 Good morning everyone and welcome online students also our e-learning students who will be listening to these classes or lectures afterwards and also welcome to our in-person students as well. Okay let's begin class. Can I ask one of our online students to lead us in prayer this morning please anyone can lead us in prayer Viku can you lead us in prayer please Viku or Rilla anyone okay can I ask Rin Rin can you lead us in prayer please there's no response from Viku and Rilla let's play thank you Jesus thank you Lord for this for this time and for bringing us all together to attend our classes and Lord I pray that you would open our hearts and mind and you help us Lord to understand and to be able to grasp what is being taught today and Lord I pray that you help Pastor Selena to teach what she has to teach us and that and I will learn from this Lord Jesus thank you Lord some of this class in your hands amen amen okay so last week we were studying the substitutionary work of Jesus Christ okay that is chapter 10 we looked at how Christ became you know took our place substitutionary sacrifice means somebody else taking the place for someone else okay so how Jesus Christ took our place okay he became sin for us he took our curse he died on our behalf he took our grief our sorrows our informities our inequities our transgressions he took upon himself our sickness our curse even took upon himself death so that we can have the fullness of life the eternal life the zoe life the god kind of life we can be free from the penalty of sin the punishment of sin the dominion of sin also free from death and every curse and every bondage and sickness and disease and informities because he took it all upon himself so Christ you know taking our place taking upon himself everything that we had to bear he bore it upon himself and not only he took upon himself our sickness our death and eternal hell but he also or the punishment for our sins but he also took upon himself our sicknesses our grief our transgressions our inequities so that we can experience the fullness of life the god kind of life okay so do we experience the eternal life only after we go to heaven when do we experience eternal life when do we experience eternal life from the starting of your birth when you accept Jesus as your lord and savior right from that very moment to experience the eternal life but the fullness or the completeness of this eternal life you experience you experience when when you get to heaven okay so eternal life is not something that is a future hope which we look for with anticipation and with confidence it's a surety that we are going to experience eternal life but eternal life is not something that is an eschatological hope in order eschatology something way into the future it's not just an eschatological hope but it is a realized eschatology as well which means realized eschatology means something that we will the future hope the future promise we also experience it but here and now okay so how where is in the bible does it say that you know we can experience eternal life here and now we have a lasting life john 3 36 can somebody read john 3 36 please he who believes in the sun has everlasting life and he who does not believe the sun shall not see life but the breath of god abides on him yes so here it says he who believes in the sun will have everlasting life or will have eternal life and those who don't believe will not have eternal life so eternal life is something which is an eschatological hope something that is way in the future we will experience it but it's also realized eschatology we can experience it here and now so here when we believe in Jesus when we are born again like Nina john says you know we can experience eternal life okay so that is what we looked at last week we studied the substitutionary work of Jesus Christ we just had to look at one point the last point he tasted death for everyone okay so Jesus not only took upon himself our sins our sickness our poverty that curse shame sickness and disease but he also took upon himself that he died on our behalf why should he die on our behalf why is death why should there be death for the wages of sin is death yes the consequence of sin is death okay so wages of sin is death hence Jesus experienced or tasted death for everyone so that we can experience eternal life we can experience the god kind of life okay so any questions regarding chapter 10 the substitutionary sacrifice of the work of Jesus Christ any questions no no any questions from our online students okay if there are no questions then we move on to the next chapter chapter 11 but if you remember in you know in the first few classes when or the first class when we studied what is Christology all about you know so we said in Christology what will we study about anyone remembers what will we study about in Christology can you take the mic so that yeah what do we study in Christology how to say that Jesus is God using our scriptures what is Christology study about Christ study about Christ Christology yes study about Christ but what about Christ there's so many different dimensions aspects how he how he is fully God and fully human how divinity and humanity coexisted in the person of Jesus Christ please please learn that up so that even when I wake you up in your sleep and ask you you all will be able to say it yes thank you Jack in how incarnation and deity or how humanity and deity coexisted that is important the word coexisted is very important because in Christ there was he was 100 man 100 god he