Jesus is Alive and Lifted UP

Resurrection Day is right around the corner. The Lord is Risen and He is Risen indeed. There will be no bones found in a sepulcher that belong to Jesus the Son of God. Why is the Resurrection important?

Jesus Christ was an innocent man that walked without a sin nature. He truly was the Lamb of God without blemish. John 3:16 is not just a Scripture read at football games or a refuges for the homeless. Let us look at the Amplified Version of John 3:16 - 18.

16For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten ([d]unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life.

17For God did not send the Son into the world in order to judge (to reject, to condemn, to pass sentence on) the world, but that the world might find salvation and be made safe and sound through Him.

18He who believes in Him [who clings to, trusts in, relies on Him] is not judged [he who trusts in Him never comes up for judgment; for him there is no rejection, no condemnation–he incurs no damnation]; but he who does not believe (cleave to, rely on, trust in Him) is judged already [he has already been convicted and has already received his sentence] because he has not believed in and trusted in the name of the only begotten Son of God. [He is condemned for refusing to let his trust rest in Christ's name.] (John 3:16 - 18 Amplified Version)

Jesus Christ came into the world as human being for one purpose: to redeem humanity from the darkness ruled by Satan and transfer them into the Kingdom of God. The Lord's unjust death that really was orchestrated by the old Deceiver himself nullified the curse in which Adam and Eve bestowed on humanity and God's Creation of all that Earth is.

The human spirit is redeemed by the simple act of faith or believing in the Redemptive Resurrection of Jesus Christ. New life is bestowed much like the Hebrews under Moses' leadership received new life when a serpent bitten person gazed at the Brazen Serpent to nullify the curse of the Serpent's venom. The Brazen Serpent is the analogy Jesus uses about himself pertaining to His death on The Cross and His Resurrection bodily from the tomb (John 3:14 - 15).

Gloria Copeland writes in a devotional about the Resurrection lifestyle. As we look at the Resurrected Lord closer and closer, the sin nature that is still on unredeemed mind and flesh is overcome: Walk in Resurrection Life.
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Resurrection Life
Gloria Copeland
Kenneth Copeland Ministries
April 7, 2007

“Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.” (Luke 24:1-3)

Truly, it's time for us to stop looking for the living among the dead. It's time for us to stop wandering around in the cemetery of sin, sickness and failure and to step into resurrection life!

As a resurrected creature, you're no accident going somewhere to happen. Your life isn't just a loose web of events and circumstances. God has specific plans for you.

Maybe He intends for you to have the greatest healing ministry of this century. Or perhaps He wants to turn you into a tremendous preacher. Maybe He has a revelation prepared for you that will enable you to bless the whole world. But you'll never know what He has in store for you until you put your attention on Him.

That's why the devil works hard to keep you focusing on the problems of life. That's why he tries to keep your attention turned away from the living Word of God. He doesn't want you to know you're full of the resurrection life of Jesus. In fact, the prospect of it terrifies him.

Why? Because once you truly understand that you have the life of God inside you, you'll begin to act just like Jesus did. You'll lay hands on the sick and they'll recover. You'll cast out demons. You'll preach the gospel to every creature.

In short, you'll be just what God intended you to be. You'll be the Body of Christ on the earth.

Don't let Satan bind you with the grave clothes of yesterday's sin and defeat. You're not dead anymore. You've been raised with Jesus. Come out from the tombs and start living resurrection life!

Scripture Study: Acts 17:16-34