The Life of the Resurrection in Us Today

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Goal:

To get why understanding what happened at the resurrection is so important, and to live our lives in its power!

The resurrection of Jesus was not simply coming back to life, but the start of a new kind of humanity (and reality)
This “new kind of human” has already begun in us.
We need to live out this new identity.

Eight days later, his disciples were inside again, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”
Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe.”
Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”

So it is with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable, what is raised is imperishable.
The first man, Adam, became a living being”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
The first man is from the earth, made of dust; the second man is from heaven.
Like the one made of dust, so too are those made of dust, and like the one from heaven, so too those who are of heaven.
And just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, let us also bear the image of the man of heaven.

And he is the head of the body, the church.
He is the beginning,
the firstborn from the dead,
that in everything he might be preeminent.

The resurrection of Jesus was not simply coming back to life, but the start of a new kind of humanity (and reality)
Made of imperishable stuff, not atoms and molecules
This “new kind of human” has already begun in us.
We need to live out this new identity.

John 3
1. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
1 John 4
1. Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.
  stronger language than adoption! —we become his children, carrying his DNA inside us
Galatians 5
we see what it is like for use to have this new life of God in us, but still have the old at the same time.
1. For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do.

The resurrection of Jesus was not simply coming back to life, but the start of a new kind of humanity (and reality)
This “new kind of human” has already begun in us.
We need to live out this new identity.

1 John 4
1. Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.
Galatians 5
1. For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do.

If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.
For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
Put to death therefore what is earthly in you...

having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,
and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might
that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places,

Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience,
bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.
And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.
And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.

Nobody loves you
I am a loser
Of course I make mistakes—because I’m human, but God loves me anyway—I am secure.
I am fundamentally broken
If I was really a Christian, I wouldn’t have these bad thoughts
That person is annoying me, but let me pray for them right now

Late last night, as I was working on finishing up this sermon, I thought “What does the voice of the new creation in me say?”
- The thought came up: “Andrew, you are very tired so get some rest. Don’t be a perfectionist with the sermon—trust that to God”
  - Was that voice the old or the new?
Don’t over-analyze: If you think: “It’s nearly April, I should get my taxes done!”, or “I feel like a cup of coffee”
- You don’t have to start worrying about where it came from—it is just a thought!
My prayer is that Jesus’ resurrection won’t just be a story that we read in the Bible
but it will be the key to victory in our lives
We will know what it means for the power that raised Jesus from the dead to be accessible to us.

Close by re-reading these verses.

2 Cor 5:17 “I am a new creation in Christ.
Eph 1:19–20 I want to experience more of “the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might, that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand…”
Gal 2:20 “it’s no longer I who live but Christ lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God.”
Phil 4:12–13 I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

It’s no longer I that liveth,
But Christ that liveth in me.
It’s no longer I that liveth,
But Christ that liveth in me.

He lives, He lives,
Jesus is alive in me!
It’s no longer I that liveth,
But Christ that liveth in me