Personal Resurrection
HOLINESS is not what you don’t do, it’s being set apart, Separated From Sin.
JESUS RESURRECTION
” My aim is to know him, to experience the power of his resurrection, to share in his sufferings, and to be like him in his death, and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead”. (Philippians 3:10-11).
*To Experience His resurrection is to give our heart to God.
*To Participate in His sufferings is to trust God in ALL the trials life brings our way.
*To be Like Him in death is to keep an eternal perspective while living.
Paul tells us to do all these things & then says that “somehow” we may attain personal resurrection. Somehow denotes mystery. Somehow denotes a faith in God that surpasses human understanding & logic.
The process doesn’t come with 10 steps or 5 steps or 3 steps but rather 1 step given to Moses & the Israelites before Jesus was even on the scene:
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul & mind.” (Deuteronomy 6:5)
When we do this we will know Christ & experience personal resurrection!
Apostle Paul wanted to know the Power of Christ Resurrection and His Suffering. If we know the value in sharing in Christ Sufferings our maturity comes graciously.
*To know Him in the Power Of His Resurrection is to know the Holy Spirit. *By the power of the Holy Spirit Jesus was raised from the dead.
*When your sufferings bring you to the brink of death the Holy Spirit Resurrects you.
The resurrection of Jesus Christ is all about power. When I say this, I don’t only mean the divine power that raised Jesus from the dead. Of course, that kind of power is absolutely miraculous, and it could come only from God himself.
*Christ’s resurrection speaks of another power in addition to that supernatural event. And this power could only come from God as well.
**I’m talking about a Power that Causes us to live holy lives…
*to be free from sin’s dominion…
*to overcome EVERY Temptation, Habit and Lust known to man…
*to walk in a Righteousness that comes from God alone, by Faith.
To obtain this power is to know Christ in the power of his resurrection.
The apostle Paul speaks of this kind of resurrection power. He had a profound inner longing to know Christ and that hunger came from his own deep cry for holiness.
The apostle had a revelation about the resurrection of Christ and this revelation had to do with power.
He writes: “Jesus Christ our Lord…was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; and declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead” (Romans 1:3-4).
*HOLINESS Yes HOLINESS- is not what you don’t do, it’s being set apart, Separated From Sin. (HOLINESS)
Luke 14:25-33
•Salvation is a free gift, but it will cost you your WHOLE life.
*If something doesn’t cost anything, it’s not worth anything. Even your faith.
*Paul saw something incredible in the resurrection and while it overwhelmed him with joy, it also answered his lifelong cry for holiness.
In short, Paul saw that Jesus had come to earth as a man, with the power of heaven resting upon him.
*Christ had demonstrated this divine power while on earth: healing the sick, setting captives free, raising the dead, giving eternal life.
*Jesus had been raised from the dead himself and his resurrection was accompanied by a divine proclamation that he was “the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead” (Romans 1:4)
*What His Resurrection Means
1. Jesus is the person he claimed to be.
“…who through the Spirit of holiness was appointed the Son of God in power by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.” (Romans 1:4)
2. Jesus has the power he claimed to have.
“His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.” (2 Peter 1:3,4) Acts 2:24
What does it mean to be SET FREE?
Then Jesus said to those Judeans who had believed him, “If you continue to follow my teaching, you are really my disciples and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”John 8:31,32
* Freedom from the pain of your past.
“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.” (Isaiah 43:18,19) Psalm 34
(pain of regret) 6God doesn’t want you living in a prison of guilt.
* Freedom from the pressures of the present.
“I can do all this through him who gives me strength.” (Philippians 4:23)
We need a purpose & we need a power.
* Freedom from anxiety about the future.
“Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be shaken but endures forever. As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people both now and forevermore.” (Psalm 125:1,2)
God is a God of order, not disorder. The universe, which Psalm 19 says declares the glory of God and Romans 1 says it reflects the character of God, is not an irrational universe.
It is very logical and very orderly. Why? *Because it reflects His very nature. When He speaks to us in His Word, He does so with great order, logic and rationale.
Delight yourself in the Lord!
He desires that you seek him with all your heart and trust Him.
He is faithful and trustworthy.
“But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all men generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith without any doubting…James 1:5-6
Lord I want to unashamedly follow YOU, not looking back to my past but to the goal of seeing Jesus and Realize who we are called to be as Christians which have the power to have Freedom from past sins and guilt. Lord thank you for Your Word. Help me in my” Desire to Know” (I have to get my mind off of worldly things and on holy things).
Lord, Help me understand and put into action: “Your Holy Spirit Power in the Resurrection” (I’ll only experience the power of a resurrected life when I desire to know Christ. To love is to be resurrected from my selfishness).
Lord help me to ” Fellowship in Your Sufferings”(Denying myself daily, as a disciple of Jesus Christ). Thank You Lord that when I’m denying myself daily, I’m allowing myself to be an ambassador of Jesus and acknowledging others. Thank you Lord for showing me this day that ” To be Resurrected, takes suffering”. Thank You God that it’s not by Crucifixion.
Help me Lord: “to Become Like Jesus in Death through Resurrection”. Thank you Lord for showing us again; that When we desire to know YOU, and participate in the fellowship of sharing in YOUR sufferings, we become like YOU. This IS the resurrected lifestyle, this IS the righteousness that comes through faith in Christ, this IS attaining the resurrection from the dead; the world. Thank YOU JESUS! Amen