The Resurrection Results are In!

 

 

Opening Illustration: What does it all mean…is Easter pointless?

 

 

I.  The resurrection of Christ secured life for us.

 

You know that had Christ not been raised from the dead…there would be no salvation for us. It is the resurrected Christ that secured our salvation.

 

I Cor. 15:14   And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.

 

I want us to attempt to come to a better and deeper understanding of the part the Resurrection plays in our salvation…I beg your patience, as I see myself as a student …hopefully, message by message and study by study, coming to a more complete understanding….

 

 

A. Our reconciliation to God was secured through the suffering and death of Christ while we were sinners…Romans 5:10

 

The Bible seems to make a separation or breaks down the suffering and death of Christ from the resurrection of Christ.  They are both essential to the Gospel but by separating them we might have better understanding of the Gospel.

 

 Note the truth declared by Romans 5:10 … Our reconciliation was a work between God and His Son, apart from us, while we were still sinners.

 

 

B. Our redemption was secured through the shedding of Christ’s blood and the offering of His blood on the altar in Heaven. 

 

In the Book of Hebrews we are given a clear picture of the Old Testament high priest, who took blood, the blood of goats and sheep, into the Holy of Holies in the Tabernacle, to atone for the sins of the people. The Bible says:

 

Heb. 9:7

 

Then late, in this same chapter, we are told:

 

Heb. 9: 11-14

 

 

Dr. J. Vernon McGee of  “Through the Bible” explains in his commentary that Christ took His own Blood into the Holy of Holies in Heaven and sprinkled it on the mercy seat there.

  

 

C. Our justification with and before God is declared and assured by the resurrection of Christ.   Romans 4:24-25

 

Note that I said our justification was declared or assured or revealed by the resurrection of Christ.

 

 

Romans 5: 9 “but now being justified by his blood”

Compared to

Romans 4:25 “was raised for our justification”

 

 

Justification means that God counts you as righteous.  Our sin is not imputed to us and Christ’s righteousness is imputed to us, we are counted righteous.

 

There is no contradiction as, strictly speaking, justification does comes through the Blood Atonement of Christ on the Cross.

 

Justification was brought about by the shedding of blood…but we are assured of our justification, we are declared justified, our justification is revealed by the resurrection.

 

The resurrection is justification for our life …it is raising, exalting, resurrecting Christ and declaring Him the reason we have life, the Cause for our life, the justification for God giving us life is that Christ paid our debt.

 

 

Justification was:

purchased by Christ on the Cross

revealed in the resurrection 

 

  

The only reason the resurrection was accomplished was because God was fully satisfied with the payment made by His son.     The debt was completely paid and thus the Son, who was abandoned by God on the Cross as He became sin for us, was brought home again forever indicating the Father’s complete acceptance of His Son and complete payment of the debt. 

 

Raised for our justification = raised, declaring our justification, raised, keeping our justification.

 

 

D. Our repentance (acceptance of and agreement with) then is gifted to us by the resurrected Christ… Acts 3:26, Acts 5:30-31

 

 

I recognize these verses speak of Israel, but in reality everyone’s coming to Christ is a gift, in that the first step of every experience with God is on God’s part.

 

We are loved first by God,

We are drawn first of God.

 

 

We owe our total salvation experience and our total spiritual experience to the Resurrected Christ.

 

 

Conclusion of Part two: Let’s suppose I am a school principle and I make a rule that there will be no cursing. I publish and announce it in every class. Every teacher is instructed to make every student aware of the rule and they do so. They are also made aware of the penalty for committing such an offence.

 

One day on the playground …John Jones curses ….he gets mad and curses several individuals, several heard him, I heard him and everyone knows I heard him …including John Jones.

 

Now let’s suppose I have a son who also attends this school and I go to my son and say to him, “John Jones cursed and I must apply the penalty upon him. It is sad because he thinks I do not live him, he thinks I hate him.” I say to my son, “I love John and I know you love him also. Would you take the penalty for John Jones?”  My son says, “I do love John and I will take his penalty.” I raise the rod and severely discipline my son for the sin of John Jones…I do not spare because he is my son, I discipline him just like I was whipping John the guilty party.

 

  

Listen carefully …

 

  at that point John Jones is reconciled to me,

 

 his redemption has been provided by my own son …and I send word to John Jones that I have nothing at all against him.

 

I request that John accept the reconciliation that is provided.

 

  The evidence that reconciliation and redemption has been completely provided is in the fact that my sacred son is in my presence in fellowship with me.

 

  All John has to do to have the reconciliation and redemption applied to him is to repent or agree to accept what was provided on his behalf.

  

  

 

Beginning of part three

 

 II.  The resurrection of Christ secured a living Priest for us. Romans 8:34 

 

Praying for us

Strengthening us

Guiding us

 

 

 III.  The resurrection of Christ secured a living hope for us ….I Peter 1:3

 

 

A. Living hope of a Death with out sorrow. 

I Cor. 15:54-55 

I Thess. 4:13-14

 

 

B. Living hope of a Judgment without condemnation.

I Cor 3:12-15

 

 

C. Living hope of an Inheritance:

without corruption   I Peter 1:4

 

Not made with hands II Cor. 5:1 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.