Resurrection Power: Life From Death Starts Today

People who believe in me while they are alive will never die. Do you believe that? See, Jesus kept saying the same thing over and over again. Now we sort of know there's some nuance and there's some other meanings, but Jesus was being literal. I raised people from the dead. And then he was talking allegorically about how when we die, we don't actually have to really die. Now that claim would make Jesus a liar and a fraud if he didn't have authority over his own death. [00:19:09] (31 seconds)  #BelieveAndLive

None of us escapes it. Every one of us experiences it. Death is the most powerful force in the world. Or is it? Jesus seems to think not. Listen to what he says in John ten ten. We actually have it on on our our banner right there. It's a it's a key verse for us here. A thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy, and those are all talking about life, to steal life, kill, and destroy life. I have come so that they may have life. I want them to have it in the fullest possible way. [00:17:00] (39 seconds)  #LifeOverDeath

If you don't have a relationship with Christ, good news is you're in the perfect moment, in the perfect space to just breathe a prayer of faith in your heart, in your mind, and say, I'm here. I didn't even plan on doing this. I I I don't even know what comes after this, but I know that without you, I can't experience life to its fullest, and I wanna start whatever this journey looks like. [00:33:23] (29 seconds)  #StartWithPrayer

Now I have to tell you this, that that's a bold claim to make if you, in fact, can't stop death, if you, in fact, can't overcome the results of death. But listen to what Jesus says in John eleven twenty five through 26. Jesus said to her, I have authority over death. I mean, that is an absurd, obscene claim if you can't back that up. I raise dead people, and I give people true life. Anyone who believes in me will live. Anyone who believes in me will live. Even if that person dies, he will continue to live. [00:18:23] (45 seconds)  #AuthorityOverDeath

And I want you to hear this. You don't have to go to the grave in order for things to be dead in your life. You don't have to finally get underneath the ground with a headstone above marking your start date and your end date for that dash in between to either be marked by true life or be marked by things that you just let keep dying. Your life was meant to be bigger. Your life was meant to be so big that it had no end. That was God's plan all along, and it's still God's plan today. [00:29:55] (43 seconds)  #LifeBeyondTheDash

Jesus acknowledges death, but he acknowledges death as something that was not meant for us, not meant for those who are in relationship with God. If you kinda go back to the beginning, God created us for life. It's only sin, disobedience, rebellion against God that introduced death into the world. If if death was the most powerful thing, then Jesus would not have talked about life as the more powerful alternative. He said, yes. The enemy comes to steal life, but I came to give life, meaning that you can choose to have one or the other. Life can overcome death. Amen. [00:17:39] (44 seconds)  #CreatedForLife

I love a good resurrection story because number one, it gives me hope that impossible is possible. That impossible is possible. So from building something heavier than air that can fly to the internal combustion engine to splitting the atom, history is full of instances where something was impossible until it wasn't, until someone decided that they would not settle for what was called impossible. And then once something that was impossible is realized as possible, then it becomes possible for everyone. [00:11:38] (43 seconds)  #ImpossibleBecomesPossible

And I think that it's gonna take a miracle to bring life back where things have died. And I want you to hear this, that he is ready in this moment, waiting in this moment to do something miraculous for you. The bible talks about faith that's undivided without doubt. One man says, if you can do this, and Jesus says, if I can do this, if I can do this. Jesus said, you can do it if you believe. And he says, I do believe, but help my unbelief. We all have a percentage of belief, but we've all got a percentage of doubt and disbelief. And I wanna encourage you, summon all of the belief that you have and place it right at the feet of Jesus Christ and say, help me with my unbelief. [00:35:18] (63 seconds)  #FaithOverDoubt