 to begin so just wait yeah okay welcome back after the break just before we went for a break we were looking at Christ's ascension and you know when he went back to the father what was the position he received what was the glory he received back and what were the privileges so we see that because he finished the task he was given back his position his glory his honor of him God of him receiving back the glory that belongs to God alone and we also see that his name is declared as the greatest name under heaven and earth and all authority and power in heaven and on earth has been made subject to Christ Jesus okay and so we saw that Jesus received back the glory that he had or the position that he had before his incarnation and we know that he was and is and will always be the eternal Word the last point in your notes is the preaching of his resurrection we see that we looked at various references actually up to two and other references as well where the other apostles the other writers of the New Testament we see them you know talking or writing about Christ's resurrection and talking about the importance of Christ's resurrection what does it does to our faith and what are the benefits that we receive and Paul talks a great deal about it so we see that the early church boldly preached that Christ was risen and exalted even though they were asked by the chief priests leaders not to do so but they continued talking and preaching about the resurrected Christ the resurrected savior and this is something that we need to do as well this is a gospel that we need to preach this is the truth that we need to exalt we need to preach that Christ has resurrected and he is exalted compared to every other God man who's come here on the earth you know Christ is the first you know man we read about it in first Corinthians who is resurrected from the dead it's gone back to the father because he is God himself okay compared to the other God man that the other God men that we have here on earth we have lived but like Paul says you know like David his grave is still here we have all of their graves but we see that Jesus is no God man he is not a intermediary being between God and man who came to reconcile the world to God but he is God himself and he came down to this earth he was fully God he was fully man he gave up willingly chose to give up his certain privileges that makes him God or his deity he gave it up so that he can taste the fullness of humanity he can identify us with us in our weaknesses in our frailties fully identify with us and make the full sufficient perfect sacrifice because only a sinless man can make the sinless perfect sacrifice that will appease the wrath of God will pay the full penalty for sins once for all and we see Jesus doing that and hence we have this gospel that we do need to preach we need to share about to others which is talking about the truth of his resurrection and his exaltation okay and your notes in this chapter ends with that you will learn about the proof of his resurrection when you do the course on Christian apologetics okay but I just like to throw some light give you some insights on a few things maybe we can have a good discussion the nature of Christ's resurrection so we see that Christ this is not in your notes so if you just want to take your own notes so welcome to Christ's resurrection it's not something that he simply came back from the dead like others had experienced when he raised Lazarus back from from the dead or when he raised the widow of Nain her son back to life Jarius's daughter so it was not just Christ coming back from the dead like Lazarus that we read in John chapter 11 verses 1 to 44 so when we say that Jesus came back from the dead like Lazarus has experienced or Jarius's daughter had experienced or the the son of the widow of Nain had experienced and we're saying that Jesus would have been subject to again back to weakness and aging and eventually would have died again just like Lazarus died one day eventually Jarius's daughter died one day and he would have just died like any other human being but when we say that Jesus rose from the dead you know Paul mentioned Jesus as the first fruits of those who came back from dead to life we read this in first Corinthians chapter 15 verses 20 and 23 so can one of you read that please first Corinthians chapter 15 was 20 and 23 first Corinthians chapter 15 was 20 and 23 first Corinthians chapter 15 verses 20 and 23 20 but Christ has indeed been raised from the dead the first fruit of those who has fallen asleep 23 but each in his own turn Christ he made alive but each in his own turn Christ the first fruit then when he comes those who belong to him thank you it will be good to read even versus 20 and 21 sorry 21 and 22 so you can you can please read that as well 21 since death came through a man the reduction of the dead comes also through a man 22 for us in Adam all dies so in Christ all will be made alive thank you so here we see that Christ when he rose from the dead he became the first fruits of those fallen asleep that means all those who died before Christ he's the first one to have been risen from the dead and you know since he's the first fruit there are more fruits to follow and that is talking about all of us believers who would die in Christ after we receive salvation we will