- The cause of great joy
- “How slow to believe!” (v 13-27)
- The Lord Jesus opens what is shut (v28-35)
To see the gospel bear fruit in the Inner West and the World as we commit, grow, engage and send.
Sermons on Resurrection
- A place to stand
- “Therefore…stand firm” (1 Cor 15:58)
- “The gospel…on which you have taken your stand” (15:1-11)
- Christ died for our sins
- In accordance with the scriptures
- He was buried
- He was raised
- “If Christ has not been raised…” (15:14)
- “But…Christ has been raised” (15:20)
- “Therefore…brothers and sisters” (15:58)
- The Resurrection of Jesus Christ
- Jesus and Mary
- Grief by the grave (v11-15)
- ‘Mary’ (v16)
- ‘My Father and your Father’ (v17)
- ‘I have seen the Lord’ (v18)
- Jesus and Us
- Believing without seeing
- ‘We have “seen” the Lord’
Colossians 3:1-1410Two metaphors
- Death and Resurrection (v1-4)
- New Identity (v9-10)
- Put to death…
- How we are to change
- Set your heart on things above (v1-4)
- clothe yourselves with compassion (v12-14)
Introduction – Weary through worry
Jesus offers:
- A permanent Helper (15-17 and 25-26)
- His ongoing presence (18-24)
- A comforting Peace (27)
- A faith-building Prediction (28-31)
Do you love Jesus?
- The death of Lazarus imminent
- Jesus deals with those effected by Lazarus’ death
- Jesus deals with death itself
He is Risen!
(John 20:1-18)
(1) The things people say
(2) Mary’s despair
(3) The Lord appears
(4) The resurrection of Jesus and true hope
- A second test (22:23)
- A clever question (22:24-28)
- A compelling answer (22:29-34)
- We can believe the dead are raised because:
- God speaks of it in the Scripture (22:29)
- God can surely do it (22:29)
- God is the God of the patriarchs in the present (22:31-32)
- God raised Jesus (Acts 2:24 and 32; 3:15 etc.)