RESULTS OF THE RESURRECTION

 If we are not loving with God’s Love, we are spiritually dead.
“He that loveth not…abideth in death.”1 John 3:14

The Bible without the Spirit leads to a dead, institutional Christianity. The Spirit without the Bible leads to groundless devotion. We need both the Spirit and the Word to effectively Adventure through the Bible.

God has made available to us the riches of this Bible — His Word — which reveals to us the riches of His kingdom and of our eternal life in Christ.

God longs for us to know Him, and has revealed Himself in His Son. He has redeemed us through the blood His resurrected Son shed on the Cross, and has called us into a Spiritual relationship with Him.

Into our soul and our life He pours all the riches of heaven — “good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over,” as Luke 6:38 tells us. But we must get to know Him as He reaches out to us through the pages of Scripture, led by His Holy Spirit. We cannot imagine a greater adventure!

A Few Results of the Resurrection!!!

* A savior who can never die again.
 “For we know that Christ being raised from the dead will never die again.” Romans 6:9.

*Repentance.
 “The God of our fathers raised Jesus, whom you killed by hanging him on a tree. God exalted him at his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel.” Acts 5:31.

*New birth. 
“By his great mercy we have been born anew to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.” 1 Peter 1:3.

*Forgiveness of sin.
 “If Christ has not been raised, your hope is futile and you are still in your sins.” 1 Corinthians 15:17.

*The Holy Spirit

“This Jesus God raised up, and of that we are all witnesses. Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this which you see and hear.” Acts 2:32–33.

* No condemnation for the believers.

” So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus.” Romans 8:1.
 “Who is to condemn? It is Christ Jesus who died, yes, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God.” Romans 8:34.

*The Lord’s personal fellowship and protection. 
“Lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age.” Matthew 28:20.

*Proof of coming judgment. 
“God has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed, and of this he has given assurance to all men by raising him from the dead.” Acts 17:31.

*Salvation from the future wrath of God. 

“We wait for his Son from heaven,  whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.” 1 Thessalonians 1:10; Romans 5:10.

*Our own resurrection from the dead.
 
“We know that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence.” 2 Corinthians 4:14; Romans 6:4; 8:11; 1 Corinthians 6:14; 15:20

Re-establish your spiritual focus.  I am alive, says the Lord, and My kingdom is already established.  It is finished.  It is real, and the way has been provided
for you to be one with Me in the invisible realm of the Spirit.  Come and commune with Me in the secret place.  Rise above your worldly concerns and let us have sweet fellowship together.  Don’t delay.  Come now that your joy may be full.
John 15:9-11  “As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love.
If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.  These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.”

Jesus tells us that when we are living in Him and following His commands we will have great joy.
* Christians should be the happiest people on earth, we have Christ and all His promises and on our very worst day we get to meet Him face to face.

God thank you for Your resurrection, Our own resurrection from the dead and Your promises and love— give me strength to find joy in all things, in Jesus name, Amen