Greatest Weekend Ever!

FRIDAY

Luke 22:7 – 23:56

Matthew 20:28
even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Hebrews 12:2
Looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

1 Peter 2:24
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.

Saturday

1 Peter 3:18-20

Colossians 2:13-15

Sunday

Luke 24:1-9

Acts 2:24
God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.

Revelation 1:5
and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood

Romans 14:9 NLT
Christ died and rose again for this very purpose—to be Lord both of the living and of the dead.

What does the resurrection of mean for us?

1. It assures us of our future resurrection

1 Corinthians 6:14 (2 Corinthians 4:14)
And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power.

2. It is the heart of our witness.

Acts 4:33
And with great power the apostles were giving their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all.

1 Corinthians 15:17

3. We share in His victory

1 John 5:4

1 John 2:14

Romans 8:37

4. The resurrection power is available to us

Ephesians 1:18-22

Acts 1:8
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."

5. We should live for Him

2 Corinthians 5:14-15 NKJV
For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died; 15 and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.

Conclusion

1 Timothy 2:3-6

Ephesians 2:8-9
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Matthew 7:21-23

Romans 10:9,13
because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 13 For "everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."