THE POWER OF HIS RESURRECTION BY REV. ADEOLA AKANBI

Lord, we thank you. Lord, will bless you for so

much love you have for us. For the Bible says,

for God so loved the world that he gave this

one and only son, that also ever believe in him

shall not perish, but have it an alive. Thank you

Jesus for giving us this life. Thank you Jesus, because

you said in your word those who have rejected you

are condemned already, but for everyone who believe in You

is saved. Holy Spirit, we are grateful. Thank you for

these wonders that you have wrought in our lives. That Lord,

our faith.

In you is not in vain. Thank you, Gracious God.

Lord, open our eyes again as we look at your

word to understand the power of resurrection. Lord, we are grateful.

Thank you, Holy Spirit. In Jesus Mighty name, we pray

congratulations to every one of us, for as many who

as surrender, who have surrendered their lives onto Jesus. I

congratulate you today, because this is a day that every

one of us must celebrate with great assurance that God,

our Father, what he has promised to do through the

coming of Jesus, has actually been done. May his name

be praised forever and ever in the mighty name of

Jesus Christ, this money charge. I want to speak on

the power of his resurrection, the power of his resurrection,

And I'm just going to take a single verse of

the Bible, this money from the Book of Philippians, Philippians,

chapter three.

That's ten. There.

The Bible says that I may know him and the

power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his suffering

being confirmed to his death. Apost Paul, after many years

of working with Jesus, still expresses a deep longing for

a personal, living experience of Christ.

He says that I may know him.

After writing books upon books, yet the man says again

that I may know him. What a passionate reflection about

the power of resurrection.

He says.

This is not just intellectual it's not about book knowledge, no,

but every relational knowledge, because he has had an encounter,

because he had had an experience and he felt within himself.

Oh no, I have not known enough.

And for as many.

Who are engaged with reading the Bible every day, you

will agree with me that for every time you go

over the Bible, there's a new revelation that comes to

your mind, and you ask yourself have I gone through

this Bible passage before those who do already a Bible regularly.

We do not understand that you can pick a particular

verse of the Bible. Read it today, read it next Sunday,

read it someday after, read it in the next. Just

keep reading just one single verse. And as you meditate

on that verse of the scripture, there is new revelation

that God brings to your heart. And that's why Paul,

in this text he says that I may know him.

It is not about acknowledge read one hundred memory verses.

It is not about that.

It has gone beyond just reading and memorizing. It has

gone to the point of application. He then mentions, and

the power of his resurrection. This is point to something

greater than physical resurrection.

It is beyond that.

When Jesus God to the house of Mary and Martha

after four days that your brother had died, and Jesus

told the sisters, you know, I am the resurrection of life.

This your brother will rise again. As far as the

sister was concerned, it's about the future resurrection. But Jesus

is saying right here, resurrection will take place. Our resurrection

took place. There is the resurrection. Now for everyone that

as surrender is our life to Jesus as engaged with sin,

but now a life in Christ. And that is what

is demonstrated when we come to the place of baptism,

and it said that I may know him and the

power of his resurrection. Paul is talking about the spiritual

power that raised Jesus from the dead, which is not

available to every believer. For victory over sin, for fear,

for victory over scein victory over fear, and victory over

spiritual there. And that's why so many times when somebody

says I am a Christian and the person is afreed,

I said, there's something wrong without your faith. When someone

says I am a Christian and the person is still

living in sin, no, there's something wrong with that relationship.

When someone says I am a Christian and the person says, ah,

the devil is in me in the dream, then I

tell you that there is something wrong with your relationship

with Jesus. Because surely he took up our friend families,

he carried our sorrow, yet we considered him stricken by God,

smithing by him, and afflicted. But the Bible says that

by it strives what happened. We are healed and on

the cross. If you miss the Good Friday, that would

not be too good. But on the good Friday we

look at the seven words seven statements of Jesus on

the cross before he gave up, and at the sixth

he said, it is finished, finished, the work of salvation

is done. That is why the Bible says, he's a

man believes in Jesus. It is a new creature the Old.

The Old is God, and everything has become new. But

if the Old is still manifesting, then there is something

wrong without relationship. I like to look at three things

from that verse, and then I'll close. Number one knowing

Christ and the power of his resurrection, what does it mean?

