Hope and Transformation Through the Resurrection
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"The miracle of the empty tomb offers us divine power that we can't find anywhere else. No other religion, no other program, no other provision by the state or the government or anything like that can give us what only the resurrection of Christ can give us. And so that's where our hope needs to be today. We celebrate the fact that he is risen." [00:26:46] (25 seconds)
"Can you imagine the difference that it made in these women's spirit when this angel, they obviously knew this was something special. This angel in his appearance, they could tell this was something God had sent for them to tell them this message. And they're hearing that Jesus, who they thought might be the Messiah, but whose hopes had been crushed when they saw Him die on that cross, Now, can't you just feel maybe the hope stirring again in their hearts?" [00:31:48] (34 seconds)
"Any time you've had someone you love die, you know they stayed dead. You know they're not around anymore. You know you miss, there's a void. You miss their presence. You know death is supposed to be the end. You understand that is the way things work. And now the angel says he's not here. Why? Because he's alive. Death couldn't hold him. Death could not keep him down." [00:32:39] (28 seconds)
"There's a reason to have hope even when the prognosis doesn't look good. Even when it looks like the things have gone too far, one direction in the wrong way and you can't get it back again, there's a reason to have hope because of the resurrection. You see, one discovery, this one discovery changed everything for these women when they went to the tomb that morning. I want you to allow it to change you today." [00:34:09] (26 seconds)
"It was the late evangelist Smith Wigglesworth who said this, there's nothing impossible with God. All the impossibility is with us when we measure God by the limitations of our unbelief. You see, why would we put limits on a God who walked out of the grave, who conquered death? I don't know what situation you're in right now. I don't know what struggle you're facing, but I know it's not bigger than what Jesus just did when he walked out of the tomb." [00:35:04] (27 seconds)
"The transformation that we need comes from the inside, not from the outside. And it's the power of the presence of the risen Lord that can bring about that transformation from the inside out. The truth of Jesus' resurrection becomes a focal point for the New Testament authors as they write about the impact of the risen Savior on people's lives." [00:37:23] (21 seconds)
"Peter opens his letter in 1 Peter with this idea. When he said in 1 Peter, beginning in verse 3, Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. In His great mercy, He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil, or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you." [00:37:43] (27 seconds)
"Peter says there is reason to celebrate because of the resurrection. That reason is that God saw us in our broken and our sinful state, and He graciously offers us mercy by sending Jesus to die for us, to die in our place. And when we understand the mercy that God has shown us, it will begin to change us from the inside." [00:38:50] (24 seconds)
"The mercy of God allows us to be born again, brand new, without the sin and the stain of the record of our failures in the past. And how can he do that? Because he's a just God. Our sin has to be paid for. You see, he wouldn't be a just God if he didn't require payment for sin. It's the mercy of God that says, but I'll pay it for you through my son going to the cross." [00:39:37] (32 seconds)
"He's proving that he is the one that could do that for you because here's the thing. The wages of sin is what? Death. But the gift of God is what? Eternal life. How do we know he can do that? Through Jesus, who went to death, who conquered death, and came back alive on the other side. You see, he's the only one." [00:40:18] (23 seconds)
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"Can you imagine the difference that it made in these women's spirit when this angel, they obviously knew this was something special. This angel in his appearance, they could tell this was something God had sent for them to tell them this message. And they're hearing that Jesus, who they thought might be the Messiah, but whose hopes had been crushed when they saw Him die on that cross, Now, can't you just feel maybe the hope stirring again in their hearts?" [00:31:48] (34 seconds)
"Any time you've had someone you love die, you know they stayed dead. You know they're not around anymore. You know you miss, there's a void. You miss their presence. You know death is supposed to be the end. You understand that is the way things work. And now the angel says he's not here. Why? Because he's alive. Death couldn't hold him. Death could not keep him down." [00:32:39] (28 seconds)
"There's a reason to have hope even when the prognosis doesn't look good. Even when it looks like the things have gone too far, one direction in the wrong way and you can't get it back again, there's a reason to have hope because of the resurrection. You see, one discovery, this one discovery changed everything for these women when they went to the tomb that morning. I want you to allow it to change you today." [00:34:09] (26 seconds)
"It was the late evangelist Smith Wigglesworth who said this, there's nothing impossible with God. All the impossibility is with us when we measure God by the limitations of our unbelief. You see, why would we put limits on a God who walked out of the grave, who conquered death? I don't know what situation you're in right now. I don't know what struggle you're facing, but I know it's not bigger than what Jesus just did when he walked out of the tomb." [00:35:04] (27 seconds)
"The transformation that we need comes from the inside, not from the outside. And it's the power of the presence of the risen Lord that can bring about that transformation from the inside out. The truth of Jesus' resurrection becomes a focal point for the New Testament authors as they write about the impact of the risen Savior on people's lives." [00:37:23] (21 seconds)
"Peter opens his letter in 1 Peter with this idea. When he said in 1 Peter, beginning in verse 3, Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. In His great mercy, He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil, or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you." [00:37:43] (27 seconds)
"Peter says there is reason to celebrate because of the resurrection. That reason is that God saw us in our broken and our sinful state, and He graciously offers us mercy by sending Jesus to die for us, to die in our place. And when we understand the mercy that God has shown us, it will begin to change us from the inside." [00:38:50] (24 seconds)
"The mercy of God allows us to be born again, brand new, without the sin and the stain of the record of our failures in the past. And how can he do that? Because he's a just God. Our sin has to be paid for. You see, he wouldn't be a just God if he didn't require payment for sin. It's the mercy of God that says, but I'll pay it for you through my son going to the cross." [00:39:37] (32 seconds)
"He's proving that he is the one that could do that for you because here's the thing. The wages of sin is what? Death. But the gift of God is what? Eternal life. How do we know he can do that? Through Jesus, who went to death, who conquered death, and came back alive on the other side. You see, he's the only one." [00:40:18] (23 seconds)
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