Resurrected By The Power Of The Spirit

Jesus entered our world as a human being, and his passion to draw near to us in this way exposed our greatest dilemma: that we are alienated from our King and our God. Jesus’ passion to die on the cross went even further in proving our guilt. Every human being is a sinner in need of forgiveness from God. And we can’t get there on our own. But there is hope for that, however faint we may think it is, because his passion didn’t end with his coming or his death but became a realized hope on the morning of the third day when he rose from the dead. That was his passion. And it resulted in the offer of salvation to all who would believe.

Series: His Passion; My Salvation
Jordan Coros
Message 3- Resurrected by the power of the Spirit
Harvest Bible Chapel
Text: Matthew 28:1-15
Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025

The gospels contain a story of a larger kind which embraces all the essence of fairy-stories…the Birth of Christ is the happy ending of Man’s history. The Resurrection is the happiest ending of the story of the Incarnation. This story begins and ends in joy.
J.R.R. Tolkien, On Fairy-Stories (Paraphrased)

Jesus’ passion to rise secures my salvation. Will I respond with…

…awe or terror? (v. 1-7)

…joy or suspicion? (v. 8-10)

John 20:25

John 20:29

1 Peter 1:8-9

…belief or denial? (v. 11-15)

1 Corinthians 15:19

Romans 10:9

Do I believe that Jesus Christ died on the cross for my sin? That he rose from the grave as my Saviour? And as a result, every part of my life belongs to him as my Lord?