The Bible says in the Book of Philippians, Chapter three,

verse ten, that I may know Him and the power

of his resurrection. This phrase shows us that resurrection power

is not just about life after death. It is about

daily victory. It is about new life in Christ. It

is about spiritual strength. Resurrection is about daily victory. And

that's why Jesus says, if anyone desires to come up

to me, let him deny himself, take up his cross.

Daily and follow me. So the power of resurrection is

evident in our daily living, a victorious life, in the

new life that we have embraced, and spiritual strength that

we have Romance chapter six, four to five. The Bible says,

therefore we were buried within through baptism into death. That

just as Christ was raised from the dead by the

glory of the Father, even so we also should walk

in newness of life. For if we have been united

together in the likeness of his death, certainly we also

shall be in the likeness of His resurrection. And that's

exactly what we display when we come to the moment

of baptism. On Thursday. We were here in the church

demonstrating that which Christ has done, obeying the commandment that

Christ has instructed us. So when someone has surrendered himself

onto God, it is expected that the pressing the baptized,

and that process of baptism is that on the basis

of your confession, you are dipped into the water baptism

by immersion, and then you are lifted up out of it.

You have resurrected with the Lord Jesus Christ. The power

of resurrection Ephicients, Chapter one, nineteen to twenty the Bible says,

and what is the exceeding greatness of its power toward

us who believe according to the working of its mighty power,

which he worked in Christ when he raised him from

the dead and seated in at the right end in

the heavenly places.

Knowing Jesus Church.

Knowing Jesus involves experiencing is power in our daily lives,

power to forgive, power for transformation, power for renewer. That's

what it means to know Jesus. Every thing completely in

our lives showcase the essence of our faith in Jesus Christ.

Number two in that text is that God's love and

the victory of the resurrection. So the love of God

and the victory of the resurrection in that ten Philippians

th return, the Bible passage continues to say that, and

the fellowship of his suffering being confirmed.

To his death. So upon links the resurrection to the.

Suffering and death of Christ, and is showing us that

the power of God's love is seen or not only

in the empty tomb, but also in the cross.

So you can see the.

Evidence of the power of God's love right there on

the cross and in the empty tomb. And that is

why today, as Christians, our faith is renewed when we

come to realize our importance, this work, this love that

God has for us. In John three sixteen, for God

soul love the world, It gave its only Begott his son,

that whoever believes in him should not perish, perish, but

have ever as life Romans five eighty, the Bible said,

but God demonstrates it's all love towards us in that

why we were still sinners.

What happened. Christ died for us.

So it isn't that we did anything, but the power

of God's love was made manifest right there on the cross,

and even in the empty tomb.

We can see the power of God shown.

In First Corinthians, chapter fifteen, fifty five to fifty seven, the.

Bible says, all death, where is your sting?

Oh? Hey, this this, where is your victory? This thing

of death is seen, and the strength of sin is

the law. But thanks me to God who gives us

the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. The resurrection is

God's loudest message, he says.

In that resurrection message, he says, I love you, and

I won the battle for you.

Arly Louis and that is the reason why Jesus on

that cross he said it is finished.

So as a believer you need not suffer.

Any kind of oppression anymore, because the battle is one.

The battle is one. The battle is one. Lastly, what

should be our response to the power of resurrection? Our

response should be that of faith, that of obedience and

new living.

In that same verse ten, it.

Says being conformed to his death, being confirmed to his death.

What does that mean? This means we should die to

self and live for God.

So if anyone desires to come after Jesus, let him

deny himself, die to self, and alive for God.

So resurrection power works in those.

Who are willing to follow Jesus through death to self

and rise within in holiness and purpose.

That's what it takes. Colossians chapter three, Versus one and two.

If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things

which are above, where.

Christ is sitting at the right end of God.

Set your mind on things above, not on things on earth.

In other words, when a man, when a woman, surrender

to Jesus, your ultimate goal and thinking should be things above.

What are the things that are preoccupying our minds? Are

they evely things or the early things Matthew six thirty three.

The Bible says, but sick first the Kingdom of God

and the righteousness, and all these things shall be herded

onto you, seeking first the.

Kingdom of God. Romance, Chapter twelve, Verse one.

I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by the message of God,

that you present your bodies a living sacrifice holy acceptable

to God, which is your reasonable service.

So, as a Christian who has experienced the.

Resurrection, it is important that daily we die to serve.

And will live for God.

