The Power Of The Resurrection Of Christ (Easter Sunday)

The Power of the Resurrection

Philippians 3:9-11

Intro.

-Matt. 28:1-6

-Phil 3:9-10

-The resurrection is more than a fairy tale.

-It is more than just an historical event.

-It is more than just a story from the Bible.

-The resurrection has the power to affect your life even today.

-Two things Paul wanted to know…

-To know Him

-And the Power of His resurrection

-I believe they are one in the same

-To know Him is to know the power of His

resurrection.

-You can experience the Power of His Resurrection.

-It comes by knowing Him.

-By faith. Phil. 3:9

-Romans 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy

mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine

heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou

shalt be saved.

-How does resurrection power affect you today?

I. Resurrection Power means New Life.

A. Ephesians 2:1-10

1. We were dead…

2. Through the resurrection he has made us alive. Vs. 5

B. Romans 6:1-4

1. In Christ we have a NEW life.

2. We are “born again”

C. 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are

passed away; behold, all things are become new.

-The power of His resurrection gives us New Life.

II. The power of the resurrection means a changed life.

A. Eph. 4:17-30 – The contrast between the old man and the new man.

B. One who is truly born again is changed…

C. I don’t live like I used to live.

1. It’s not about me anymore

2. It’s about living for Him.

D. In the changed life….

1. I don’t do the things I used to do.

2. I don’t go to some the places I used to go

3. I don’t talk like I used to talk

4. I don’t treat people like I used to treat people

-The power of the resurrection will change your life

III. The power of the resurrection means eternal life.

John 11:25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were

dead, yet shall he live:John 11:26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest

thou this?

-1 John 5:11 And this is the record, that God hath

given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

1. It is through our faith in the resurrection that we have

eternal life.

2. I would ask you that same thing that Jesus asked. “do

you believe it?”

Conclusion:

Has the power of the resurrection impacted your life?

Are you trusting in Him?

The power of the resurrection comes through knowing

Christ.

Phil. 3:10 That I may know him, and the power of His resurrection,