 Good morning everyone. Thank you for joining class this morning. We're almost to the end of our lessons. Last week we looked at Christ's substitute suffering. Christ died in our place. He took upon himself the penalty for our sins. He took upon himself our suffering and our pain and we discussed Christ's substitute suffering that he did it for us. The main reason why he did it for us is out of love. And we noted the statements in 2 Corinthians chapter 5 verses 14 and 15 where Christ died for us. He laid down his life for us and one died for all and he died for all. So we looked at that and then we looked at Christ was raised so that we could be justified so that we can be acquitted of our sins that we could be seen by the Father just as if we haven't sinned. Romans chapter 4 verse 25 talks about that Christ was delivered up for our offenses and he was raised because of our justification. And then we saw that Christ bore our sins in his body. He became a sin for us. He who knew no sin became sin for us so that we can become the righteousness of God. And then he took upon himself our infirmities. He bore our sicknesses. So we looked at all of the results of Christ's substitution. He's suffering on the cross what happened as a result of him dying in our place taking our sins, taking the penalty of our sins which is death. We see that he bore our infirmities, he bore our sicknesses not only took upon himself our sins so that we could be redeemed so that we can be justified but he also bore our sicknesses and our infirmities. And by making that substitutionary suffering on the cross we see that he became a curse for us and that he tasted death for everyone as a result that we could taste life, eternal life. Eternal life is not something that is something in the way in the future which we use the term eschatology but it is something that we can experience here and now. It is a realized eschatology something that we can experience you know on a day-to-day basis we can experience the fullness or the benefits or the gifts of eternal life of us receiving salvation in Christ of our sins being forgiven of us being redeemed from the law of sin from the bondage of sin from us being set free from being slaves of sin and Satan and set free from every bondage and stronghold and you know being slaves of Satan and we have here to enjoy every blessing that Christ has purchased for us on the cross that he tasted death for all of us that we might you know receive the zoe life the life that God has in himself the God kind of life the full sufficient perfect life that Christ has and that he wants us to enjoy. So we looked at Christ's substitutionary suffering and we looked at all of the benefits that we receive as a result of what Christ did on the cross okay. So we will look at chapter 11 today his resurrection and his exaltation and before we look at this chapter can one of our leaders in prayer please yes go ahead sit again Father we thank you for this day Lord for everything you have done for us Lord you are the reason for our happiness Lord the beautiful day you have known us Lord many are not here to witness this day Lord but you have made us alive you have given us the oxygen Lord with you you are giving us free of course Lord thank you for everything you have done Lord we need your wisdom we need your guidance to understand each and every word spoken by the teacher Lord but Lord protect us and provide us in Jesus name we pray amen amen thank you um so do you have any questions uh any doubts i hope you're taking some time to read through your notes so any of you have any questions on chapter 10 Christ substitutionary suffering any doubts any questions anything you all would like to add into what was already said or thought or what's in your notes no one i hope you've taken some time to go through the notes so maybe if you could just want to uh you know just go through your notes and see if you have any questions any doubts so basically uh that's part in this course on Christology um you know we are trying to understand uh you know Christ the doctrine of Christ and so we said at the beginning that in Christology a Christology a student of Christology who studies this topic or this doctrine is looking for answers to basically these questions has God indeed become man has the you know how could the logos truly come flesh and how could humanity and deity exist in real unity and in oneness in one person that is Christ and so in Christology we are basically studying you know the pre-existence of Christ his eternal nature of Christ that he is he is God even before the beginning even before a creation that he is God he is in the bosom of the father that means very intimate with the father and one with the father and the Holy Spirit we also looked at the Old Testament prophecies regarding Christ with his humanity we looked at his incarnation we looked at his sinlessness and his substitutionary suffering on the cross him being you know the the Lamb of God and now we're coming to uh you know the part where we're going to look at his uh uh resurrection and his uh ascension okay so when we think about Christ's resurrection what thoughts come to your mind nothing power you said power Rosalie okay uh why did you mention the word power power of resurrection okay the power of resurrection so what is your understanding about the power of resurrection in what manner Jesus would have god would have resurrected