We Serve a RISEN Savior!

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We Serve a RISEN Savior!

• but the angel said,
• Don't be alarmed. You are looking for
  Jesus of Nazareth,
  who was crucified. He isn't here!
  He is risen from
  the dead!
• - Mark 166

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If Jesus is resurrected, then everything He said
about Himself is TRUE!

• But the Jewish leaders demanded, What are
  you doing? If God gave you authority to do this,
  show us a miraculous sign to prove it.
  All
  right, Jesus replied. Destroy this temple, and
  in three days I will raise it up. What! they
  exclaimed. It
  has taken forty-six years to build this Temple,
  and you can rebuild it in 3 days?
• But when Jesus said this temple,
• he meant his own body.
  After he was raised from the dead,
• his disciples remembered he had said this, and
  they believed both the Scriptures and what Jesus
  had said.
• -John 218-22

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If Jesus is resurrected,
we, too, shall be raised!

• "And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from
  the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ
  from the dead will also give life to your mortal
  bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you."
• - Romans 811

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If Jesus is resurrected, we will be given
heavenly rewards!

• "Marvel not at this for the hour
  is coming, in which all that are in
  the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come
  forth they that have done good, unto the
  resurrection of life and they
  that have done evil, unto the resurrection of
  damnation." -
  John 528, 29

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Imputation

• The righteousness that was his through his
  perfect obedience to the Father in his complete
  obedience to the Law is imputed, given, to us. In
  short, our sins were given to Jesus. His
  righteousness was given to us.

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Imputation

• "For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for
  us, that we might become the righteousness of God
  in Him." - 2 Cor. 521

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Sending

• The truth of the imputation of God's
  righteousness into us is such good news that,
  after He rose, Jesus' last command was to spread
  this gospel throughout the whole world!

• "Jesus came and told his disciples, "I have been
  given all authority in heaven and on earth.
  Therefore, go and make disciples of all the
  nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father
  and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new
  disciples to obey all the commands I have given
  you. And be
  sure of this
  I am with you always, even to
  the end of the age."

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Say Hineni to the Great Commission!

• "Then I heard the Lord asking, "Whom should I
  send as a messenger to this people?
  Who will go for us?
  I said,
  "Here I am. Send me.
• - Is. 68

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Christ turns Victims into Victors!

• As the Titanic went down, 2nd Officer Lightoller
  jumped into the water and was able to swim to the
  last life-boat, which he himself had loaded.
• Lightoller helped all the survivors out before he
  climbed to safety himself, becoming the last
  Titanic survivor taken aboard the Carpathia.

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Risking loss to fulfill
the Great Commission!

• No-one should be so quick and willing to rescue
  others as one who has been rescued himself!

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Entrance

• "Then Jesus uttered another loud cry and breathed
  his last.
  And the curtain in the
  sanctuary of the Temple was torn in two,
  from top to bottom."

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Entrance

• " So let us come boldly to the throne of our
  gracious God. There we will receive his mercy,
  and we will find grace to help us when we need
  it most
• And so, dear brothers and sisters, we can boldly
  enter heaven's Most Holy Place because of the
  blood of Jesus.
• - Heb. 416 Heb. 1019

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No more!

• To Mary, He said,
  Do not be afraid!
• To His disciples He said, Do not
  be confused
• To Thomas He said, Do
  not doubt, but be believing!
• To us He says,
  Blessed are all of those who believe
  without seeing!

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The Meaning of Easter

• R Resurrection
• I Imputation
• S Sending
• E Entrance
• N No more doubt or fear!

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We serve a RISEN Savior!

• I serve a risen Savior He's in the world today.
  I know that He is living, whatever men may say. I
  see His hand of mercy, I hear His voice of cheer,
  And just the time I need Him He's always near.
• Chorus He lives! He lives! Christ Jesus lives
  today! He walks with me and talks with me along
  life's narrow way. He lives! He lives! Salvation
  to impart! You ask me how I know He lives? He
  lives within my heart.
• In all the world around me I see His loving care,
  And though my heart grows weary I never will
  despair. I know that He is leading, thro' all the
  stormy blast The day of His appearing will come
  at last.
• Chorus
• Rejoice, rejoice, O Christian! Lift up your voice
  and sing Eternal hallelujahs to Jesus Christ, the
  King! The Hope of all who seek Him, the Help of
  all who find, None other is so loving, so good
  and kind.
• Chorus