was fully God fully man so how humanity and deity coexisted you know what I mean you're co-existed right I mean existing together how can it coexist in the person of Jesus Christ that is the definition for Christology but I'm asking what do we study in Christology the study of Christology includes what hello you're looking like you just come for the first course in Christ first class in Christology what do we study in Christology what have you studied all these last weeks okay Jack in says the nature of Jesus Christ okay how Jesus existed before time began and his pre-existence yes thank you so we studied first his pre-existence thank you at least one student remembers what we studied in the very beginning and Nina John also says the pre-existence of Christ okay what else did we study the pre-existence of Christ the equality to the Father and to the Holy Spirit that means we spoke about what his eternal nature eternal nature of Jesus Christ what else did we study sorry okay that is his eternal nature what else did we study okay that is his eternal nature which we studied about that is eternal nature again okay incarnation humanity of Jesus Christ yes the incarnation okay we studied about his incarnation we studied about his deity we studied about his humanity we studied about his pre-existence his eternal nature we looked at the Old Testament prophecies concerning Jesus Christ what else did we study about the purpose of incarnation okay virginal conception sorry virginal conception okay okay we studied about his sinlessness right we studied about his death okay and now what else is left to study about Christ his resurrection his resurrection substitution hogya his his resurrection ascension his ascension his exaltation and his return okay so basically in Christology we will be studying about we studied about his pre-existence his the eternal nature of Jesus Christ the Old Testament prophecies that talk about Christ we studied about Christ's humanity his deity his incarnation his sinlessness his now we'll look about his death we studied his death as well we'll now study his his resurrection his ascension his exaltation and his return okay so please look into your course notes chapter 11 chapter 11 just has titles and has a whole list of scripture passages which we have to read but I will also add some more contents which we can look at and understand the whole dimension of Christ's resurrection and his exaltation okay so we see first that you know anytime we study about any aspect of Christ we look at anything any doctrine Christology is a doctrine right and what are the other doctrines word of God what are the other doctrines what of God man trinity sin salvation justification righteousness all of those sanctification all our doctrines okay so when we study about any doctrines we look at it in the entirety of the entire scripture what is spoken of in the Old Testament what is the New Testament and we study from the entirety of scripture we just don't take a few passages and study but look at it in the entirety that means in the holistic view of what scripture has to talk about a particular doctrine so when you talk studying about the doctrine of Jesus Christ studying about Christology we we for each chapter we study we looked at what it says in the Old Testament and we also look at what it says in the New Testament so basically Old Testament is the fulfillment of what we see in the New Testament that is in the person and work of Jesus Christ and that is why when we study about Christology and we study about the person and work of Jesus Christ we have to see how you know what is spoken in the Old Testament and how it's fulfilled in the person and work of Jesus Christ so was Christ resurrection foretold in the Old Testament yes where is it foretold okay in Acts chapter 2 you know on the day of Pentecost after all the 120 in the upper room were baptized in the Holy Spirit and there was a big crowd that was gathered and they all thought was wondering how these men of Galilee were speaking in different languages from the different countries or places they came from they were shocked and all of them said that you know they're speaking different languages but they're speaking and they're worshiping and praising God and some of them mocked them and said they're all drunk and then Peter you know he preaches a message to them and when he's speaking about the message he's basically talking about who Jesus is what was foretold in the Old Testament prophecies even about this you know joyous prophecy coming through about the you know them be baptized in the Holy Spirit and then he goes on to talk about the person and work of Jesus Christ and when he comes to the resurrection of Jesus Christ he says this is also foretold in the Old Testament okay so Peter is here speaking under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit and then when he comes to the point where he's finished talking about the birth and the life and the ministry and the death of Jesus Christ and he talks about the resurrection he again you know quotes from the Old Testament which proves that you know Jesus' resurrection was spoken of in the Old Testament so look at what he says Peter Apostle Peter says in Acts chapter 2 verses 29 to 32 so can one one of you please read that Acts chapter 2 verse 29 to 32 men and brethren let me speak freely to you of the best speech patriarch patriarch David that he's both dead and buried and his tomb is with us to this day therefore being a prophet and knowing that God had his throne