Jesus okay in what manner God would have resurrected Jesus okay that's a good thought so that it'll help me to uh to also share because sometimes when when we're teaching the class we assume that students know you know all of these things and so we kind of think it's irrelevant to mention it but just to get your thoughts and inputs will just help in help me to know you know the areas that I need to uh you know share on or throw more light on okay thank you Rosalind yes Lubega I think without resurrection without us the Christians because when Jesus Christ was crucified the the 11 apostles went into hiding not until Maria Magdalene came and told them that Christ is alive this is when they got the bold the boldness of looking for him so I think in a nutshell without the resurrection without the Christian church thank you pastor oh you said without the resurrection the last sentence without the resurrection without the Christian church so it is in the power of the resurrection that we are believing in Christ and hoping that we shall also have a resurrection in and in that life after yes good thank you so if there was if Christ never resurrected then you know we would be left without any hope that Christ resurrected gives us hope gives us eternal hope eternal life because he's the first fruit of those who've listened and we are to follow in that um and also yes it's the hope of the church and if Christ had not resurrected there would be no hope there would be no church our fate would be just futile as Paul writes in his letters yes thank you Lubega anyone else can share your thoughts so what do you think about resurrection hello hi Paul yes pastor may I think about to the Holy Spirit because when the Bible says when when Jesus died he left the Holy Spirit as our comforter and our helper so I want to understand more that process that transcends many from the power of Jesus Christ then to the Holy Spirit which we now we are now using I want to understand that process okay thank you Paul so look into that angle as well that after Christ resurrected from the dead and he ascended back to the Father you know he asks his disciples to wait in Jerusalem until they are clothed or endured with power and they receive the promise of the Holy Spirit and Jesus also says that you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit you will receive power and you will be my witnesses okay Acts chapter 1 verse 8 and you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem in St. Mary and Judea and they are the most parts of the world okay so that is Acts chapter 1 verse 8 but we will look into that as well okay anyone else ma'am also it reminds me of Romans 8 11 it says 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 yes thank you thank you that's a very powerful verse the Spirit of him who raised Jesus back from dead to life the same Spirit lives in you then the same Spirit will give life to your mortal bodies that's something that is a it's a powerful reminder of you know what crisis accomplished on the cross and also the power of the Holy Spirit that is in us in dwelling in us and also that you know God gives us it gives will give us life in our mortal bodies and it's a promise and it's a very powerful truth and a very powerful verse that we can speak and clear over our lives I remember I think last year when the pandemic you know it was it's a peak in April or sometime in March one of our church members was with the diagnosed with COVID and was in a really bad state and he was in hospital and you know his situation was getting worse and the doctors where you know did everything and they were just discussing that you know they would have to shift him to to Velo where they have better facilities medical facilities and all of that because they did what they could best for him and so the the person realized that his situation is getting worse and that's when he received a WhatsApp message from pastor Ashish and pastor had sent him this promise from Romans 8 11 this person says it's the first time he had really read that was you know the spirit of him who raised Jesus back from dead to life the same spirit dwells in you the spirit will give life to your mortal bodies and it came so power this truth came so powerfully to him it was like a rainbow word that just hit him so powerfully and he just believed that word and he said the moment he believed he felt you know a shift of change something just happened drastically and after that his you know his levels were getting stable he was getting stable there was good improvement and he sorry he walked out of the hospital you know healed so he says that was so that was really powerful thank you for sharing Rosalind from Romans chapter 8 was 11 good to memorize that was also so thank you for sharing that anyone else would like to share your thoughts on resurrection of Jesus Christ or the events that happened after his resurrection the events that took place before his ascension no okay thank you all for for those of you who shared we look at chapter 11 Christ's resurrection and his exaltation we know that you know Christ's resurrection was foretold as we see in Acts chapter 2 verses 29 to 32 in Acts chapter 2 we read about the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost and there was a sound of a mighty wind a hurricane wind a powerful wind and and we see that the 120 of them who were in that room were all baptized in the Holy Spirit