I Am the Resurrection: Life Now and Forever

Had Jesus simply just went to the grave and stayed there, then sin and death and hell would have stayed there. But it didn't because why? Because Jesus had never sinned. And because of that, he didn't deserve death, hell, and the grave, but yet he took it for us. And when he resurrected, all of eternity celebrated. Why? Because even now, we have hope. All of us have hope. [00:52:56] (26 seconds)  #VictoryOverDeath

See, John's theological framework, the concepts of heaven and salvation are viewed through a lens of not something of future waiting time, but of something that starts right now. So when Jesus tells Martha, hey, your Lazarus will live. Now she wasn't understanding that present moment that in a few minutes, he would come be walking out of that grave. But regardless, he was he was telling her as he's telling us, today, you can walk out of this building and know you will live. You are you will have life. [00:59:08] (31 seconds)  #LifeStartsNow

Jesus calls us all into a relationship to be his adopted children. We can never be disowned. He's calling us into his family. That's what the Holy Spirit is doing in this building right now. And some of your hearts, he's saying to you, it's time that you stop playing games. It's time that we take the resurrection seriously. It's time that we live as God wants us to live. [01:09:55] (30 seconds)  #AdoptedAndSecure

Don't let Satan use some well meaning person who may have done things the wrong way to keep you from what ultimately God wants, which is peace, love, joy. He wants you to He wants us to surrender the burden of our sin and let him carry that for us. Don't miss this. This is what Easter is all about. It is the essence of the resurrection and the life. Finally, finally, the choice is yours. [01:05:29] (31 seconds)  #SurrenderYourBurden

You can find life in the right place and the only place is through Jesus. He wants us to have abundant life, he tells us in John chapter 10. He wants us to have eternal life, he tells us in John 14. In fact, the word for life, the word life is used 36 times in the gospel of John. That's how important it was to John. For John, there was no other life but the life he had with Jesus. I concur. The same is true. How about you? [00:59:39] (32 seconds)  #JesusIsLife

But we need to understand that drawer, that place is empty. It will provide nothing that you're looking for and the longer you look, the more depressed and the more painful it will become. But listen to me, this never shocks me but it is so true. It's interesting. The more we need Jesus, the more pride ful we become not to want to receive him because we have convinced ourself that we don't need anyone else. We can all do it ourself. And that's the biggest lie there ever was. [00:56:55] (27 seconds)  #PrideBlocksGrace

Maybe you sat there in that hospital room many days. Maybe you've struggled with all kinds of things. Maybe you think, man, I'm just gonna lose everything. I don't know what to do. I I can tell you is even now, Jesus wants to enter into our lives, into our situations, and he will give us hope because that's what the resurrection is all about. Without the resurrection, there is no hope. Not at all. There's no hope whatsoever. [00:50:22] (31 seconds)  #ResurrectionBringsHope

That child, once they were adopted, they had birthrights. Just like biological children, you know, they had birthrights. They they got an inheritance. They can have everything that the rest of the family had. They have legal status. As an adopted child, they have the same legal rights as a natural born first born son, which was secured. You know, in other words, when that child came into your family, if you adopt him, they they would pay their debts. They would clear their debts for them. [01:08:48] (28 seconds)  #AdoptedAndHeirs