Jesus' Resurrection

Today's Sermon covers the most important miracle found in the Gospel of John, the one that all of the other miracles hinge upon: the Resurrection of Jesus. Reminders of what Jesus said about His death and resurrection: “I am the resurrection and the life” (John 11:25,). Jesus is the eternal God the Son, uncreated, equal with God the Father and God the Spirit - one God, that we know as three Persons. Jesus holds the keys to life and death. John 10:17b-18: “I lay down my life that I may take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father.” Jesus also knew from before the foundations of the world that His death would bring salvation to God’s Sheep, to His elect, to the men and women that God the Father gave to God the Son. Jesus knew how He would bring about this salvation, the forgiveness of sins - that it would come through His death in our place on the cross. John 3:14-15: “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.” John 12:32, “And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” And he said this to explain the kind of death that he would experience - crucifixion. John 18:1-11 - betrayal and arrest of Jesus John 19:1-11 - which explain to us how Jesus was beaten John 20:1-9 - The Resurrection 1 Corinthians 15 John 20:24-29 John 20:30-31