and because of the sound of that mighty hurricane like wind people who had come from all over you know from all countries of the world to Jerusalem to suffer to celebrate the Feast of the Passover they heard the sound and they were attracted to this upper room and they saw all of these hundred and twenty in that upper room speaking in various tongues but it was not gibberish tongues it's not something that they couldn't understand but each one of them understood and they realized that these people these men are Galileans but they are speaking in languages of different other native countries come from and they understood that they were all praising and worshiping God and someone some people said that you know the disciples were drunk and then Peter heard this and he took this opportunity and he preaches to them and we know that three thousand of them accepted Christ and were baptized but in his sermon when he was preaching to the people who had gathered there he spoke under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit the apostle Peter points to the Old Testament references indicating the full fulfillment of Christ's resurrection and we read this in Acts chapter 2 verses 29 to 32 so can one of you read Acts chapter 2 verses 29 to 32 please and if someone else can open to Psalms chapter 16 verses 9 to 11 so one of you can read Acts chapter 2 verses 29 to 32 and someone else can read Psalms chapter 16 verses 9 to 11. Acts chapter 2 verse 29 to 32 ma'am. Yes Rosalind. Men and brethren let me speak freely to you of the patriarch David that he is both dead and buried and his tomb is with us to this day therefore being a prophet and knowing that God has swore with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body according to the flesh he would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne he foreseeing this spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ that his soul was not left in Hades nor did his flesh see corruption this Jesus God has raised up of which we are all witnesses amen thank you so here when Peter Peter is preaching his sermon and you know there's a lengthy sermon but we're just looking at verses 29 to verses 32 and we see that you know he's talking about Christ that and his resurrection and he's talking about the fulfillment of the Old Testament prophecies and basically uh he's quoting or he's making a reference uh to acts sorry Psalms chapter 16 verses 9 to 11 so can somebody read that please at Psalms chapter 16 verses 9 to 11 Psalm 16 9 to 11 therefore my heart is great and my glory rejoices my flesh also will rest in hope for you will not leave my soul in show nor will you allow your holy one to see corruption you will show me the path of life in your presence is fullness of joy at your right hand our pleasure forever more thank you Silatoli so uh in in actually two verses was um uh 31 it says that you know he foreseeing this spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ that his soul was not left in Hades um and in some ways it you know Hades or the other word if you can look at Psalm chapter 16 was was 9 to 11 we read it again for you will not leave my soul in show basically it's talking here show the grave okay or being dead that's what it means this word show or Hades means grave or being dead so here the emphasis in these what Paul is sorry Peter is quoting from Psalm chapter 16 verses 9 to 11 he's saying that Christ's body rose from the grave unlike David's which remains in the grave and says it's there even today his grave is there even here today but Christ rose from the dead unlike David whose grave is still there it still remains even today so the reasoning here is that you know in verse 26 that says my body also will live in hope because you will not abandon me to the grave so Peter is basically using David's Psalm to show us that Christ's body did not decay he is therefore unlike David who died it was buried in his tomb is here even today as we read in verse 20 so this is Peter affirming that yes Christ died on the cross but he is not his body is not left to decay in the grave but he has risen and you know they test they are witnesses to the fact and they testified the fact that they have seen the risen Lord Jesus Christ okay so that is uh his resurrection foretold we look at Jesus himself for telling his resurrection in many ways so there are a lot of scripture verses quoted for us and we like to read them so if different people can read the scripture passages would be good uh Matthew I'll just read it out so you all can open it out to the scripture passages and we just take a look at it Matthew chapter 16 was 21 Matthew chapter 17 verses 22 to 23 Matthew chapter 26 30 to 32 and John chapter 2 verses 18 to 22 Luke chapter 24 verses 1 to 8 okay just repeat that again Matthew 16 21 Matthew 17 22 23 Matthew 26 30 to 32 John chapter 2 verses 18 to 22 Luke 24 verses 1 to 8 that's the end thank you yeah go ahead Rosalind yeah Matthew chapter 16 verse 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 thank you so we see that Jesus um you know tells his disciples uh or he begins to show them that he is going to go to Jerusalem where he's going to suffer a great deal uh the hands of the elders chief priests and the scribes and he will be killed but he will be raised up on the third day okay Matthew 17 22 to 23 now while they were staying in Galilee Jesus said today the son of man is about to be betrayed into