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Know & Grow Podcast Notes – Episode 4

Christ’s Glorious Resurrection

In our recent podcasts we have considered our great salvation, which was part of God’s plan, designed before the beginning of time and to end at the time of Christ’s marvelous second coming.

We also have reviewed the chronological events of salvation, beginning with God choosing us and dragging us to salvation, in collaboration with the Holy Spirit’s conviction, which brought us to the point of faith in Christ’s sacrifice for our personal salvation. These actions secured us unchangeable positions, gained through our salvation and made efficacious for us by our faith in Christ’s substitutionary death (punishment) for our sins.

Today we discuss Christ’s glorious resurrection. While Christ’s death dealt with our personal sins so we would be found innocent, His resurrection is also vital for eternal life. Scripture states if there was no resurrection, we would remain dead in our sins (1 Corinthians 15:17).

It is Christ’s resurrection that enables several of the secure positions before God, described in ‘Our sure positions in Christ‘. Further, Christ’s resurrection allowed Him

Significance of the resurrection  

The specific importance of the resurrection rests in several key biblical concepts described below.

Regarding Jesus Christ

  • Demonstrates he is God
  • God’s promises are valid
  • Spiritually baptizes us so we are identified with His new life and created as a new person (Romans 6:2-10).
  • Afterwards, He ascend to heaven to sit at the right hand of God the father to sit at the right hand of God the father in glory.
  • He now heads the church into which we are adopted (Ephesians 1:5)
  • He (and God) sent the Holy Spirit to seal us to the day of our redemption (Romans 8:9)
  • He now ministers to us as our great high priest (Hebrews 4:14-16)
  • He will return to establish eternity and reign in His Kingdom (Revelation 19-22)

Consequently, the resurrection is central to who God is and His promises.

Regarding man – The resurrection is central to our salvation and our identity as Christians. The effects of the resurrection on man are described by a number of concepts in the New Testament epistles, the most prevalent being spiritual baptism. This is an important biblical truth which is vital in understanding our transformation into Christians when we believed to our salvation.

In summary, the resurrection provides the following benefits which I include with my mnemonic ‘HELP’ to assist you in remembering these points:

  • H – Holiness – Our new life in Christ allows us to be viewed as holy by God so we now have access to Him (Hebrews 10:19-22). Indeed, without the resurrection and our new life, despite our forgiveness, we would still be dead. This is because without the regeneration (spiritual baptism) resulting from the resurrection, we would still be “in our sins” because of our fallen depraved nature inherited from Adam (1 Corinthians 15:17-19; Ephesians 2:3). Because we are a new holy person based on Christ’s resurrection, we have the freedom to come boldly to God in prayer without hindrance or need for a human intercessor (Hebrews 10:20-23).
  • E– Eternal life – Because of the resurrection we are raised with Christ to new life. We are now viewed by God as holy and can enter heaven and eternal life when our physical life ends. The regeneration helps prove we cannot lose our salvation because scripture does not indicate that our new self can be killed and the old dead self re-resurrected like some bad re-make of the ‘Night of the Living Dead’ movie! Death no longer has dominion over us (1 Corinthians 15:48-58; Romans 6:9).
  • L – labor; able to serve – Since we are resurrected to a new and holy person, and possess the Holy Spirit, we are a new person who is able to serve God according to His will (Romans 6:11-16; Ephesians 2:10). We were not able to do His works prior to becoming a Christian (Romans 3:10-12). Importantly the resurrection provides an example to us of the immense power of God that helps us live our daily lives as Christians. We have this great power to help us live our lives as well as help others (Romans 8:10-12).
  • P – Power not to sin – Although every believer sins, we have the ability to resist sin because as a new person in Christ we have the power by the Holy Spirit to live a victorious life. We can say “no” to sin (Romans 8:13)!

Remember the acronym, HELP!

By Christ’s resurrection we are transformed permanently to a new life, identified with Christ and sitting with Him in heaven. These changes cannot be reversed. What a great comfort we have in truth of scripture!

Therefore, as a new person, we are liberated from sin and are free to serve Christ. We cannot be defeated by the misdeeds of our old self nor affected by Adam’s fall (Romans 6:11-23).

What a great salvation we have, which God planned before all time and carried out in His wisdom, knowledge, love and for His own pleasure (Ephesians 1:4-8).

 

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