We live a life of faith. We live a life

of our obedience. We live a life of new newness. Romance,

Chapter eight, verse eleven. The Bible says, but if the

spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells

in you, he who raised Christ from the dead, we

also give life to your motive bodies through his spirit

who dwells in you. What is the point here? The

point here is that we are called to live resurrected lives.

And everyone that is living a resurrected life, you will

see it displayed in their body. You will see it

display in their way of life. You will see it

display in their attitude to life, living a life of faith,

living a life of obedience, and living a life.

Of spiritual power.

In this passage, passe outcry, let it become our home,

that I may know Him, that I may know Him,

that I may know the power of His resurrection, that

I may may be part of the fellowship of His suffering,

that I may be confirmed.

To His death.

That should be our life. This is what full Christian

life is all about. Living a resurrected life, no longer

in life that is under the oppression of sin, knowing Christ,

intimately working in power, submitting daily in obedience and sacrifice

to God. That is when our faith is made complete.

I want to encourage each and every one of us today.

This is a call to irresponsible living. It is a

call to living for Christ, living for God. The Bible

says in Romance chapter ten, verse nine, that if you

confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in

your heart that God has raised Him from the dead,

you will be saved. So the question I have for

each and every one of us today is this, do

you know Jesus personally like Paul desired? Are you working

in the power of His resurrection? Will you allow the

only spirit to bring new life to your soul.

Today, today.

You can experience the power of His resurrection, not just

as a doctrine, but as a living reality.

Surrender to Christ.

Receive the power to live a victorious life, to live

a holy life, to live a purposeful life, to live

a surrendered life, to live a resurrected life. There's a

little writing at the back of our program. If you

look at it, there's an invitation there, and its invitation

towards many who are yet to surrender their lives to Jesus.

Don't let this power of resurrection that we are talking

about today be useless over your life.

Dear brothers and sisters.

Today we sell bread the greatest victory in history, the

resurrection of Jesus Christ.

He is no longer in the grave. He is alive.

Death could not hold him, the grave could not stop him.

He rose again.

So that we can have eternal life and a new beginning.

The Bible says in Romans six twenty three, for the

wages of Saying is death, but the gift of God

is eternal life in Christ, Jesus our Lord. Because Jesus

is reason, you don't have to remain in saying, you

don't have to remain in guilt.

You don't have to remain in fear.

He paid the price for your sins on the cross

and rose again to give you a new life, in

life of peace, in life of purpose, in life of hope.

This is the Sunday. The reason Savior is calling you.

He is ready to forgive your sins and make you

a child of God. All he asks this morning is

that you believe in him, turn away from your sin,

and invite Him into your heart. The Bible says in

Romans chapter ten, verse nine, if you declare with your

mouth Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that

God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Please,

you can speak with me immediately after the service if

you are considering dropping that old life tire for the

new one. Trade your sorrow for the power of resurrection.

Trade your pain for the power of resurrection, Trade your

poverty for the power of resurrection. Trade your past for

the power of resurrection. Jesus is calling on you today.

The power of resurrection becomes useless to you because the

message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing.

Are you among those who are perishing. If you're among

those who are perishing, the opportunities yeah for you to

remove yourself from those who are perishing and begin to

see the reality of what God has done for you.

Shall we pray together? What is your life like? Are

you experiencing the power of resurrection? Are you working in

the power of resurrection? If you're not doing this, it

simply means you are year to surrender your.

Life to Jesus.

And because of that, you cannot be victorious over flesh overseein.

You cannot live a holy life. You cannot live a

purposeful life. But if you must live a victorious life,

if you must live a holy life, if you must

live a life of purpose, then it is time to

surrender yourself onto Christ so that you may experience the

power of resurrection. Is anyone in the house this morning

wanting to take this step? Jesus is keeping you near

the cross. Is anyone he who is willing to receive

this new life? Jesus says, come onto me. Oh ye

that labor and a heavy leading, and I will give

you rest. Cast your burdens upon the Lord, and it

will save you. Jesus made the seed of your word

that has been sown this morning makes significant impact in

the life of your people. Let ye be an experience

of the power of resurrection in the life of your people.

Thank you, because this seed that has been sown will

germinate and be a much fruit, and this word will

not be against us on the day of judgment. Thank you,

Vicious King of Glory. In Jesus mighty name, we pray Amen.