the hands of man and they will kill him and the third day he will be raised up and they were exceedingly sorrowful thank you so here Jesus tells his disciples that he will be betrayed he will be killed but he will raise up on the third day and they were exceedingly sorrowful because you know they did not want to lose their friend and that's why Jesus says you know I will not leave you as orphans in John chapter 14 or John chapter 16 he says I will not leave you orphans but you will receive the promise of the father and you know he's talking about the holy spirit will come and indwelling them who live with them forever and they will not be left as orphans okay um and because they were uh Jesus knew that they were exceedingly sorrowful to know that he's going to be killed but he'll be raised up on the third day but he's not going to leave them as orphans he's going to be with them he gives them the promise of the holy spirit that we read in John chapter 15 and John chapter 16 okay but he had to even though they were you know sorrowful or sad you know he had to tell them this truth okay Matthew 26 30 to 32 when they had sung with him they went out to the mount of olives then Jesus told them this very night you will all fall away on account of me for it is written I will strike the safe word and the ship of the flock will be scattered but after I have risen I will go ahead of you into Galilee thank you Shabashish so here we see again Jesus telling his disciples you know what are the events that are going to take place this is just before he's going to be betrayed um and he says you know many of you will betray me will be no you'll be caused to stumble because of the events that are going to progress this night but he says you know I will be raised again and I will go before you to Galilee okay John chapter 2 verses 18 to 22 keep one of you read John chapter 2 verses 18 to 22 John chapter 2 verses 18 to 22 then the Jews demanded of him what miraculous sign can you show us to prove your authority to do all this Jesus answered them destroy this temple and I will raise it in again three days the Jews replied it has taken 46 years to build this temple and you are going to raise it in three days but the temple he had spoken of Moses's body after he was raised from the dead in December record what he had said then they believed the scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken thank you so here we see that you know Jesus clears the temple because they had were selling animals in the Gentile courts and they make it they made it like a business place a marketplace and also because they were selling the animals that were used for the sacrifice in the temple on a higher price back to the market rate so on both of these counts of both of these points Jesus was very angry with them and we see that he clears the temple and you know he overturns the tables he chases everyone from the Gentile court whether Gentiles used to stand and worship God and he says stop turning my father's house into a market and then the Jews ask him you know what the sign do you show us since you do these things and just destroy this temple and raise it up in three days and he was basically talking about his body which is the temple and you know Paul also writes and says that our bodies are the temple of the living God where the most high God wells in us and we see that the disciples remember what Jesus has spoken in this instant after you know he he was raised again and they saw him they believed in the scripture believed the the prophecies that foretold death and his resurrection and the words that Jesus had said so it was his resurrection his appearing again to his disciples for all a confirmation to the disciples and they believed in the scriptures and every word that Jesus had spoken or Jesus had said Luke chapter 24 verses one to eight can one of you read that please amen I read in this opening yeah sure look chapter 24 but look transfer verse one very early on Sunday morning the woman went to the tomb crying crying the fact they have prepared they found this stone running away from this entrance to the tomb verse three so they went in but they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus Christ verse 20 verse four this truth deep pusing about about this when suddenly two men in the bright shiny cloth stood by them that's why full of fear the woman bowed down to the ground as the men said to them why are you looking among the dead what are you looking among the dead for one who is alive verse six he is not here he has been risen he has been raised remember what he said to you why he was in Galilee verse eight this song of man must be handed over to the sinner be crucified and three days later raised to life verse eight then the women remember is well thank you thank you so here we see the woman going very early in the morning to the tomb the first day of the week you know they brought spices with them and they wanted to embalm the body of Jesus but when the tomb was empty and and the angels there said you know why do you seek the living among the dead okay so Jesus had already risen he was he's no longer dead his body is not corrupted in the grave or a decade in the grave as as we saw you know Peter preaching to the crowd in act chapter two where he talking about the fulfillment of prophecy in Psalms and so you know the angels tell these women that you know he's not here he's risen and