." [01:16:43]

12. "How do how does the people of God do something better or bigger than the creator or the son of God is that we have his power the creator's power and that we're surrendered to him The resurrection isn't just about the afterlife though It's about a new life Now I've heard some individuals like 'Well I got my fire insurance ready.' And granted at a home you should probably have fire insurance And and in your walk with Christ I guess I'm I guess at least you did the bare minimum I guess right but it's not about fire insurance." [01:18:50]

13. "It's not just about the afterlife It's about the life that's in front of us It's about the world that's in front of us the people that are around us We're called to do something more and we have purpose in doing it The same power that raised Jesus uh from the dead lives in every believer Easter isn't just about what happened to Jesus It's about what can happen to you Easter is a time where we can look back at our life we can look at our life and we can truly understand what it means to surrender everything to him." [01:20:25]

14. "Are you living in the res in the resurrection power today are you still stuck in the grave are you still stuck in those grave clothes of your past there is freedom through the power of Jesus But sadly often in the church and outside the church we let our past dictate where we are now And we let our past dictate where we're going to go And that's not that that's not what it means to live in resurrected power To live in the power of Christ in resurrection power means that the people of God are living differently." [01:22:58]

15. "That means the people of God are no longer living in the past of who we were We're living in who we are in Christ Jesus I look back at who I was and and and it's depressing really like like I know I'm amazing and awesome and everything but I like walked you into that one guys Um but who I am in Christ is a completely different person Often or not often I had someone earlier today said 'Pastor Jose like I'm proud of you.' Somebody I've known for a really long time Um and and like I met my wife because they hired me to cut their grass right." [01:25:17]

16. "If we get stuck in our past if we get stuck living in the grave right then then we don't take hold of the power of Jesus to truly take hold of our lives and change it to move forward right but then if we start to believe that the power of Christ is our power then we start to forget who we were And we easily can go back to that person because we realize we re miss the point that it's not us that's doing it It's Christ Jesus that's doing it in us And so every day we surrender ourselves and we say as the father said 'Not my will but your wills be done.'" [01:28:08]

17. "Death is defeated and hope has risen and the grave has overcome has been overcome Christ Jesus is risen and he is risen indeed And so I want you to if you would the worship team is going to make their way back up but I want you to read this with me Say 'Death is defeated Death is defeated Hope has risen Hope has risen And the grave is overcome And the grave is over And Christ is risen Christ is risen.'" [01:32:25]

18. "The sky turned black on that Friday An earthquake happened The temple curtain was torn in half Yet on Sunday morning they were surprised that the grave was open Think about that They went to the tomb expecting death and what they found was life The angels declared 'He's not here He's risen He has risen indeed Thank you very much Todd That resurrection the resurrection confirms that Jesus was who he said he was that he truly was the son of God." [01:00:34]

19. "And last of all he appeared to me also.' He's pointing out that Christ was still out in the world redeeming people even after he ascended to heaven That the Holy Spirit was out on the ground in the land where we are That God is still redeeming people today as he was 2,000 years ago He may not have a physical body as he once did in the sense that he's right there with us but God is still redeeming people today as he was 2,000 years ago." [01:04:47]

20. "And so like I asked you are you living in the resurrection power today that's right This is encouraging Those are amens If you don't know that those are amens I love having kids in church Death is defeated and hope has risen and the grave has overcome has been overcome Christ Jesus is risen and he is risen indeed And so I want you to if you would the worship team is going to make their way back up but I want you to read this with me." [01:29:31]