RESURRECTION TRUTHS(1)
WITHOUT THE RESURRECTION OUR FAITH IS FAKE AND IN VAIN!


The week of Easter is commonly referred to as the ‘passion week’.  If this is so then it is appropriate to refer to the month of Easter as the passion month. This is the month of March, the month of Easter and therefore it is safe to refer to this month as the passion month. Though the Easter Sunday is on the first of April, still the majority of the fasting leading to the Easter takes place in the month of March. The Good Friday is also in the month of March. So welcome once again into the month of restoration, for in this month by the works of Christ on the cross the restoration of humanity back to his original position in God was accomplished. Earlier in Isaiah 42:22, the situation of humanity was described in gory details: ‘But this is a people robbed and spoiled;  they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses:  they are for a prey, and none delivereth;  for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.’

We were a people robbed and spoiled and then Christ came in this passion month and restored us back to glory, we are now no longer a people robbed and spoiled but a people robed in the splendor and beauty of our God! This was what the resurrection of Christ brought us, total restoration back to our once held Edenic status in God! This is why the message of the cross, of the resurrection, became the predominant message of the Apostles!

There was only one thing the Apostles harped on in almost all of their messages: the resurrection of Christ. In one of those scriptures that buttress this in Acts 4:33 the Bible says, with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus and great grace was upon them all. Other scriptures that testified of the Apostles passion about the resurrection abounds: Acts 2:32-33, Acts 4:2, Acts 4:33, Acts 17:18, 32

This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.   33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.(Acts 2:32-33)

1 And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, 2 Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.(Acts 4:2)

You can understand their craziness about the resurrection gospel. I have seen a couple of dead people raised back to life planting churches the length and breadth of the land. You could feel the excitement. Every Sunday after such events the church has always been filled up! The whole town during such period never gets anything to talk about that except this miraculous resuscitation of men, women, and children who for once everyone thought were dead. Every little group of men, women, and children chatting across different homes and corners in the town were always talking about the 'landlord's daughter that was raised back to life', it was a discourse that probably goes on for months and years! That's the power of having the dead raised back to life! Or if I told you that your dead grandma has been raised back to life and I had dinner with her last night will you keep just wave it off and ask 'what's the next interesting thing?’ No! Nothing can be more interesting than the resurrection from the dead!

This was all the Apostles can preach and really that was all there is to preach anyway because without the resurrection our faith is fake and in vain!

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‘IT ALL BEGAN AT CALVARY'


He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning.   For this purpose, the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil’1 John 3:8

This is the major reason why he came: to free us from sin, sickness, disease, poverty, and death! His work was to restore us back to our original mandate of dominion that was lost in Adam. His work was to restore us back to life! A life that cannot be ruled by death!

Romans 5:14-17 sheds light on this that up until the coming of Christ, death reigned over all!

"For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ"

But as soon as Christ stepped into the sin, death gave way to life! Death lost its power because Jesus has gotten the victory! This revelation made Paul shout in 1 Corinthians 15:55, 'O death where is thy sting, oh grave where is thy victory. But thanks be to God, which gaveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ's'

The sting of death was lost on the cross!

The power of the grave was overcome at the resurrection!

The resurrection work and its victory for us all began at the Calvary! He first needed to die before he could rise! And on the cross of Calvary God's love was expressed for mankind as he 'gave up his only begotten son' to die for us. Now note this, very important, Calvary expresses the love of God while the resurrection expresses the power of God! Through the demonstration of his love and the workings of his mighty power at the resurrection, God gave humanity a new lease of life! Hallelujah!

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RESURRECTION TRUTHS
THE RESURRECTION POWER

No doubt in this kingdom the Holy Spirit is the power of God. In Acts 1:8 the Bible made it clear: ‘But ye shall receive POWER after the HOLY SPIRIT HAS COME UPON YOU'. Now that's self-explanatory: power only comes after the Holy Spirit is resident in our lives! This is further confirmed in Acts 10:38, Jesus was anointed with the Holy Spirit and then power! If you read in Acts 4:31-33 you will notice the same sequence: they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and then great grace(power) was upon them!