with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body according to the place he would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne before shaking this spoke considering the resurrection of the Christ that he saw was not left in heads not did his place see corruption this Jesus God has raised up of which we are all witnesses therefore being exalted to the right hand of God and having received from the father father the 32 promise of this completely okay so when Apostle Peter is talking he's talking here about he's giving reference to the patriarch David and he's actually quoting come what David the Psalm Psalm chapter 16 verses 9 to 11 so can one of someone else read Psalm 16 verse 9 to 11 please Psalm 16 9 to 11 therefore my heart is yeah therefore my heart is glad and my glory rejoices my flesh also rests in hope for you will not leave my soul in shield 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 the right hand our pleasures forever more okay so here actually this verses 16 to 19 is basically David is ascribing this verses to himself okay it's not here talking about the holy one is not just talking about Jesus Christ but here it's basically talking about David so there is a big debate from scholars and theologians regarding the interpretation of this for centuries actually they say that Psalm 16 was written by King David and they believe that this holy one is in reference to David himself because he was an anointed king of Israel however you know we see that the Apostle Peter you know he takes this and he uses it or ascribes this as a prophecy talking about Jesus Christ and hence he's saying this is the fulfillment of what was spoken and hence Apostle Peter quotes at chapter 2 verse 25 to 31 and he says this applies to Jesus Christ and if you look at verses 26 25 to 28 can somebody read that please the same Psalm Psalm chapter 16 verse 25 to 28 can pass on that mic to somebody else so they can read there is no sorry not Psalm 16 acts chapter 2 verses 25 to 28 sorry acts 2 25 to 28 keep passing the mic after y'all David said about him I saw the Lord always before me because he's at my right hand I will not be shaken therefore my heart is flagged and my tongue rejoices my body also will rest in hope because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead you will not let your holy one see the king you have made known to me the paths of life you will fill me with joy in your presence so what Peter is basically saying here is the patriarch David you know he's saying you people know that the patriarch David is both dead and buried okay verses 29 to 32 what we read okay and his tomb is there till to this day he's not resurrected he's his tomb is still there today he's dead and he's buried but look at what he says and then he's quoting and he's saying you know 20 verses 25 to 28 he's emphasizing here that Christ's body rose from the dead from the grave unlike David David's body his tomb is still today but Christ's tomb is empty okay so unlike the patriarch David you know uh Christ has resurrected you know and hence uh there is a reason here he says my board the patriarch David is said because Christ will rise up from the dead you know I have this assurance I have this hope that I will also my body will also live in hope because you will not abandon me to the grave okay so basically when you look at the Old Testament this psalm was written by David and you know he's basically ascribing him to himself and has this hope that you know his body will rise up one day and he will have you know he will not be abandoned to the grave but he has this hope that he will see eternal life he will live eternally and I'm sure this is all by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit okay but then Peter uses this phrase your Holy one to ascribe this to Jesus and says you know this was prophesied by the patriarch David saying that you know Christ will resurrect and just like it is said he resurrected but you know unlike David the patriarch David who's still dead and buried you know Christ has risen and because Christ the Messiah will rise up one day you know we have that hope of eternal life and that was what uh the patriarch David wrote about okay so here be Apostle Peter is quoting from Acts chapter sorry from Psalms chapter 16 looking at the hope of the eternal life that we have and also the fulfillment of what was prophesied there in Psalms chapter 16 that the Holy one will rise and will not be abandoned to the grave okay so that is the explanation of Acts chapter 2 verses 29 to 32 and what we see in Psalms chapter 16 okay verses 9 to 11 so we also see that Jesus himself a foretold of his resurrection in many ways so we'll read one of you can please read Matthew 16 21 someone else can read Matthew 17 22 to 23 and someone else can read Matthew 26 30 to 32 John chapter 2 verses 18 to 22 okay and last references Luke chapter 24 verses 1 to 8 so we can have different people read these different references please clearly and loudly who's going to begin Matthew 16 21 from that time Jesus began to point out to his disciples that it was necessary for him to go to Jerusalem and to suffer many things from the elders chief priests and scribes and to be killed and to be raised up on the third day so here we see that Jesus foretells that he would be you know killed but he will rise up on the third day Matthew 17 22 23 Matthew 17 22 23 when they came together and really he said to them the son of man is going to be delivered into the hands of man they will kill him and on the third day he will