From the Pulpit...

The resurrection of Christ is a stupendous display of divine power. It is the standard unit of measurement of God’s omnipotence. It is like the parting of the Red Sea or feeding of the 5,000 or healing a handicapped person instantly. It is a first-rate miracle of God. But even though it was a powerful event, there is no way the resurrection will have any meaningful influence in your life unless you accept that Jesus Christ is Lord and that He died and was resurrected for you, in your place. Then, Christ can live in your heart through faith and you can have his resurrection power operative in your own life. Are you reading these notes and realizing that you need to come to Jesus to be saved from sin, and thus come to know this resurrection power? Perhaps you are living a life that has a lot of sin in it and finding that resurrection power hard to see or experience. Where are your priorities? Where is your thinking? Do they match what Paul tells us here? Have you: 1. Abandoned your confidence in yourself? 2. Had a major change in thinking on the value of your resume, that your former religious confidence was actually worthless? 3. Changed how you understand God accepts a person, not by works of righteousness, but by His grace? 4. Experienced and implemented a major change in priorities, with knowing Christ at the very top of your life goals? 5. Gained a new future outlook, striving toward the resurrection from the dead?