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C. CONVINCING in its quickening power. We are raised up together to walk in newness of life. (Eph. 2:1).
D. COMFORTING in its certifying power. Acts 17:3 [God] hath
given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from
the dead. What greater proof could there be that Christs payment for sin on the cross is accepted? ...That Satan is defeated?
...That the power of death is broken? ...That Christ is truly sinless
the Son of God? Romans 1:4 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ
our Lord And declared to be the Son of God with power by
the resurrection from the dead.
E. CREDIBLE it its demonstrative power. Jesus said, Destroy this
temple and in three days I will raise it up. Jesus said it, and His
resurrection demonstrates it!
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EXHIBITED in Christ.
A. In His victory over SELF.
1. Jesus never lived for Himself. He lived to please the Father
and do His will. He said, I do always those things that please
him. Paul testified, For even Christ pleased not himself; but,
as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee
fell on me. Jesus never sought to do His own will, and
prayed, not my will, but thine, be done.
2. He denied Himself and became obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.
3. The empty grave attests to His complete victory over self.
B. In His victory over SIN.
If Jesus had sinned one time, He would still be in the grave
along with everyone else who has sinned. But, because Christ
was sinless, as Peter put it, God hath raised up, having loosed
the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should
be holden of it (Acts 2:24).
F. Power to give victory over sin. The power that enabled Jesus to
overcome death is the same power that gives us victory over sin.
A Frenchman decided to become an English citizen. Someone
asked him why. He said, "Well, among other things, I find that
now, instead of losing the Battle of Waterloo, I've won it."
The power of the resurrection makes us winners! We do not
have to live a defeated life, enslaved to sin. Just as Jesus defeated sin and Satan, by His resurrection power we can overcome
the world, the flesh, and the devil.
A. It is a SUBDUING power (3:21b). This subduing power is in operation today by subduing evil tempers unruly tongues enslaving habits lust pride fear jealousy and inordinate affections.
B. It is a TRANSFORMING power (3:21). Just as He will change our
vile bodies to be fashioned like His glorified body, His resurrection power can change us into His likeness now.
SUMMATION: Go over to light switch. Here is a source of power. When I
turn on this switch power in the form of electricity flows through the
switch and into the lightbulb, thus giving us light.
Now in the case of this power notice four things:
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2.
3.
I have FAITH that the switch will indeed work. I have faith that
power will reach the light when I turn this switch.
Just as we are confident when we turn on that switch at home we
know that the light will come, we need to be confident in the power
of the resurrection. Know that you have the power at work in you to
do all things.
4.
This power is USELESS if I do not use it. I would sit here in the
dark if I did not use this switch to bring power to that lightbulb.
If we do not use the power in us what good is it. It is useless. Just
as if we do not turn on the switch and use the power in our homes
we will sit in darkness. If we do not use the power in us, not only
will we sit in darkness, but others will sit in darkness as well.