Acts 4:31-33, And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together;  and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.   32 And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul:  neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own;  but they had all things common.   33 And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus:  and great grace was upon them all

The Holy Ghost is the embodiment and carrier of God's power! When He is resident in our lives his power flows through us! But much more there is a dimension of his power that had Paul thinking: 'that I may know him and the power of his resurrection'. It is the resurrection power or the resurrection dimension of the working of the power of the Holy Spirit!

Yes, it is the same Holy Spirit but with different dimensions of workings and administration. In Isaiah 11:1-3 we see how the same Holy Spirit works in different dimensions in the life of Jesus providing a picture of how it should work in our lives as believers! This is the same with his power: it has a different dimension to its workings! But there is the resurrection dimension of that power which we are told is the 'exceeding greatness' of the working of God's power (Ephesians 1:17-20)! This is the first description of that resurrection power: it is exceedingly great in its working!


Ephesians 1:17-20, _That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:  18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened;  that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, 19 And *what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, 20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead* and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places_

Going back a bit on our Bible pages we see another description of this power by Paul in Romans 8:11, If the Spirit of him that raised Christ from the dead dwelleth in you, THAT SAME SPIRIT WILL QUICKEN...This dimension of God's power as we see here is self-quickening and self-activated! It goes to work on its own! It brings what is dead back to life on its own!

Picture this, Jesus was dead in the grave, sealed in a tomb with no means to escape, deserted as it were by all, even by the father but still carrying the Holy Spirit in his dead body! This seems dormant in the grave after the passage of two days! But on the third day, the resurrection power went to work on its own! It began to quicken Christ's dead body, revitalizing every dead cell and reawakening every dead bone!

And then Jesus without been called forth came forth! All on his own! Hallelujah! The self-quickening power of God was at work and the son of God came back from the dead!

This resurrection season whatever is dead in your life is coming back to life of its own accord in Jesus name!!! Amen!

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HE FINISHED IT ALL


As he hung on the cross, over 2000 years ago our Lord and savior uttered the most important word that has redefined the destiny of humanity! In all 7 times, he spoke on the cross, 3 times before the darkness, once during the darkness and 3 times after the darkness. His words on the cross:

Word of forgiveness - *father, forgive them for they know not what they do* Luke 23:34

Word of Assurance - *today shalt thou be with me in paradise* - Luke 23:43

Word of comfort - *Woman behold thy son' and to John, 'Behold thy mother* - John 19:26-27

Word of desolation - *My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me* Matthew 27:45, Mark 15:33-36, Luke 23:44

Word of suffering - *I thirst* - John 19:26

****Word of Triumph*** - *_It is finished_*- John 19:30

Word of committal - *Father into thy hands I commend my spirit* - Luke 23:46

 
All words that carry weights and imports, but I will focus on one that summarises all that he did for us over 2000 years ago. When all has been done and wrapped up the son of God proclaimed: it is finished! They were the most important words uttered in the history of humanity!

When he came his mission was well spelled out: 'for this purpose was the son of God manifested that he might destroy the works of the devil!' and on the cross, he did just that through his death! Through death, he destroyed him that had the power of sin and death! And, then he rose three days after he declared ' I am he that liveth and was dead. But now I live forever more and I have the keys of hell death!' Hallelujah!

Through his death, he gave us victory over everything mortal - sin and death! And now he has the keys of hell and death, meaning that it is no longer Satan that determines your lifespan! He no longer has the keys! Jesus has it! Every death sentence hanging over your life and destiny is declared null and void, in the name of Jesus!

On the cross, he finished the dominion of sin over us therefore

Stand in the finished work of Christ!

Stand in the power of his death and resurrection!

Stand in the victory obtain for us.


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