also have this assurance that we will rise again and that we will live eternally just as Christ lives eternally okay and verse 21 says that came through one man that is Adam and the resurrection also comes through another man and that is Jesus and Jesus is referred to in Paul in his theology as the last Adam and the the first Adam that got created you know Adam he's referred to as the first Adam okay so in the first Adam all died but in the last Adam who is referred to as Jesus Christ all will be made alive this but in each one his own turn Christ the first floats then when he comes those who belong to him so when we when Christ comes all those who are dead in Christ will rise again and we'll be taken up and we will live with him eternally okay and Christ being the first fruit of resurrection you know is a is somebody who goes ahead of us and whose you know shows us that there is life and the life that Christ received that you know he received he received a glorified body which is no he received a spiritual body or glorified body that each one of us will receive when we rise again we will no longer be subject to weaknesses frailties aging to death but we will live eternally like Paul writes in the same chapter in first Corinthians chapter 15 verses 53 he says you know put on that would put on immortality so can one of you read first Corinthians chapter 15 was 53 and before that you can read verses 42 to 44 where it talks about the ball is talking about the resurrection board resurrected body which will be raised imperishable in glory in power and all of us will receive a spiritual body so that he mentions he writes about in first Corinthians chapter 15 verses 42 to 44 so you can read 42 to 44 and verse 53 will be good so can one of you read that please first Corinthians chapter 15 verses 42 so will it be with the resurrection of dead the body that is a soul is perishable it is real imperishable it is so in dishonor it is raised in glory it is so in weakness it is raised in power it is so a natural body it is raised a spiritual body if there is a natural body there is also spiritual body verses 52 in a flash in the twinkling of an eye at the last trumpet for the trumpet will sound the dead will be raised imperishable and will be charged thank you so here Paul is very beautifully talking about the resurrected body and he says that the resurrected body that is like a sown is you know perishable it's talking about our natural body will be raised will be raised imperishable that is talking about our spiritual bodies if you look at verses 46 verse 48 he says you know or if you look at verse 46 he says so it is written the first man Adam became a living being the last Adam a life-giving spirit the spiritual did not come first but the natural and after that the spiritual the first man was out of the dust of the earth the second man from heaven as was the earthly man so are those of the earth and as is the man from heaven so also are those who are of heaven and just as we have born the likeness of the earthly man so she bear the likeness of the man from heaven so even as we live in actual bodies we bear the likeness of the natural man that is Adam sin drains in us sin drains in our mortal body are given into the the law of sin we are you know slaves of Satan but when when we receive Christ you know we come like the spiritual man that is from heaven and we are born again in our spirit man and also when we die we will receive our spiritual bodies and we will no longer you know have to die an eternal death so he's saying here that you know those of us who are dead to sin and he talks about the baptism that you know immersed in water that is dead in Christ we will be raised up we will have the life of Christ and we have this hope we have this this assurance that we would receive the crown of life we will receive our glorified spiritual bodies will rain together with Christ we will reign with him eternally and all of this is because of Christ's finished work on the cross and because of which he was resurrected back from dead to life he's the first food and we are those to follow in what Christ has experienced we too will be raised from the dead we will receive our spiritual glorified bodies our bodies that are corruptible will will be non-corruptible bodies that are perishable will be become imperishable bodies that are mortal will become immortal and no longer any weaknesses aging or death when we will be able to live eternally with Christ and so Paul says that the resurrected bodies is raised imperishable in glory in power and we will have spiritual bodies okay so that's a great assurance that we have and this is cause of from Christ's completed work and his resurrection from the dead so we look at that was a nature of Christ's resurrection we look at doctrinal significance of the resurrection Christ resurrection ensures our regeneration what do we mean by regeneration regeneration what does it mean new life okay born again receiving new life a newness to the old nature that is there so Peter says that we have been born a new in in first Peter chapter 1 was 3 Peter says that we have been born a new to a living through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead okay so in his resurrection Jesus earned for us a new life just like his we do not receive all of this new life for