This Ain’t That | Pastor Dante' D. Barry

Luke 24:5–6 (NLT) “Why are you looking among the dead for someone who is alive? He isn’t here! He is risen from the dead!”Premise: What looks like the end in your life is often the very place where God is about to reveal resurrection power.“This Ain’t That” Means: is a declaration that what you’re looking at is not what you think it isTruths 1: This Ain’t What It Looks Like2 Corinthians 5:7 (NLT) “For we live by believing and not by seeing.”2: This is NOT The EndPhilippians 1:6 (NLT) “And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished…”3: This is not about Who You Were, but indeed about who you are BECOMING!Romans 6:4 (NLT) “For we died and were buried with Christ by baptism. And just as Christ was raised from the dead… now we also may live new lives.”Insight Point 1: What Looked Like Defeat Was Actually The SetupLuke 23:46 (NLT) “Then Jesus shouted, ‘Father, I entrust my spirit into your hands!’ And with those words he breathed his last.”Point 2: The Grave Was Not The End… It Was The TransitionMatthew 27:60 (NLT) “Then Joseph placed the body in his own new tomb, which had been carved out of the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance and left.”Point 3: Resurrection Is God’s Response To What Tried To Kill YouLuke 24:6 (NLT) “He isn’t here! He is risen from the dead!”