be raised to life and the disciples were filled with grief okay so he says he they will kill him and but he will rise up on the third day Matthew 26 30 to 32 read the month Matthew 26 30 to 30 you can pass that mic to somebody else yeah Matthew 26 30 and when they had son Ahim they went out to the mount of olives then Jesus said to them all of you will be made to stumble because of me this night for it is written I will strike the shepherd and the sheep of the flock will be scattered but after I have been raised I will go before you to Galilee okay thank you so here we see that Jesus is saying that he as a shepherd you know will be killed and the sheep the flock will be scattered but he says he will be he will raise up and then he promises to meet them in Galilee okay John chapter 2 was 18 to 22 John to 18 to 22 so the Jews answered and said to him what sign do you so to us since you those things Jesus answered and said to them destroy this temple and this three days I will rise it up then the Jews said it has taken it has taken 46 years to build this temple and will you rise it up in three days but he said he was speaking of the temple of his body therefore when he had risen from the dead his disciples remember that he had said this to them and they believe the scripture and the word which Jesus had said okay so again here another you know reference to when Jesus is foretelling about his death and his resurrection and when he was raised from the dead his disciples remembered what they said and they believe the scripture because he was also quoting from you know the Old Testament okay Luke 24 verses 1 to 8 now now on the first day of the week every early in the morning they and certain other women with them came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared but they found the stone rolled away from the tomb then they went in and did not find the body of the Lord Jesus and it happened as they were greatly preplexed about this date that behold two men stood by them in shining garments they as they were afraid and bowed their faces to earth they said to them why do you seek the living among the tea he is not here what is reason remember how he spoke to you when he was still in Galei saying that son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful man and we crucified and that and the third day rise again and they remembered his word words okay amen so here we see the actual proof of these women going to the tomb and the tomb is empty and the body of Jesus is not there and they were greatly worried and perplexed where this his body is and then we see the two angels there you know um and they tell and tell them why are you looking for the living among the dead he is risen just like he has spoken to you or just like he said so just like Christ said you know they see the fulfillment and they remember his words and they knew that he spoke about his resurrection okay so we also see a proofs of Jesus you know being alive after his resurrection he appears two people appears to his disciples act chapter one was three we read that and also first Corinthians 15 verses the three to eight so again one of you please read act chapter one was three and first Corinthians 15 three to eight x chapter one was three to whom he also presented himself alive after his suffering by many infallible proofs being seen by them during 40 days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God so here in act chapter one we we see the you know the disciples themselves saying that you know we have you know proof that you know where the writer is himself writing the writer of acts saying that you know we have proof that during the 40 days after his resurrection on his time on this earth you know we we Jesus himself presented himself alive and there are many of them who have seen him we are proofs of it and he also you know spoke to us or taught us things concerning the kingdom of God okay first Corinthians chapter 15 verses three to eight first Corinthians chapter 15 verse three to eight for what I received I pass on to you as of first importance that Christ died for us in 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 than 500 of the brothers at the same time most of whom are still living though some of some have fallen asleep then he appeared to James then to all the apostles and last of all he appeared to me also as to one abnormally born yes so your response testimony is testifying that you know that Christ died for us since according to what was said in the scriptures he was buried he rose again on the third day according to what you know was spoken of in the scriptures he was also seen by Cephas by the 12 and also by the 500 brethren who you know Jesus speaks about his but the promise of the Holy Spirit after he goes back to the father when he tells them to remain in Jerusalem till they receive power till they're endued and they're clothed with power and we also see that after that he was seen by James and by all the apostles and then Paul is saying last of all you know I've also seen this risen Christ when did Paul see the risen Christ he was not there with the disciples right on the day of Pentecost and this one among the 500 so when did he see the risen Christ yes when he had an encounter on the road to Damascus when he sees Jesus Christ so he says you know then last of all he was seen by me as one born out of due time okay so here even we see that Paul is testifying that he has seen the risen Christ and also he's given proof of how the spoken of Jesus Christ was resurrected how he was