reminds them about what Jesus has said to them the son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men be crucified and on the third day rise again okay and it said that you know they remembered his words which means that they were greatly encouraged to know that what Jesus had spoken has come about and that nobody had stolen his body nobody taken away his body nobody had hit his body but it's the truth that you know just as he said that he would rise again on the third day and he has risen so all the theories that prove that you know people stole Jesus's body they took him took it away so that they can prove to the people to the world to the scribes Pharisees and Sadducees and the chief priest that he truly rose again it's not the truth because we see here mentioned that you know the angels reminding the women don't you remember what Jesus said and they remember and they were greatly encouraged they were greatly excited they were blessed or happy that you know that their master that their savior and their lord has truly risen from the dead so these are a few scripture passages where Jesus foretells his own resurrection and it happens in different ways okay and after Jesus resurrected he showed himself alive in many different instances when he appeared to his disciples when they were going on the road to Emmaus when you know spoke to Mary at tomb he also appeared to the disciples were in there then the closed room and he told Thomas to you know touch his hands and feet to believe that he is the risen lord and savior there's not some ghost so we see that even at the sea of Tiberias when the disciples had gone fishing Jesus makes breakfast for them he has he breaks gives it to them and they realize that he is this in need of Jesus so he shows himself or appears himself and shows himself on various occasions to his disciples just before his ascension so let's read two scripture passages on this act chapter one was three and first Corinthians chapter 15 verses three to eight act chapter one was three and first Corinthians chapter 15 this three to eight act chapter one was three for 40 days after his death he appeared to them many times in ways that prove beyond doubt that he was alive they saw him and he worked with them about in the kingdom of God thank you so for 40 days after Jesus rose from the dead he appeared on various instances and he revealed himself to his disciples in those 40 days and you know the disciples realize that Jesus is alive because he presented himself alive after his suffering and and they are you know a testimony the witnesses to this truth that has happened that they had seen the risen Christ Jesus during those 40 days and also we see that Jesus not just comes to them and just to reveal himself a show or to confirm that he's in sin but also he talks about various aspects of the kingdom of God and one of those is about the promise of the promise of the father the gift of the father that is a coming of the holy spirit when there will be baptized with power or endured or clothed with power from one high first Corinthians chapter 15 verses three to eight can one of you read that please first Corinthians chapter 15 verses one now brothers I want to remind you of the gospel I preach to you which you received on which you have taken over your stand by this gospel you are saved if you hold firmly to the word I preach to you otherwise you have believed in vain for what I received I passed on to you as the first importance that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures that he was buried that he was raised on the third day according to the scriptures and that he appeared to Peter and then to the 12 after that he appeared to more than 500 of the brothers at the same time most of whom are still living thought some of some of them fall asleep then he appeared to James then all and then to all apostles and last of all he appeared to me also to one abnormally one for I am ma'am too late yes too late ma'am I am done okay thank you so here we see that Paul laying down the foundations of our faith he's basically you know explaining or laying down the foundation of faith he's writing to the church at Corinth and he's saying that you know Christ died for our sins he was buried he rose again on the third day and he said all this is according to the scriptures so he's laying the foundations for the faith and he's saying that this is not a myth this is not a made-up story this is not a fable like other Jewish myths and fables that were kind of you know being propagated by false teachers so-called Jewish converts who come to the faith in Christ Jesus and are part of the church they were bringing in a lot of Jewish mythologies in the form of genealogy Jewish fables that are not in the Bible and people were confused whether to believe that or not and so here Paul is basically laying the foundations of our faith and he's also saying that you know this is not a story that is being circulated like you know the other stories other myths and fables Jewish fables and mythologies but this is the truth because he's seen by Peter and Apostle Peter was well known to the church one of the greatest apostles and then he was seen by the 12 seen more than by 500 brethren at once and also he talks about James the Apostle and he says many of them have died but many are present so you can still ask them can get their testimonies and they are bare witness to this fact and Paul