this resurrected life when we become Christians because our bodies still remain same we still are in our natural bodies we are still subject to weaknesses aging and death but in our spirits we are made new we are born again we the of God we are made alive with the new resurrection power of Jesus Christ and so we see that it's through his resurrection that Christ earned for us this new kind of life when we can experience the eternal life here and now we do not receive all of that new life but you know because we are living in our same old bodies but when we are born again yes we do receive and can taste the eternal life even though we go through struggles we have to hope we have to join have shortens we have the the strength God gives us he equips us and we have the enabling power of the Holy Spirit who enables us undergirds us and helps us to do and fulfill God's purposes here on earth okay so it is through Christ's resurrection that it is he earned for us this new kind of life that we receive when we are born again and that is why Paul can say in Ephesians chapter 2 was 5 and 6 and even in Colossians chapter 3 was 1 says may God has made us alive together with Christ says by grace you have been saved and it also says in these verses that he has faced us up with him so can one of you please read Ephesians chapter 2 verses 5 and 6 please Ephesians chapter 2 verses 5 and 6 Ephesians chapter 2 verses 5 and 6 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in times in transgression it is by grace you have been saved thank you so says God has raised us up with Christ and has seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus okay so you know we been made alive in Christ we're together with Christ and it is by grace that we have been saved and it also says that we have been raised up with him and we're seated where Christ is seated at the right hand of God so when God raised Christ from the dead he thought of us as somehow being raised with Christ and therefore you know when he looks at each one of us he sees us as people who were born again but deserve deserving the merits of Christ's resurrection and that is why Paul writes in Philippians chapter 3 verse 10 he says his goal in his life is that I may know him and the power of his resurrection because Paul knew that there's so much of power in Christ's resurrection the position that it's earned him the grace that has been bestowed upon him the favor that has been bestowed upon him the benefits that has been bestowed upon him. Siddiquanu can you kindly mute your mic thank you okay so and he says that you know he wants to know more of that resurrection power so Paul knew that even in his life the resurrection power of Christ gave him the new power for Christian ministry and his obedience to God so the power resurrection power of Christ not only gives us the God kind of life or the nature of God in our spirit man when we are born again it not only makes us alive together in Christ when we taste eternal eternal life in the future but also we can taste it in experience now we're also raised up we're seated with Christ in heavenly realms but he says that you know the resurrection power of Christ Jesus gives him the power that he needs to do his Christian ministry and also to live in obedience to God so Paul connects the resurrection of Christ with the spiritual power at work within us when he tells the the church Ephesus that he's praying that they would know and he writes about this in Ephesians chapter 1 verses 19 to 20 he says it's his prayer for the church at Ephesus that they would know what is the immeasurable greatness of his power in us who believe according to the work 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 you know Paul has just been overwhelmed and just being excited just experience experiencing the the resurrection power of Christ in various aspects of his life and he's praying the same that for the church at Ephesus that the church at Ephesus with their eyes would be open they would know the immeasurable greatness of this power that is in each one of us who believe according to the working of his great might which he accomplished in Christ when he raised Christ from the dead and made him sit at the right hand in the heavenly places so here Paul says that the power by which God raised Christ from the dead is the same power at work within us and Paul sees us as raised in Christ when he says in Romans chapter 6 verses 4 and verse 11 can one of you read that please Romans chapter 6 verse 4 and verse 11 Romans chapter 6 verse 4 and 11 Romans chapter 6 verse 4 therefore we were buried with him through baptism into death that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father even so we also should walk in the newness of life verse 11 likewise you also recall yourself to be dead indeed to sin but a life to God in Christ Jesus our Lord thank you so when we partake in or when we take baptism it's not just an outward sign of our inward you know renewal or confessing that we have accepted Christ Jesus and making it known to other believers so that you know they have the authority or they have the freedom to check us or correct us when we you know fall away or when we go astray from God's ways or parts or live in sin or in disobedience having known that we have accepted Jesus Christ as our person