The Lessons We Learn Approaching The Grave

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The Lessons We LearnApproaching The Grave

• Matthew 281-17

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• He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,
  and death shall be no more, neither shall there
  be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for
  the former things have passed away.

- Revelation 214
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• 54When the perishable puts on the imperishable,
  and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall
  come to pass the saying that is written Death
  is swallowed up in victory. 55O death, where is
  your victory? O death, where is your sting?
  56The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin
  is the law. 57But thanks be to God, who gives us
  the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

- 1 Corinthians 1554 - 57
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• 1.) Jesus Christ Is Sovereign

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• all authority in heaven and on earth has been
  given to Me

- Matthew 2818
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• 13And behold, with the clouds of heaven there
  came one like a son of man, and he came to the
  Ancient of Days and was presented before him.
  14And to him was given dominion and glory and a
  kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages
  should serve him his dominion is an everlasting
  dominion, which shall not pass away, and his
  kingdom one that shall not be destroyed.

- Daniel 713 14
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• 64You have said so. But I tell you, from now on
  you will see the Son of Man seated at the right
  hand of Power and coming on the clouds of
  heaven. 65Then the high priest tore his robes
  and said, He has uttered blasphemy. What further
  witnesses do we need? You have now heard his
  blasphemy.

- Matthew 2664 65
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• 1.) Jesus Christ Is Sovereign
• 2.) The Resurrection Was A Big Deal

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• From that time Jesus began to show his disciples
  that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many
  things from the elders and chief priests and
  scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be
  raised.

- Matthew 1621
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• 22As they were gathering in Galilee, Jesus said
  to them, The Son of Man is about to be delivered
  into the hands of men, 23and they will kill him,
  and he will be raised on the third day. And they
  were greatly distressed.

- Matthew 1722 23
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• 17And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he
  took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way
  he said to them, 18See, we are going up to
  Jerusalem. And the Son of Man will be delivered
  over to the chief priests and scribes, and they
  will condemn him to death 19and deliver him over
  to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and
  crucified, and he will be raised on the third
  day.

- Matthew 2017 - 19
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• declared to be the Son of God with power,
  according to the Spirit of holiness, by the
  resurrection from the dead.

- Romans 14
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• We are not to regard the cross as defeat and the
  resurrection as victory. Rather, the cross was
  the victory won, and the resurrection the victory
  endorsed, proclaimed, and demonstrated.
• The gospel includes both the death and
  resurrection of Jesus, since nothing would have
  been accomplished by His death if He had not been
  raised from it.

- Cross of Christ, John Stott
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• He was delivered up for our trespasses and
  raised for our justification.

- Romans 425
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• Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus
  Christ! According to his great mercy, he has
  caused us to be born again to a living hope
  through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the
  dead .

- 1 Peter 13
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• 1.) Jesus Christ Is Sovereign
• 2.) The Resurrection Was A Big Deal
• 3.) His Resurrection Demands Our Complete
  Surrender

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• 1.) Jesus Christ Is Sovereign
• 2.) The Resurrection Was A Big Deal
• 3.) His Resurrection Demands Our Complete
  Surrender
• Worship

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• And behold, Jesus met them and said,
  Greetings! And they came up and took hold of
  his feet and worshiped him .

- Matthew 289
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• And behold, Jesus met them and said,
  Greetings! And they came up and took hold of
  his feet and worshiped him .

- Matthew 289
When they saw him they worshiped him, but some
doubted.
- Matthew 2817
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• 1.) Jesus Christ Is Sovereign
• 2.) The Resurrection Was A Big Deal
• 3.) His Resurrection Demands Our Complete
  Surrender
• Worship
• Obedience

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• Then go quickly and tell his disciples that he
  has risen from the dead, and behold, he is going
  before you to Galilee there you will see him.
  See, I have told you.

- Matthew 287
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• Then go quickly and tell his disciples that he
  has risen from the dead, and behold, he is going
  before you to Galilee there you will see him.
  See, I have told you.

- Matthew 287
So they departed quickly from the tomb with fear
and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples.
- Matthew 288
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• 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.

- Romans 109
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• For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord
• will be saved.

- Romans 1013