says last of all you know I myself have seen have seen Christ I have encountered Christ I have seen him and that this was he's referring to his salvation experience or his encounter that he had with Jesus Christ on the road to Damascus and so here are proofs that you know that Jesus showed himself a life and if you read scriptures after his resurrection in Matthew and Mark we also see various instances and how and John is well that you know Jesus appeared to his disciples and to many more and you know he proved that he's risen from the dead and he's not just a ghost okay what happened to Christ after he you know ascended back to the Father he's now seated on the right hand of the throne of God so he seated on the highest throne Mark chapter 16 verses 19 to 20 Philippians chapter 2 verses 9 to 11 and first Peter chapter 3 was 22 so can three of you each read these verses please mark 16 19 to 20 Philippians chapter 2 verses 9 to 11 and first Peter chapter 3 verse 22 Mark 16 19 uh go ahead Joy okay thank you Mark 16 19 to 20 after the Lord Jesus had spoken to them he he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of God then the disciples went out and preached everywhere and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his world by the signs that accompanied thank you joy so here we see that you know Christ ascended back to the Father just received up in heaven because of uh he completed the work he had done the will of the Father he was obedient and the work was completed the penalty for sin was paid once for all and now he sits and he sat down at the right hand of God the Father and then we see that his disciples you know continuing the work of Jesus here or not by preaching the word and also their preaching was accompanied by mighty signs and wonders and miracles uh Philippians chapter 2 was 9 to 11 Philippians chapter 2 was 9 to 11 therefore God also has highly exalted him and given him the name which is above every name that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow of those in heaven and of those on earth and of those under the earth and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the to the glory of God the Father thank you we looked at Philippians chapter 2 earlier when we were talking about the incarnation of Christ we looked at verses 7 to 11 in detail but here we see that you know once Christ finished his work on the cross God exalted him highly exalted him and given the name given him Jesus the name that is above every name that you know at the name of Jesus every knee should bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father so not only was he you know given back his position but also his name is you know considered to be the greatest name name above every name and all those who bow their knee to that name in heaven on earth and confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to glory of God the Father so when we confess we bow down we worship this name we worship this worship Jesus we give him the glory and honor we give him the praise and the adoration you know we bring glory to God the Father God the Father is glorified okay so Jesus Christ is not only highly exalted but his name is also given the highest status the highest honor the highest privilege the highest power above every name under heaven and earth first Peter chapter 3 verse 22 who has gone into heaven and is at God's right hand with angels authorities and powers in submission to him thank you so Christ is not only you know given the highest position highly exalted he's not only seated the right hand of God his name is not only the highest exalted name in heaven and earth but you know all the angels and all the authorities hand and powers in heaven and earth has been made subject to him okay so we see that after his death his resurrection when he ascended back to the father Jesus who was God who is God is given back his position his authority that he had before his incarnation even before time began he was glorified with the glory that he had with the Father in eternity eternity past and that is what we read in John chapter 17 I have explained to you about John chapter 17 which is the high priestly prayer of Jesus and Jesus says Father I finished completed the work now give me back the glory that I had before you before time began so we see that you know when he went back to the father he received back the glory of of God he but when he came down to the earth we know that he took on the sonship glory and that's what he tells his father that he wants us those who believe in him you know to receive that sonship glory but he says give me back the glory that I had even before the creation of the world so even before time began eternity past the glory that he had Jesus was given back that glory he was glorified with that glory and he was and is and will always be the eternal word okay we look at the preaching of his resurrection after we come from the break if you look at your notes this is only half a page you know the notes are only half page just a list of of references but after we come back I will just talk a little more about the nature of Christ's resurrection and what we have received as a result of Christ's resurrection or we'll talk about the doctrine of resurrection which is not in your notes so maybe you can come prepared with a notepad and a pen that you would like to take on this okay I'll see you after the break thank you everyone mom yes