The Power of The King - He Lives! (notes)

The Power of The King - He Lives!

The Empty Tomb

John 20 talks about Mary Magdalene going to the tomb but saw that the stone had been removed and thought someone had stolen the body of Jesus when in fact He had risen from the dead.

Palm Sunday

• We talked about seeing as God sees the new reality of the Kingdom of Heaven.
• During Passion Week, Jesus had been through a period of intense suffering, pain, agony, anguish and sorrow. He went through all this so we could have abundant (eternal) life.
• Sin had left its mark on man but Jesus came to remove sin, which brings death and gave us forgiveness of sin, which brings life.

Unseen Areas

• The thief (Satan) comes to steal, kill and destroy but Jesus defeated him when He died and rose to give us a life that will never end.
• When man sinned the thief took his birth right but Jesus came to restore to us what Adam lost.
• The resurrection is the culmination of all this.

Paul Talks About

• How sin entered the world.
• Adam sinned and got us into this dilemma we’re in.
• First sin, then death, no one exempt from either.
• Sin disturbed relations with God in everything and everyone.

Romans 5:12-21

Sin Affected - The Whole Creation

Romans 5:15-25

Through What Jesus Did

• Sin was judged.
• Death destroyed.
• Life restored to everyone.
• All sin does is threaten us with death, Grace, because God is putting everything together again through the Messiah, invites us into life - a life that goes on and on, world without end. Romans 5:22

Because of What Jesus Did

• We don’t have to live a life of just getting by.
• We can experience a full life, full of love and power over evil, sickness, sadness and sorrow.
• Jesus suffered so we could all have the kind of life that overcomes the world.
• The life of a king is what God has for all His heirs.

Proverbs 16:15

• In the light of the King’s countenance there is life, and His favor is as the cloud of latter rain.
• Jesus is the King of Glory and because of His sacrifice we have access to His presence and in His presence (the Cloud-Glory) there is life (rain produces life), which gives us favor.
• God revealed this through the life of Moses when He saw the glory of the Lord. Moses entered the throne room of the King of Glory. Jesus suffered so we could have the same access.

Revelation 21

• Death is defeated by the one who created life. Life flows from the throne of God (the King) to His people.
• Jesus said that rivers of living water would flow out of the church to the world.
• There is resurrection power flowing from the throne of God through His church to the world.

Why We Live Below The Quality of Life God Has For Us

• We don’t know God’s purpose.
• We have a misconception of God’s Kingdom.
• We do not know the authority that the death & resurrection of Jesus has provided.
• We have been deceived by the adversary.
• We are not diligently looking into the Word and what Jesus has provided for us.

Resurrection Power

• Is flowing through the church right now with great signs and wonders for the great harvest of people who will know Jesus at this time.
• Is reviving His people for a great manifestation of the glory of God to this generation.