seen by Cephas by the 12 apostles by the 500 people who he said you know wait in Jerusalem till you be clothed with power from on hi okay so before we look at Jesus being seated on the right hand of the father or his ascension you know we look at the nature of Christ's resurrection this is not in your notes but I'm just giving you additional you know notes so you could listen carefully you want to make that write down you can write down okay so what is the nature of Christ's resurrection now Christ's resurrection is not simply coming back from the dead just like when Jesus raised Lazarus back to the from the dead when he raised Jerry's daughter back from from the dead when he raised that widow woman's son you know back from the dead this is not the same resurrection that Jesus experienced okay so when Lazarus when Jerry's daughter when the widow woman's son was raised back from their dead they were actually raised back to their same physical bodies which was subject which was subject to weakness which was subject to aging which was subject to eventually death which means they were going to die again okay so it was not that they were resurrected in glorious bodies like Christ was resurrected or when we die we will be resurrected it's not the same kind so when people think that okay when Jesus raised Lazarus he raised Jerry's daughter he raised so many other people back from dead you know so he also was raised from from death back to life but he also would have died one day just like Lazarus would have died one day right or Jerry's daughter would have died one day but when Christ rose up from the dead he was not subject again to the weakness of the flesh to aging or again to death himself but when he raised up from the dead he raised up to eternal life because how do we know that first Corinthians chapter 15 verse 20 says but when Christ has indeed been raised from the dead the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep so unlike Lazarus and others who Christ raised up from the dead you know Christ's resurrection was different because he as the scripture says in first Corinthians chapter 15 verse 20 he's the first fruits of those who have been risen from the dead what is the meaning of first fruit that means the first of the kind okay first of the kind who was raised back from death to life okay unlike the others who Christ raised or God raised back from death to life they were eventually raised up to the same physical bodies same weakness same aging same death but when Christ was raised up he was raised up as the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep which means you know in the same chapter of first Corinthians chapter 15 in verse 21 Paul says death came through a man that means that came through a man means he's talking about Adam so death came through Adam the resurrection of the dead also comes through a man and he's talking about which man Jesus Christ okay so when Jesus rose from the dead you know he's the first fruits of life in which a body was made perfect was no longer subject to weaknesses no longer subject to aging no longer subject to death again but his body was made perfect and was able to live eternally okay that is why Paul says in the same chapter of first Corinthians chapter 15 when he goes on to write in verse 53 he says you know he's put on immortality okay we're all mortal beings but Christ was mortal put on immortality so that is the difference between Christ's resurrection and all those who resurrected or were raised from the dead before him it's very important for y'all to know this because people can argue and say hey Christ God raised him up but then maybe he would have died some other day and there's no account of it no but scripture says that he's the first fruits of those who was raised back to eternal life okay he put on immortality first Corinthians chapter 15 verse 53 and Paul says that the resurrection body is raised imperishable in glory in power and it's a spiritual body so if you want to study the whole aspect of resurrection first Corinthians chapter 15 it's a good passage and in first Corinthians chapter 15 verses 42 to 44 Paul says that the resurrected body is raised imperishable in glory in power and it's a spiritual body so when Christ was raised up the nature of Christ's resurrection was that you know he was raised up to be imperishable he put on immortality in glory in power and he had a spiritual body okay unlike the others who were raised back from the dead okay so that is the nature of Christ's resurrection is that clear any questions any doubts okay so we move on to the doctrinal significance of the resurrection again this is not there in your notes I'm just you know giving you some additional information and notes so we look at what is the doctrinal significance of resurrection the first one is that Christ's resurrection ensures our regeneration Christ resurrection ensures means it covers it assures our resurrection so Peter in first Peter chapter one verse three can one of you read that please first Peter chapter one verse three bless be the god and father for lord Jesus Christ who according to his abundant mercy has be gotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead so Peter says that we have been born a new to a to a what living hope and where how did this living hope come through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead okay so in his resurrection Jesus earned for us new life just like his okay so in Christ's resurrection Jesus Christ earned for us a new life the eternal life just like