The Resurrection… The Most Powerful Event In History!

Ephesians 1:17,19-20 (AMP)
¹⁷ [For I always pray to] the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory… ”
¹⁹ And [so that you can know and understand] what is the immeasurable and unlimited and surpassing greatness of His power in and for us who believe, as demonstrated in the working of His mighty strength,
²⁰ Which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead…”

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esus predicted His Death, Burial and Resurrection which is recorder in the gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke. Below is the prediction in Matthew’s gospel.

21 From that time Jesus began to show to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third day.

(NKJV Mt 16:21)

Peter began to rebuke Jesus because he didn’t know as yet the purpose of His death, and the resurrection that would follow. He thought it was defeat and that he would never see Jesus again.

Yet this was God’s instrument (the Cross) and His plan to bring mankind back into the relationship and fellowship once enjoyed with Himself.

Satan didn’t know either, that Jesus was going to be resurrected from the dead the third day, ascend into Heaven and be seated at the right hand of God the Father. He thought His death was the end of him.

This single event (the resurrection) was going to change mankind, and liberate them to live and serve God forever by dealing a death blow to Satan’s authority over them.

           

¹⁸ And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.
¹⁹ Go therefore…”  (Mat 28:18-19)

Jesus has All Authority in Heaven and on Earth and has given to the Church His “Name” that represents all that ”He is” and all that “He has”.  He says, “Go therefore...”

³ Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? 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.” (Rom. 6:3-5)

All over the World Christians are celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. He is alive!  Death was defeated by life! Jesus is now seated at the right hand of God the Father. “Because He Lives so do We!”

                                                                                                                                               

CHRISTIANS ARE SUPPOSE TO BE GOD'S HOUSE

Heb 3:6 (NKJV)

"but Christ as a Son over His own house, WHOSE HOUSE WE ARE...if we hold fast the confidence...and the rejoicing of the hope... FIRM TO THE END." It's something we do! the Bible also says to, WORK OUT "your own salvation" with fear and trembling. (Phil 2:12) It implies effort on our part. We should read and study our Bibles everyday! To get our thinking straightened out. To think like God does.

Romans 12:2 2 (NLT) "Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by CHANGING THE WAY YOU THINK. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect." The Bible is God's revealed will!

Secondly, we should pray everyday! Prayer is talking to God. Any relationship without communication IS WRONG and WILL NOT LAST. Marriage is a good example. To be "God's House" we're TO LIVE AS HE LIVES and we SHOULD COMMUNICATE DAILY with Him! TAKE TIME OR MAKE TIME. Start a new, fresh, and close relationship with the Lord in 2013!

YOUR LIFE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AND YOU WILL BE GLAD YOU DID! people around you will notice the change and your love for God will grow. He will be to you what He has always wanted to be...Your God. And you will be to Him what He has always wanted you to be...as Abraham was, and as Jesus' close disciples were...God's Friend!

Think About This...'Don't allow Distress, Fear, or Problems To Overwhelm You...give it to God.' 

  Psalm 61:1-2 (NKJV)   
  Hear my cry, O God; 
  Attend to my prayer. 
  From the end of the earth I will cry to You, 
  When my heart is overwhelmed; 
  Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

It was a beautiful Friday afternoon, December 28th, 2012. My son Matt & I were driving on the Coronado Bay Bridge when traffic in the lane in front of us suddenly stopped. We went around like others and noticed a man was out of his pick-up truck, who climbed up to sit on the cement side rail of the bridge. My son, who was driving pulled over in front of his truck and we got out. He was going to commit suicide! We attempted to talk with him that Jesus loved him and he ought not to do that. He wouldn't listen and told us not to come closer. He plunged over 200 feet off this bridge to his death. My son watched in horror as his body hit the water. I looked away and back again to only see his body float on the water. We prayed for him when we went to our car. I believe God had us come there at that same time to save his life and he was given another chance...we heard later he was alive after hitting the water but later he finally died...The Police told us (both San Diego & California Highway Patrol) that most people would not have stopped to help him...
Jesus said that he came to save those who were lost... Our hearts were saddened for someone we didn't even know except that Jesus wanted us help him and to tell him that he loved him...

               Philippians 4:6 (NKJV) 

⁶ Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;

               1 Peter 5:7 (NASB) 

⁷ casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you. 

                         See the Bridge below:       

                            
                        Remember: JESUS LOVES YOU!