"Resurrection"

While on this Easter Sunday, we celebrate the historical event that was Jesus's resurrection, Pastor Jon reminds us of the continued meaning and power of Jesus's resurrection today. Pastor Jon reminds us that resurrection was not just an event, but a person, Jesus Christ – alive and working today: "Jesus said to her, 'I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die'" (John 11:25-26). Jesus's action on the cross declares that we are forgiven. However, it is his resurrection that declares that sin and death have been defeated. We are reminded that resurrection only comes after death, when things are at their lowest point. God never wastes our hurt. If we choose to turn over our situations, our sin, and our lives to Jesus, we are resurrected with Christ and born as new creations (2 Corinthians 5:16-17). We now have a renewed purpose and destiny (Romans 6:4). As we live out our lives for Christ, we can overcome the habits of our old self by the renewing our minds through the word of God (Romans 12:2).