I want to deal with a portion of Scripture that many people find difficult, and it’s in Mark 9. The reading starts with Jesus on the Mount of Transfiguration with His three closest disciples, Peter, James and John. Moses and Elijah appear – it was an incredibly powerful experience, but as they come down the mountain, Jesus tells the disciples, “Do not tell what you have seen, until the Son of Man is risen from the dead.” And they questioned one another, what does Jesus mean when He says He will ‘rise from the dead’? At this point in the ministry of Jesus, the disciples had not grasped that Jesus was literally going die and be resurrected three days later.
For us in our Christian faith, Resurrection is a challenge. When we repent of our sins and come to Christ, we die to the old life, we’re born, ‘resurrected’ into a new life – and this new life WILL RISE FROM THE DEAD. Whilst the Pharisees accepted Resurrection at the end of the age, the Sadducees didn’t! So it was a great controversy surrounding the ministry of Jesus. Today, I don’t feel that in the Church we are being taught enough about what Resurrection is and what happens when we die.
Called and set apart for a specific purpose (Romans 1:1-12, Pt1)
God does what He says! (Jeremiah 32 & 33, Pt 2)
God does what He says! (Jeremiah 32 & 33, Pt 1)
Driven by a vision of revival (Joel 2: 23-28)
The latter rain of the Spirit (Joel 2:23)
The whole armour of God (Ephesians 6:10-17, Pt 18)
The Body of Christ on earth (Ephesians 4:30-32/5:1-30, Pt 17)
Be imitators of Christ: How to be successful in ministry (Ephesians 4:15-16, Pt 16)
The purpose of the fivefold ministry (Ephesians 4:11-15, Pt 15)
God has a purpose in your adversity (Isaiah 30:20-21)
Fed by the bread of affliction (Isaiah 30:18-20)
Unity through the bond of peace (Ephesians 4:1-3, Pt14)
The fullness of the love of God (Ephesians 3:17-21, Pt13)
Held by the love of God (Ephesians 4:1-6, Pt 12)
Expect God's exceedingly abundantly (Ephesians 3:17-21, Pt11)
Principalities and Powers in heavenly places (Ephesians 3:10-11, Pt10)
Fellow heirs and partakers of the promise (Ephesians 3:1-11, Pt 9)
Saved by grace through faith (Ephesians 2:8-9, Pt 8)
Resurrected to new life in Christ (Ephesians 2:1-2, Pt 7)
The Power and Glory of your inheritance (Ephesians 1:21-23, Pt6)
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