Savior but he gives a new meaning or an understanding to the whole aspect of water baptism and he says that you know when we are immersed into water you know it is as if we are with Christ in his deck that means we are dead to sins the power of sin has no longer control of our what our body the dominion or the sin has no longer power and authority in our bodies we are no longer you know slaves of Satan and under his power and authority but we are dead to sin and when we come out of the water is like you know we have been resurrected with newness of life that we receive because of Christ's resurrection him being the first fruit of those were deducted from the dead we receive the resurrected life we receive the new life the eternal life we receive the blessings we receive the glory that the father had bestowed upon us when he created Adam and Eve in his likeness in his image in his perfection when he created Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden and you know we too can acknowledge that and we are raised up just like Christ was seated in our heaven the heaven places so it shows us a position on authority that we have who we are in Christ what are the privileges that we have so that we can walk in the newness of life that we don't walk in our old sinful carnal nature old ways of life old ways of doing things when we were under the law of sin the reign of sin but we walk in newness of life and he goes on to say that you must consider yourself dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus this new resurrection power in a you know includes power also to gain more and more victory over the sin that is there in our mortal bodies our physical bodies and in our soul that is our mind built in our emotions okay Paul writes in Romans chapter 6 verse 14 he says sin will have no dominion over you because you are not under the law but under Christ or you are under grace now so as we are under Christ so we are born again you know sin has no dominion over us and that is because of the new resurrection power that is in us which includes the power to gain more and more victory over the sins that are remaining since that in our bodies in our in our souls a tendency to sin because we have the same old flesh the same old school but you know we have this promise that we don't that that sin cannot reign in our bodies we have the dominion over that we can gain more and more victory over the remaining sin and be transformed into Christ's likeness even as it will be made perfect in this life so the resurrection power also includes power for ministry the work in God's kingdom and also helps us to be to be to be sanctified to be more Christ-like so that we will be made blameless without spot of permission be presented before the most God okay so we see that it is after Christ's resurrection that he promised his disciples you know to go and wait in Jerusalem but we see you know Jesus rose from the dead when he came to the disciples it says in Luke I think it's Luke chapter 24 or 22 he's Jesus it says that Jesus breed on them and he said receive the Holy Spirit but we see other references and one of them in Acts chapter 1 was ages before he ascended back to the Father he says you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem in Judea in Samaria and to the other most parts of the earth or the ends of the earth now so you can say when Jesus already when we read in Luke chapter 22 I think it's Luke chapter 22 or it's 24 I think it's Luke in Luke chapter 24 of course he says in verse in verse 48 he says you are my witnesses of these things in verse 49 I am going to send you what my father has promised but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power on high okay I don't know if John okay so in one of those verses he's Jesus says you know and he breed on them and he says receive the Holy Spirit and you know that was their born again experience I'm going to find that was okay I'll I will share that with you but you know Jesus did that after he died and he rose again and it's basically so we have two words you know verses here where Jesus breed on them and they received the Holy Spirit and we also read in Luke chapter 24 verse 49 he says you know wait in Jerusalem till you've been clothed with power from an eye act chapter 1 was 8 he also tells them that so what are these two things okay so what we read when when Jesus breed on them is basically you know there's another instance where Jesus breed on man when was that anyone remembers this was in John 20 22 thank you yeah so John chapter 20 was thank you John so John chapter 20 was 22 says yeah 21 again Jesus said peace be with you as a father has sent me I'm sending you and with that he breed on them and said receive the Holy Spirit and if you forgive anyone is since they are forgiven if you do not forgive them they are not forgive okay so here this is Jesus appearing to his disciples after he he died and rose again and he breed on them and he said receive the Holy Spirit so when is another instance in the Bible when we see Jesus breed on mankind during creation thank you during creation when he breed he made Adam but when Adam was not was not a living being but when Jesus freed his breath you know he he received life so here it's talking when Jesus freed on them it's basically Jesus imparting something about himself