John Wells - April 20, 2025 - The Resurrection of Jesus Christ - John 20:1-16
Revelation 1: 18
“ I am the living one. I died and behold I am alive forevermore,
and I have the keys of death and hell”
2 Timothy 2: 8
“ Remember that Jesus Christ is risen from the dead, the offspring
of David as preached in my Gospel”.
I Corinthians 15: 19, Matthew 20: 18
Mark 10:33
“ Behold, we go up to Jerusalem and the Son of Man will be
delivered over unto the chief priests and they will condemn him to
death…. They will mock him, spit on him, and flog him and kill
him…AND AFTER THREE DAYS HE WILL RISE AGAIN ”
Luke 18:31
“Behold, we go up to Jerusalem and all the things that were written
by the prophets concerning the Son of Man will be accomplished.
… they will scourge him, and put him to death: and on the third day
he will rise again and they understood none of these things ”
Luke 24 : 25
“ Oh foolish ones and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets
have spoken. Was it not necessary that Christ should suffer these
things and enter into his glory ? And beginning at Moses and all the
prophets he interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things
concerning himself ”
Romans 1:4
“ He is declared to be the Son of God in power …by his resurrection
from the dead ”
John 11:25
“ I am the resurrection and the Life. Whoever believes in me though
he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me
shall never die. Do you believe this ?”
John 14:19
“ Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will
see me. Because I live you will live also.”
The Meaning of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ
• He is the Eternal Son of God
• I have Victory over sin & death, hell and the grave
• I am Justified
• I will live after I die
The Results of the Resurrection
• Vindication – God is satisfied, Justice has been met
• Victory – “ It is Finished” My sin is gone, my debt is paid
• Vitality – I’m enriched, renewed – I can live Full and Free in Him
• Vicarious Living – “the life I now live I live by faith in Him”
