Resurrection Day Victory Proclamation
He is risen! The dead ones are risen! We are risen, indeed!
Matthew affirms this 1st-century reality that the long-promised
resurrection of the dead was underway when Jesus and “the bodies of many holy
people who had died were raised to life. They came out of the tombs . . . .”
(Matt. 27:51-53).
Paul confirms it numerous times using a plural
noun properly translated – “dead ones” and “dead persons” (Acts 17:32; 23:6;
24:21; 26:23; 1 Cor. 15:12, 13, 15, 16).
And more resurrection was soon “to be about to be” (Acts 24:15)
on the “last day” (singular – John 6:39, 40, 44, 54; 11:24) of the “last days”
(plural – Heb. 1:2)!
Therefore, is it possible that resurrection in Christ is a lot
greater and more relevant reality than most Christians have been led to
believe?
Spiritual Resurrection
Paul declared, "I am (have been) crucified with
Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me: and the life
which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved
me, and gave Himself for me" (Gal. 2:20).
The preaching of the cross is
foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the
power of God (1 Cor. 1:17-18). The apostle wrote to the Galatians, "But
God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by
whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world" (Gal. 6:14).
Our old man has been crucified with Him; we have crucified the flesh with its
affections and lusts (Rom. 6:6; Gal. 5:24).
That same resurrection power dwells in you!
(Rom 8:11) But if
the Spirit of the One who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, the One
who raised up Christ from the dead shall also make your mortal bodies alive by
His Spirit who dwells in you.
(Eph 1:20) which He worked in Christ in raising Him from the dead, and He seated Him at His right hand in the heavenlies,
(Eph 2:6) and has raised us up together and made us sit together in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus,
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