his now we do not receive all of this new life we we don't taste and we don't see we don't live all of this resurrected life when we become Christians or when we become believers or when we are born again because our bodies remain just the same as we are because it's still subject to weakness aging and death but in our spirit man a spirit man is made a life okay a spirit man is made a new with the life of Jesus Christ so in our spirits we are made a life with this new resurrection power and thus it is true his resurrection that Christ earned for us this new kind of life we receive when we are born again okay remember we studied last week that you know the whole aspect of justification right was because of Christ's resurrection we look at it we study it again now in in some time okay but here in 1 Peter chapter 1 verse 3 we see that we are born or new you know we are born or new in our spirit man because when we are born again our spirit man becomes alive to the things of God it's spiritually inclined but our physical man that is our soul and our and our body is still you know needs to be transformed that's why we need to transform renew our minds a day in and a day out so our our spirit man you know we are made new we receive this new kind of life we are born again and that is why Paul says that God has made us a life together in Christ because it's by grace that you have been saved and it says you have been raised up with him okay we read this in Ephesians chapter 2 verses 5 and 6 and Colossians chapter 3 verse 1 okay so when Paul says that you know we are made a life together with Christ you know what does it mean that we're made a life together with Christ which means that when we are born again in our spirit man we have the life of God which we received because or as a result of Christ's resurrection okay so Christ because of Christ's resurrection we are also raised up with him remember last week I thought about you know how we identify spiritually with Christ's death his burial his you know his sorry his his his death his burial his his resurrection his ascension and his exaltation how we as believers identify with him spiritually right last week I I mentioned that in detail so here we see that you know we receive that new life in Christ how are we able to receive this eternal life how are we able to live this eternal life here and now is because of Christ's resurrection because Christ resurrected we are also made a life together we become because Christ resurrected from death to life we're also transformed from our old sinful nature our old sinful nature no longer has any power dominion over us it is dead we are considered a new creation that means we are considered now alive born again in the spirit man in our spirit man we have the life and the nature of Jesus Christ why do we have it because we identify spiritually with what Christ did for us on the cross so Paul's saying that we we were made a life together with Christ which means by grace we have been saved but how have we been made a life together with Christ because of his resurrection and we are raised up with him which means spiritually we are born again we are raised up in our spirit man even as Christ was raised up from the dead okay so Paul connects the resurrection of Christ with spiritual power within that is at work within us when he tells us in Ephesians that he's praying you know Ephesians chapter 1 verses 19 and 20 we see that Paul is connecting the resurrection of Jesus Christ with spiritual work within us the first thing we saw that the resurrection of Christ is a guarantee is approved that we are all have the life and the nature of Jesus Christ in us spirit man the second thing is when we read in scripture Paul connects the resurrection of Christ with the spiritual power that is at work within us when he writes in Ephesians chapter 1 verses 19 to 20 so Sean can you please read Ephesians chapter 1 verses 19 to 20 clearly and loudly please after the Lord Jesus had talked with them he was taken up to heaven yes and sat at the right and right side of God the disciples went and preached everywhere and the Lord worked with them and proved that their preaching was true by the miracles that were performed did you read Ephesians chapter 1 verses 19 and 20 Sean no no I'm sorry yeah can you please read Ephesians 1 19 and 20 what are you reading Mark wakey wakey Sean give it to him give it to him I'll let him read so he can 19 and what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe according to the working of his mighty power which he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places okay so here we see that you know Paul is saying what is the immeasurable greatness of his power in us who believe according to the working of his great might which he accomplished in Christ when he raised him from the dead and made him sit at the right hand in heavenly places so here we see that Paul is connecting the resurrection of Christ with the spiritual power that is at work within us okay we'll stop here Jacken has a good question which I anticipated says Jesus showed himself after his resurrection to Mary, Manteleon and other disciples so where they actually able to see Jesus in his glory in one instance he told her not to touch him but we see that he still ate with the disciples so how was Jesus different in appearance before and after his resurrection okay so we'll answer this question break about after the break okay so after the break we'll come back and I'll answer this question and then we'll move on yes just a minute