The Resurrection of the Dead
Various
The power of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ has
affected many people in the history of the world. I want to look at a few of
them in the Scriptures and then look at some verses that teach us about various
aspects of this wonderful truth.
Nicodemus:
1 There was a man of the Pharisees named
Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
2 This man came to Jesus by night and said
to Him, "Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for no one
can do these signs that You do unless God is with him."
3 Jesus answered and said to him,
"Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the
kingdom of God."
4 Nicodemus said to Him, "How can a
man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb
and be born?"
5 Jesus answered, "Most assuredly, I
say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the
kingdom of God.
6 That which is born of the flesh is
flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You
must be born again.'
8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you
hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So
is everyone who is born of the Spirit."
9 Nicodemus answered and said to Him,
"How can these things be?"
10 Jesus answered and said to him,
"Are you the teacher of Israel, and do not know these things?
Spiritual Life from Spiritual death:
Eph 2: 1 And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins,
2 in which you once walked according to
the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the
spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience,
3 among whom also we all once conducted
ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of
the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.
4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because
of His great love with which He loved us,
5 even when we were dead in trespasses,
made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
Lazarus
John 11: 1 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of
Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
2 It was that Mary who anointed the Lord
with fragrant oil and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.
3Therefore the sisters sent to Him, saying,
"Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick."
4 When Jesus heard that, He said,
"This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son
of God may be glorified through it."
5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister
and Lazarus.
6 So, when He heard that he was sick, He
stayed two more days in the place where He was.
John 11: 18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about
two miles away.
19 And many of the Jews had joined the
women around Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.
20 Then Martha, as soon as she heard that
Jesus was coming, went and met Him, but Mary was sitting in the house.
21 Then Martha said to Jesus, "Lord,
if You had been here, my brother would not have died.
22 But even now I know that whatever You
ask of God, God will give You."
23 Jesus said to her, "Your brother
will rise again."
24 Martha said to Him, "I know that he
will rise again in the resurrection at the last day."
25Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection
and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.
26And whoever lives and believes in Me shall
never die. Do you believe this?"
27 She said to Him, "Yes, Lord, I
believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who is to come into the
world."
John 11: 32Then, when Mary came where Jesus was, and saw
Him, she fell down at His feet, saying to Him, "Lord, if You had been
here, my brother would not have died."
33 Therefore, when Jesus saw her weeping,
and the Jews who came with her weeping, He groaned in the spirit and was
troubled.
34And He said, "Where have you laid
him?" They said to Him, "Lord, come and see."
35 Jesus wept.
36 Then the Jews said, "See how He
loved him!"
37 And some of them said, "Could not
this Man, who opened the eyes of the blind, also have kept this man from
dying?"
38 Then Jesus, again groaning in Himself,
came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it.
39 Jesus said, "Take away the
stone." Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to Him, "Lord,
by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days."
40 Jesus said to her, "Did I not say
to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?"
41Then they took away the stone from the place
where the dead man was lying. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said,
"Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.
42 And I know that You always hear Me, but
because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe
that You sent Me."
43 Now when He had said these things, He
cried with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come forth!"
44 And he who had died came out bound hand
and foot with graveclothes, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said
to them, "Loose him, and let him go."
45 Then many of the Jews who had come to
Mary, and had seen the things Jesus did, believed in Him.
Some stirred up
troubleàJohn 11: 46 But some of them went
away to the Pharisees and told them the things Jesus did.
47 Then the chief priests and the Pharisees
gathered a council and said, "What shall we do? For this Man works many
signs.
48 If we let Him alone like this, everyone
will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and
nation."
49 And one of them, Caiaphas, being high
priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing at all,
50 nor do you consider that it is expedient
for us that one man should die for the people, and not that the whole nation
should perish."
51 Now this he did not say on his own
authority; but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die
for the nation,
52 and not for that nation only, but also
that He would gather together in one the children of God who were scattered
abroad.
53 Then, from that day on, they plotted to
put Him to death.
Saul becomes Paul, the
Apostle: Acts 9: the Risen Lord Jesus appears from Heaven: 1 Then
Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord,
went to the high priest
2 and asked letters from him to the
synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether
men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
3 As he journeyed he came near Damascus,
and suddenly a light shone around him from heaven.
4 Then he fell to the ground, and heard a
voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?"
5 And he said, "Who are You,
Lord?" Then the Lord said, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. It
is hard for you to kick against the goads."
6 So he, trembling and astonished, said,
"Lord, what do You want me to do?" Then the Lord said to him,
"Arise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must
do."
7 And the men who journeyed with him stood
speechless, hearing a voice but seeing no one.
You or Us?
1 Peter 1:3 ESV / 47 helpful votes
Blessed be the God and
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us
to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from
the dead,
Romans 10:9 ESV / 33 helpful votes
Because, if you confess
with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised
him from the dead, you will be saved.
Spiritual or true Life through the life and death of the Lord
Jesus Christ--the one with power over life and death. As we read:
John 11:25 ESV / 26 helpful votes
Jesus said to her, “I am
the resurrection and the life. Whoever
Acts 17:31 ESV / 21 helpful votes
Because he has fixed a
day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has
appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the
dead.”
Romans 8:34 ESV / 15 helpful votes
Who is to condemn?
Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the
right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us.
1 Corinthians 15:3-8 ESV / 14 helpful votes
For I delivered to you
as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in
accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the
third day in accordance with the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas,
then to the twelve. Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one
time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. Then he
appeared to James, then to all the apostles. ... Eye WITNESSES
And if Christ has not
been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain.
Romans 2:6-8 ESV / 8 helpful votes
He will render to each
one according to his works: to those who by patience in well-doing seek for
glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life; but for those who
are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there
will be wrath and fury.
John 20:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes
For as yet they did not
understand the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.
Galatians 1:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes
Paul, an apostle—not
from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who
raised him from the dead—
1 Corinthians 15:3-4 ESV / 5 helpful votes
For I delivered to you
as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in
accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the
third day in accordance with the Scriptures, OT prophecies as witnesses to X's
need to be raised.
Acts 3:15 ESV / 5 helpful votes
And you killed the
Author of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses.
Acts 2:32 ESV / 5 helpful votes
This Jesus God raised
up, and of that we all are witnesses.
Acts 2:24 ESV / 5 helpful votes
God raised him up, loosing
the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.
90-95AD a personal letter to the churches in Asia Minor with
relevance for all of the churches: Revelation 1:17-18 ESV
When I saw him, I fell
at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear
not, I am the first and the last, and the living one. I died, and behold I am
alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.
Philippians 3:21 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Who will transform our
lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to
subject all things to himself.
Ephesians 1:20-23 ESV / 4 helpful votes
That he worked in Christ
when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the
heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and
above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to
come. And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things
to the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.
1 Corinthians 6:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes
And God raised the Lord
and will also raise us up by his power.
Luke 24:44-46 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Then he said to them,
“These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that
everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms
must be fulfilled.” Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,
and said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the
third day rise from the dead,
1 Thessalonians 1:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes
And to wait for his Son
from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath
to come.
Romans 4:25 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Who was delivered up for
our trespasses and raised for our justification.
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