HE IS RISEN | Coastal Church

That word actually has has the literal meaning of being dragged. And it's not like God's gonna drag you to himself against your will. It's that he's rescuing you, and you can't make the distance. You can't travel to him. He has to go and rescue you. And he's not waiting for you to get your act together. He's coming because he loves you too much to leave you where you're at. [00:54:05] (34 seconds)  #GodRescuesYou

Resurrection power can deliver me from what is holding me down. It will free you from what has bound you. Because a lot of people are saved but still stuck. In Romans chapter six verse four, it says, we died. He's speaking spiritually, for we died and were buried with Christ by baptism. And just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the father, now we also may live new lives. [00:55:25] (41 seconds)  #FreedByResurrection

Easter came to eliminate the distance between God and you. The resurrection power isn't a phone call away or a short drive away. The Holy Spirit lives in everyone who believes. So we have resurrection power. What does this resurrection power do? Resurrection power saves me. Now I say me because I don't know about you. Not because God's only gonna save me because I'm so good. [00:47:55] (46 seconds)  #ResurrectionBridgesTheGap

I'm not special. I'm only saved because God sent Jesus to to take away my sin and to give me what I didn't deserve. I wanna tell you that God didn't raise Jesus from the dead so we can gather here weekly and connect with him. God raised Jesus from the dead so you can connect with him in between Sundays. Is he saying we don't have to go to church? No. Stop trying to get out of church. [00:49:44] (41 seconds)  #ConnectWithGodDaily

But have you ever those of you who are just kinda sampling Jesus, you're like, I'm a stay at a distance. Have you ever felt like God might be pulling you closer? And you might be like, I'm just not ready for that yet. But you feel something, maybe someday. That is God himself pursuing you. We see in John six forty four, Jesus says, for no one can come to me unless the father who sent me draws them to me. [00:52:39] (42 seconds)  #GodIsPursuingYou

Jesus didn't raise from the dead to make people better so much as he raised from the dead so that they could have a relationship with God. And that relationship would transform them and make them better. God gives you resurrection power. God gives resurrection power to save me and you. Number two, resurrection power to free me. So resurrection power does not just save me and then like walk away. [00:54:40] (45 seconds)  #ResurrectionTransforms

The God the point is the God who seemed distant is now here. That is what Easter is all about. The power that raised Jesus from the dead is at home within us. And I wanna I wanna I wanna tell you, like, God's already been working this morning. It's exciting to, I love to be at a church where people don't stay the same, but they're transformed. You know, there's people that I've given up on, but God didn't. And we get to see them transformed. [00:39:15] (43 seconds)  #EasterTransformsLives

God raised Jesus from the dead because he's so rich in mercy because he loved us too much to be left powerless. God loved you, loves you too much to leave you at a distance. So the resurrection power saves you not because you finally figured it out, but because he's pursuing you. Pastor Ron mentioned that perhaps you've been dragged here this morning. You know, your mom, your dad, neighbor, [00:51:42] (46 seconds)  #MercyThatPursues