Living with Resurrection Power
Easter Sunday 2011
Life Church – April 24, 2011
Pastor Dan Walker
2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV) Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!
1. Believe _________ story
A. Jesus lived with ____________
Acts 2:22 (NIV) Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know.
B. Our __________ put Jesus to death
Acts 2:23 (NIV) This man was handed over to you by God's set purpose and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men, put him to death by nailing him to the cross.
C. God ___________ Jesus from the dead
Acts 2:24 (NIV) But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him.
2. Make Jesus’ story _________ story
A. Count yourself _________ to sin
Romans 6:10a, 11a (NIV) The death he [Jesus] died, he died to sin once for all ... In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin ...
B. Count yourself ____________ to God
Romans 6:10-11 (NIV) The death he [Jesus] died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
3. Live with resurrection ____________
A. ____________ resurrection power is available for you
Ephesians 1:18-20 (NIV) I pray ... that you may know ... his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of his mighty strength, which he exerted in Christ when he raised him from the dead.
B. ____________ resurrection power every day
1 Peter 1:3 (NIV) Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,