TC3.Church | Proclaimed, Part 2 | 9:00am Service

``And so if the tomb is empty, that means our suffering is temporary. That's why we get to sing songs like praise you through it because we know and understand that this is not the end, that death is not the end. He said those that believe in me will never taste death. That's what Paul is describing about the resurrection. The same person raised but transformed, no longer subject to decay, no longer subject to weakness, no longer subject to death. And so the body is physical, but now it is animated by the holy spirit in the entirely different realm. [00:44:37] (46 seconds)  #TombEmptyHope

He's still pulling people out of currents. He's still breaking chains. He's still healing what sin and sorrow have touched. He's still speaking into dead places. He's still raising dry bones. And so whatever has been pulling you under, you name it, habit, hurts, hang ups, gossip, fear, entertainment, grief, shame, exhaustion, hear the voice of Jesus today and don't let go. Because if you walked out of the grave, my friends, he can carry you through anything. [00:54:32] (46 seconds)  #HeCarriesYou

And what I love about Jesus is Jesus stepped into everything that Adam broke. Jesus redeemed everything that Adam messed up. Adam brought sin. Jesus brings righteousness. Adam handed us graves. Jesus walked out of the grave. And so that means that when you stand beside a hospital bed, when you sit at a funeral service, when you watch someone grow weak, when grief begins to set in, you need to understand that despair is not your inheritance. Despair is not what God has given you. Fear is not what God has given you because Jesus has already gone where we fear going the most. And you know what he did? He brought back the keys. [00:47:14] (48 seconds)  #JesusRedeemsAll

We now bear the image of Christ Jesus, and that's what we call life change. That's why our mission is to connect people to the life changing power of Jesus Christ. And so it's the dad who used to be controlled by his anger that now kneels to pray beside his kids when he wants to walk out. It's the teenager that lived for the approval of all of their peers and now lives their life for an audience of one. It is the mom who has wrestled with insecurity, but now is secure in her friendship with the king of kings and the lord of lords. It is us who have stories of life change all over this house. And I have good news for you, friends. That transformation can start right now. [00:52:15] (49 seconds)  #LifeChangeNow

The same God who formed Adam from the dust will speak to dust again. And so that means that knee that aches, that back that hurts, that anxiety that keeps you up at night, the body that cancer has touched, the grief that feels like it lives in your chest, none of those things have the final say. Jesus rose bodily with nail scarred hands and nail scarred feet, and then he rose with a glorified body with an empty tomb. And because Jesus walked out of the tomb, one day, everything that is broken in you and I will be made whole. [00:43:55] (41 seconds)  #MadeWholeInChrist

He's grabbing their hand, and he's saying, do not let go of this. Do not let go of the truth of the resurrection. Do not let go of the image of Jesus. Do not let go of the gospel that is powerful enough to pull you out of anything that the culture has poured into you. And so my prayer for us this morning is that we would identify the things by the power of the Holy Spirit that are pulling us away from Jesus. Ask the Lord, give me the courage to surrender it to you. Because the risen Jesus is not a future idea. He is alive right now. [00:53:53] (39 seconds)  #HoldToResurrection

There is this continuation in the resurrection. It's a non stop type of deal, meaning that what is being resurrected, what is coming back to life is still in you. It is the same person being resurrected, but a different nature. The nature of the body is completely transformed. Same person, different nature. And so don't don't miss this miss this here. Paul is not saying one day you get to escape your body. He's saying one day Jesus will redeem it. One day Jesus will restore it. One day Jesus will renew your physical body. [00:43:15] (40 seconds)  #JesusWillRestore

Paul isn't giving a biology lesson here. If he was, I I wouldn't get it. He's pointing to what everybody can see, to what you and I can understand. He's like a seed goes into the ground. It disappears. It dies, and then new life emerges. Something glorious comes out of what has been buried. And Jesus uses the same analogy in John chapter 12. Jesus says, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit. [00:39:00] (41 seconds)  #SeedToResurrection