imparting his life into the life of his disciples that is they're born again experience they could only be born again after he died for their sins and he rose again and so here when he's talking about this he breed on them said receive the Holy Spirit it is what happens when we are born again we receive the life of God so when he breeds the he's basically breeding his breath so it's their salvation experience the newness of life they're born again experience and we also read in John chapter 14 and 16 Jesus says the Holy Spirit will come and dwell with you forever so when they're born again the Holy Spirit comes and dwells in us forever but we read like we read in Luke chapter 24 verse 49 and also in other places and in Acts chapter 1 verse 8 and also we read in Acts chapter 1 verse 4 he you know Jesus says do not leave Jerusalem but wait for the gift my father promised which you've heard me speak about verse 5 it says for John baptized with water but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit and then verse 8 like I already mentioned was it so what is this again you know you will receive the Holy Spirit why should they receive the Holy Spirit second time when they've already received the Holy Spirit when we read in John chapter 20 verse 20 Jesus breed on them and he said receive the Holy Spirit so that is their born again experience your born again the Holy Spirit comes and dwells in us the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit and when they receive power that he's talking about here in in Acts chapter 1 verse 4 Acts chapter 1 verse 8 in Luke chapter 20 verse 49 he's talking about them being cloded with power that is the in a filling power of the Holy Spirit and Jesus clearly mentions that you know when you receive this power it's basically power to help you be my witnesses in Jerusalem in all Judea and Samaria to the uttermost parts of the earth or to the ends of the earth okay so this power is the intensified power for proclaiming the gospel for working of miracles and to triumph or overcome or be told over the enemy that was given to the disciples after Christ resurrected from the dead and was part of the new resurrection power that characterized the Christian life so we see that after you know Christ like Loubega said all of them had gone into hiding but when Christ resurrected and he came and he met them and he was there with forty days he spoke about various aspects of the kingdom of God and also talked about the promise gift of the of the father the coming of the Holy Spirit when they've been renewed with power and we see that after the day of Pentecost when they were baptized in the Holy Spirit that they went out with great power and you know that they're not only preach but their preaching was attested with mighty science miracles and wonders and we see that they did greater things than even what Jesus had done so this is the power that we receive the resurrection power of Christ which brings us newness with input for ministry and for the work of the kingdom and we're doing mighty science miracles and wonders and also being victorious over every power of the enemy okay another benefit of Christ resurrection or the doctrinal significance of the resurrection the first one we saw as Christ resurrection in ensures our regenerate Christ resurrection also ensures our justification we had just studied about justification in doctrinal foundation on on Friday the only passage that does talk about resurrection that ensures our justification is and connected with Christ resurrection is in Romans chapter 4 verse 25 so you know Paul connects justification our justification with Christ resurrection so are receiving you know of Christ or what he has done and him being resurrected from the dead it's a declaration that we are not guilty but righteous before God so Paul says that you know in Romans chapter 4 verse 25 that Christ was put to death for our trespasses and raised for our justification we read this verse on Friday Paul writes there he says Christ was put to death for our trespasses but he was raised for our justification so when Christ was raised from the dead it was declaration of approval of Christ's work of redemption because Christ humbled himself and became obedient unto death even death on the cross as we read Paul writes in Philippians chapter 2 was 8 and in verse 9 we also read that God highly exalted him so by raising Christ from the dead God the Father was basically saying that he approved of Christ's work of suffering of him dying for our sins and that his work was completed and that Christ no longer any need to remain there's no penalty for sin that was left anymore no more wrought of God to bear no more guilt no liability to punishment all has been complete paid for and there's no guilt that remains so in the resurrection God is basically saying to Christ that I approve of what you have done and that he has that Jesus has found favor in his sight so this actually explains to us how Paul can say that you know when he writes that Christ was raised for our justification if God has raised Christ with him as we read in Ephesians chapter 2 was 6 then because of our union with Christ because we have accepted Christ because we believe in Christ we become one in Christ God also declares or approves of Christ's you know Christ's work in our