Two Stones...
Two Doors...
of Resurrection
March 27, 2016
Matthew 28:1-2 NASU
“Now after the Sabbath, as
it began to dawn toward
the first day of the week,
Mary Magdalene and the
other Mary came to look at
the grave.
Matthew 28:1-2 NASU
And behold, a severe
earthquake had occurred,
for an angel of the Lord
descended from heaven
and came and rolled away
the stone and sat upon it.”
Acts 2:24 NASU
“But God raised Him up
again, putting an end to
the agony of death, since it
was impossible for Him to
be held in its power.”
John 11:25-26 AMP
“Jesus said to her, I am
[Myself] the Resurrection
and the Life. Whoever
believes in (adheres to,
trusts in, and relies on)
Me, although he may die,
yet he shall live;
John 11:25-26 AMP
And whoever continues to
live and believes in (has
faith in, cleaves to, and
relies on) Me shall never
[actually] die at all...”
The reason there is 'a
resurrection' at all is
because there is 'The
Resurrection Himself!'
Jesus is the very source of
life!
John 10:18 NLT
“No one can take My life
from Me. I sacrifice it
voluntarily. For I have the
authority to lay it down
when I want to and also to
take it up again.”
There are two great doors
in life; that door that
stood in front of the tomb
from which Jesus, the
source of all Life, walked
out;
and then there is another
door, and this is the door
that stands in front of
every person's heart,
every person's life, into
which Jesus is seeking to
walk through and into a
person's heart and life.
Ephesians 2:1-6 NASU
“And you were dead in
your trespasses and sins,
in which you formerly
walked according to the
course of this world,
according to the prince of
the power of the air,
Ephesians 2:1-6 NASU
of the spirit that is now
working in the sons of
disobedience.
Ephesians 2:1-6 NASU
Among them we too all
formerly lived in the lusts
of our flesh, indulging the
desires of the flesh and of
the mind, and were by
nature children of wrath,
even as the rest.
Ephesians 2:1-6 NASU
But God, being rich in
mercy, because of His
great love with which He
loved us, even when we
were dead in our
transgressions,
Ephesians 2:1-6 NASU
made us alive together
with Christ (by grace you
have been saved), and
raised us up with Him, and
seated us with Him in the
heavenly places in Christ
Jesus...”
The Scriptures make it
crystal clear that without
Christ in a person's life, he
or she is spiritually dead.
Their heart and life is a
spiritual tomb.
Revelation 3:20 NASU
“Behold, I stand at the
door and knock; if anyone
hears My voice and opens
the door, I will come in to
him and will dine with him,
and he with Me.”
Every person is either one
or the other; a tomb or a
temple.
Ever since Jesus walked
through that door from
His tomb, what He has
been doing is that He's
been knocking at the
doors of tombs, human
tombs, of people's
houses;
seeking to come
in...waiting to be invited
in.
Although He has the
power to break the door
down and enter the house
by force, still, He waits to
be invited in.
He waits for each person
to open the door of their
heart and life, and in
repentance and faith, asks
Him to come in and
forgive their sin and raise
up their dead spirit to new
life with Him.
The longer a human heart
stays closed to the Lord
Jesus, the harder that
door becomes, like stone.
“If you hear His voice, do
not harden your hearts.
For today, is the day of
salvation.”
You don't have to worry
so much about what to
say to Jesus...you just
have to ask Him in...to
come into your heart and
life and be your eternal
Lord and Savior.
Two Stones...
Two Doors...
of Resurrection
March 27, 2016