Jesus the Messiah Sermon

There is only one who can give rest to your soul and free you as a captive and give sight to those who are blind and new life to those who are dead and dry and hopeless and his name is Jesus. He alone can turn water into wine and multiply loaves and fishes. He alone can welcome those who are far off and say, you are now my sons and daughters and heirs and co heirs in the kingdom of God. He alone can go away to prepare a place for you and for me to live forever with our God. His name is Jesus. He is our Messiah, and he is all powerful. [00:27:23] (32 seconds)  #JesusIsSovereign

Friends, Jesus is the Messiah. He is the Christ, the anointed one, the one who fulfilled the prophecies, laid down his life that we might have life. He proved it through his miracles, through his teachings, through his life, through his death, and through his resurrection, and we now have access to experience and express his supernatural power that's revealed through love and humility to the world around us. Can I tell you this morning that when you wake up tomorrow, when you go to work or to school or whatever hobby or activities you have throughout this week, the power of the resurrection is just as real in each one of those moments and beckons you to live fully alive as it was last Easter Sunday? [00:48:31] (39 seconds)  #ResurrectionEveryday

Let that wake you up on Monday morning. It was impossible for death to hold down Jesus. This is where Peter continues to linger in his message, in his preaching about the resurrection of Jesus. He says, Jesus has immense power over sin, hell, death, the grave, our flesh, the enemy, and this world. In fact, all of Jesus' life is marked by his divine power. [00:26:34] (23 seconds)  #JesusConquersDeath

Friends, in first Corinthians chapter 15, Paul goes on to say as he's defending the resurrection. He says, if the resurrection is not real, if Jesus has not been raised from the dead, you are still in your sins and your faith is futile. You are the most pitied because you only have hope for this life, not the one to come. But, can I tell you that Jesus is our Messiah? He has been raised from the dead and he is truly reliable. [00:20:59] (25 seconds)  #ResurrectionIsReal

We know that he is the Messiah. He's the Christ. He's the anointed one. He's fulfilled the the over 300 prophecies. He holds all power over death, and hell, and sin, and the grave and the enemy. He has overcome this world. He reigns forever. He is all powerful. Amen? Amen. I find it so interesting though that for many, many Christians, when they think about the word power, they think about domineering or violence or they think about the ideals of power in this world, that it's about how much you own or what title you have or other factors that, let's just be honest, change all the time, day to day. But when we look at the power of Jesus, we see one constant factor. It's his humility. [00:38:06] (41 seconds)  #PowerThroughHumility

It idolizes power, and we place hope in figures that have this pseudo power every single day, and we're enticed. We're told if we grasp for it, we'll have everything that we need. But we can only have everything that we need if we keep others at a distance from that power. But the Messiah shows us that his power was revealed through humility, and that humility says, share this with the people around you. In fact, this is what the gospel says, for God so loved that he gave. And because we're so loved, we are called to give as well. In fact, the gospel tells us that we have been set free, and what we should do with that freedom is not take worldly power, but express heavenly humility. [00:45:27] (38 seconds)  #GiveLikeJesus

And it's just praying one liners, whispering one liners. Did you know that a whisper of the name of Jesus can change everything? You don't have to pray big prayers. In fact, Jesus actually says, don't pray like the pharisees do. Big prayers going on and on and on. And my children's book with my son, they say, don't pray like the religious people that go blah blah blah blah blah. Pray the powerful prayers, Jesus have mercy on me. Jesus, I belong to you. [00:33:52] (28 seconds)  #WhisperHisName

And he has shown us that there is an extraordinary power that has overcome death and he's been raised from the dead. And as we call on his name, we receive his spirit. And the same spirit that raised him from the dead actually interacts with our lives, intercedes for our lives, empowers us to live fully alive. The spirit that we received is not one of bondage to fear again. [00:34:33] (21 seconds)  #SpiritOfResurrection