lives he approves it declares it as a done thing a completed thing so Christ when God declares Christ's work is completed as done it's also his declaration approval of us that we are complete now we stand redeemed or we stand justified means we are completely forgiven you know and we are seen as people just as if we have never sinned okay so when for the Father said to Christ that all penalty for sins has been paid and that you know he finds him not guilty but righteous in his sight you know God the Father is making a declaration that would also apply to us when once we trust Christ and we trust or we believe or we declared we believe in our hearts and declare in our mouths what Christ has done we trusted Christ in our salvation you know we are also declared righteous in God's sight made glad not guilty in the site because what Christ has done he has paid the penalty for our sins and just as God the Father declares Jesus Christ's work as completed as done him as righteous and no longer guilty in the site and reinstated back to his position as God we the God the Father also makes the same declaration about us or it also applies to us applies to those of us who are trusted in Christ and put faith in him and accepted him as a savior so in this way Christ's resurrection also gave the final proof that he has earned our justification so when Christ was raised up back to life the work was completed it's also you know proof that he has redeemed mankind paid the penalty and also that we have earned our justification that means we stand before God as if we have never sinned and that's because of the righteousness of God it is imputed on us because God the Father declared Jesus righteous once the work was completed once he resurrected him back from death to life the third area about we can see about the doctrine of resurrection is that Christ's resurrection ensures that we will receive perfect resurrected bodies as well okay so the New Testament several time it connects Jesus's resurrection with our final bodily resurrection let me read in first Corinthians chapter 6 verse 14 that it says and God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power second Corinthians chapter 4 verse 14 can one of you read that please second Corinthians chapter 4 verse 14 second Corinthians chapter 4 verse 14 can one of you read that please knowing that he who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise you up with Jesus and will present us with you thank you so he says he will raise the Lord Jesus will also raise us along also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence so we have this assurance that even though we die physically one day that we will be raised up and that we will be assured into his glorious presence where we will live eternally okay but we see that you know if you want to know further about the resurrection of our bodies Paul discusses that in length extensively in first Corinthians chapter 15 and as we read that Paul says you know that Christ is the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep first Corinthians chapter 15 verse 20 and by saying that it is the first fruit of those who have fallen asleep is basically using Paul is using a metaphor here from agriculture which indicates that we will be like Christ just like the first fruit or the first taste of the ripening crop shows what are the the other crops of the other harvest that that we are going to receive or the rest of the harvest will be just like the first crop okay so as Christ is the first fruits it shows that what are resurrected bodies will be like when God finally comes back the final harvest takes place so to say and he raises us from the dead and brings us into his presence okay so after Christ is a rupture we know that you know the disciples were able to feel Thomas and the other disciples were able to feel you know the nail prints on his hand and his feet the mark of the spear in his side we read this about this in John chapter 20 verse 27 so sometimes people wonder if we will also in our new spiritual bodies or in our new glorified bodies will we also bear the scum of serious injuries that we have received in this life where it also remain in our resurrected bodies that's not true you know because we will be raised glorious bodies that are imperishable that is without any scar without any pain with no weaknesses with no sickness but you know Christ just bearing the wounds that he received in his life was able to show it in his body to the disciples to just prove to them he is not a ghost but he is he has resurrected from the dead it's just you know an eternal reminder of his sufferings and his death for us and the fact that he chooses to retain those scars does not necessarily mean that we too will just you know retain our emotional scars or you know pain or brokenness in our spiritual bodies rather we will be healed and we will all be made perfect and whole okay there's a fifth point that we will look at the eternal significance of Christ's resurrection we just have one more minute so I will stop here any of you have any questions out to what was said so far I hope all of you were through was it okay just made a mention of the Holy Spirit because there was a question asked by I think it was Paul I hope there was clarity 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