EASTER 2021
I want to begin today by making a simple declaration. I am not going to try to prove it to you; I am not going to argue the point; I am not leaving it up for debate. It is a declaration based on the veracity of the Bible, God’s holy Word. Here it is. Are you ready?
Jesus is alive! He is risen from the dead. He is ascended into heaven; He is seated at the right hand of the Father; and He is praying for us right now!
Now here is a second declaration that is just as valid.
Jesus is alive and because He lives, I live also!
John 14:19 (NKJV) A little while longer and the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you will live also.
Romans 8:11 (NKJV) But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.
Jesus conquered the devil.
Hebrews 2:14–15 (NKJV) Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, 15 and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
Jesus conquered death, hell, and the grave.
1 Corinthians 15:54–57 (NKJV): 54c Death is swallowed up in victory.” 55 “O Death, where is your sting? O Hades (hell, grave), where is your victory?”
56 The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Now here is the main point of today’s talk: If Jesus can conquer the devil, death, hell, and the grave, then I can conquer _____!
John 1:12 (KJV) But as many as received him, to them He gave power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
Say that with me: He gave them power…!
The word power means right and authority. We have authority over whatever is defeating us, bothering us, battling us. We have power!
2 Corinthians 13:4 (NKJV) For though He was crucified in weakness, yet He lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in Him, but we shall live with Him by the power of God toward you.
1 Corinthians 2:4–5 (NKJV) And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, 5 that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.
How do we appropriate this power? Look again at John 1:12 and add verse 13.
John 1:12–13 (NKJV) But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: 13 who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
You pass through three areas to get in the power building.
1. The receiving dock: As many as received him…
a. Take it in
b. Take possession
2. The trust department: To those who believe in His name…
a. Trust in; cling to; rely upon
b. Have faith
John 3:16 (NKJV) For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
3. The delivery room: Who were born of God…
John 3:3 (NKJV) Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
2 Corinthians 5:17 (NKJV) Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
So are you ready to receive, believe, be born again? Are you ready to walk in the power of Jesus?
Galatians 2:20 (NKJV) I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
Remember… If Jesus can conquer the devil, death, hell, and the grave, then I can conquer _____!
Romans 8:37 (NKJV) Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
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