They Need To Hear More About The Resurrection

[Mr. M]

Acts Seventeen:

30 Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked,

but now commands all men everywhere to repent, 

31 because He has appointed a day on which He will

judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom

He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all

by raising Him from the dead.”

32 And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead,

some mocked, while others said,

“We will hear you again on this matter.”

Paul's sermon on the Areopagus provides a perfect demonstration of how the Holy Spirit brings forth the words to speak in every situation. We see the Resurrection central to his message, for the Philosophers sought for the meaning of life. In Christ, we find meaning and liberation in death.

John Twelve:

 24 Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls

into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies,

it produces abundant fruit. 

25 He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life

in this world will keep it for eternal life.

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To be kept in the Resurrection Power of the Holy Spirit,

believers must die to themselves to find themselves in Christ,

and safely in the good, acceptable, and perfect Will of the Father.

To abide under the seal of the Holy Spirit

John Sixteen:

7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage

that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not

come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you. 

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Christ now confirmed to be the Son of God with Power

Romans One:

3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord,

which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;

4 And declared to be the Son of God with power,

according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:

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Christ seated at the right hand of power, has authority 

to give the Holy Spirit to whomsoever He pleases.

John Seventeen:

1 Jesus spoke these words, lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said: 

Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You, 

2 as You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He should

give eternal life to as many as You have given Him. 

3 And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God,

and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.

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The Assurance of victory of sin and death

Romans Six:

4 Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death,

that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, 

even so we also should walk in newness of life.

5 For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death,

certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, 

6 knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, 

that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should

no longer be slaves of sin. 

7 For he who has died has been freed from sin. 

8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, 

9 knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more.

Death no longer has dominion over Him. 

10 For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all;

but the life that He lives, He lives to God. 

11 Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin,

but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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Eternal Life is confirmed in the death to self

Romans Eight:

11 But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, 

He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies

through His Spirit who dwells in you.

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In Christ, eternal life is now, and death is the ultimate gain.

Philippians One:

20 According to my earnest expectation and my hope,

that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness,

as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body,

whether it be by life, or by death.

21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

22 But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour:

yet what I shall choose I wot not.

23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart,

and to be with Christ; which is far better:

24 Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.

25 And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide

and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith;

26 That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ

for me by my coming to you again.

[Mr. M]

Acts 24:21 Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day.

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The preaching of the Resurrection brings

the hope of eternal life to the longing heart.

First Peter One:

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

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Apprehending what has apprehended us

Philippians Three:

10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;

11 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.

12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.

Preaching the Resurrection disturbs the status quo

Acts Four:

1 Now as they spoke to the people, the priests, the

captain of the temple, and the Sadducees came upon them, 

2 being greatly disturbed that they taught the people

and preached in Jesus the resurrection from the dead. 

[Mr. M]

On 4/20/2025 at 2:24 PM, Mr. M said:

The preaching of the Resurrection brings

the hope of eternal life to the longing heart.

Revelation Twenty:

6 Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.

First Corinthians Fifteen: Amplified

20 But now [as things really are] Christ has in fact been raised from the dead, [and He became] the first fruits [that is, the first to be resurrected with an incorruptible, immortal body, foreshadowing the resurrection] of those who have fallen asleep [in death].