What’s up with the Resurrection?

24 April 2011

Brent Brading

What's up with the Resurrection?

Remember as kids fighting over whose got the strongest dad? Actually our Father in heaven is the strongest dad and at Easter we should remember just how strong God is. How did God create the world? He said first “let there be light”, And He won the first battle against darkness. Then He battled water and made land. We also see His authority over water when He parted the sea for the Israelites. God is able to battle anything and win. We see with Jesus on the boat – at His command it was calm. Then back at creation when there was nothing on the earth God commanded and there were plants and birds and animals. When He breathed man into life, God beat lifelessness. Our God loves a good battle. Jesus facing the demon possessed man. The demons were afraid of Him, He cast them out. Once again Jesus won the battle. Jesus always wins the battle.

1Cor 15:26 tells us “The last enemy to be destroyed is death”. God is the greatest and strongest in the world. Our Father is the strongest. He won the greatest victory of all conquering death and sin.

The world is so quick to overdose on all the wrong things; chocolates, alcohol, possessions, etc. We need to remember what Easter is all about.

Remember 3 things this Easter:

1) Easter is to remind us that God has the ultimate victory. Think about God’s Ultimate Victory. So much bigger than Jericho, and David beating Goliath or even feeding the five thousand. Gen 2:16,17 What is the greatest victory? The law of the Garden of Eden was to not eat of the wrong fruit (or sin) because that will produce death. Rom6:23 Man came under the curse of sin and death. But God took the sin of the world and placed it on His son. How much sin do we have in our lives when we have faith in Jesus? None! Jesus took it all. Acts2:24 death could not keep it’s hold on Jesus because He was sinless. Col2:15 The Resurrection is the ultimate sign of Gods victory. That is why we celebrate

2) Secondly we must remember the Resurrection is our second chance. It is the mulligan – the redo over again, like it’s the first time, as if our past had never happened. John3:3 In Jesus we can be born again. Rom6:3,4 We are immersed in Christ’ death and now we too may live a new life in Jesus. Col2:12 buried with Jesus and our faith, in the power of God, brings us Resurrection in life. The Resurrection is the wave of God that enables us to ride the wave of salvation to eternity.

3) Thirdly we are to be reminded that the Resurrection speaks about eternal hope. Like when you are paragliding and you hit a thermal and defy gravity and it goes up and up. The Resurrection is like the thermal of God that can bring life and hope to everything. Rom8:34 Jesus intercedes on our behalf. We should never be a hopeless people. Col3:1-4 Our lives are hidden with Christ now. Eph 1:18-21 we have His incomparable power working in us. The Resurrection means there is always hope.

The Resurrection is God’s greatest Victory and its power is released through faith in Jesus. Col2:12 Do you have faith in the power of that Resurrection?