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• And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the
  wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted
  up, that whoever believes in Him should not
  perish but have eternal life. (John 314-15)
• And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will
  draw all peoples to Myself. (John 1232)

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LIFTING UP CHRIST

• While Jesus is speaking here of His death on the
  cross, we lift Him up by exalting Him.
• We must lift Him up in five areas.
• We must lift Him up on the cross!
• We must lift Him up from the tomb!
• We must lift Him up from the earth!
• We must lift Him up to the throne!
• We must lift Him up in our hearts!

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WE MUST LIFT HIM UP ON THE CROSS

• His enemies physically lifted Him up on the
  cross.
• Then Jesus said to them, When you lift up the
  Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and
  that I do nothing of Myself but as My Father
  taught Me, I speak these things. (John 828)
• And He, bearing His cross, went out to a place
  called the Place of a Skull, which is called in
  Hebrew, Golgotha, where they crucified Him, and
  two others with Him, one on either side, and
  Jesus in the center. (John 1917-18)

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WE MUST LIFT HIM UP ON THE CROSS

• It was on the cross that
• He humbled Himself and became obedient to the
  point of death. (Phil. 28)
• He became the author of eternal salvation to all
  who obey Him. (Heb. 58-9)
• We figuratively lift Him up on the cross by being
  crucified with Him.
• I have been crucified with Christ it is no
  longer I who live, but Christ lives in me and
  the life which I now live in the flesh I live by
  faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave
  Himself for me. (Gal. 220)

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WE MUST LIFT HIM UP FROM THE TOMB

• His body was taken down from the cross and placed
  in a tomb.
• A large stone was placed in front of the
  entrance to the tomb.
• The tomb was sealed and guarded.

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• After this, Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple
  of Jesus, but secretly, for fear of the Jews,
  asked Pilate that he might take away the body of
  Jesus and Pilate gave him permission. So he came
  and took the body of Jesus. And Nicodemus, who at
  first came to Jesus by night, also came, bringing
  a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred
  pounds. Then they took the body of Jesus, and
  bound it in strips of linen with the spices, as
  the custom of the Jews is to bury. Now in the
  place where He was crucified there was a garden,
  and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had
  yet been laid. So there they laid Jesus, because
  of the Jews' Preparation Day, for the tomb was
  nearby. (John 1938-42)

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• When Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in
  a clean linen cloth, and laid it in his new tomb
  which he had hewn out of the rock and he rolled
  a large stone against the door of the tomb, and
  departed.... On the next day, which followed the
  Day of Preparation, the chief priests and
  Pharisees gathered together to Pilate, saying,
  Sir, we remember, while He was still alive, how
  that deceiver said, After three days I will
  rise. Therefore command that the tomb be made
  secure until the third day, lest His disciples
  come by night and steal Him away, and say to the
  people, He has risen from the dead. So the last
  deception will be worse than the first. Pilate
  said to them, You have a guard go your way,
  make it as secure as you know how. So they went
  and made the tomb secure, sealing the stone and
  setting the guard. (Matt. 2759-60, 62-66)

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WE MUST LIFT HIM UP FROM THE TOMB

• His body was taken down from the cross and placed
  in a tomb.
• A large stone was placed in front of the
  entrance to the tomb.
• The tomb was sealed and guarded.
• God literally lifted Him up from the tomb.

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• Men of Israel, hear these words Jesus of
  Nazareth, a Man attested by God to you by
  miracles, wonders, and signs which God did
  through Him in your midst, as you yourselves also
  know-- Him, being delivered by the determined
  purpose and foreknowledge of God, you have taken
  by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to
  death whom God raised up, having loosed the
  pains of death, because it was not possible that
  He should be held by it. (Acts 222-24)

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• And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile
  you are still in your sins! Then also those who
  have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If in
  this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of
  all men the most pitiable. But now Christ is
  risen from the dead, and has become the
  firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep . (1
  Cor. 1517-20)

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WE MUST LIFT HIM UP FROM THE TOMB

• His body was taken down from the cross and placed
  in a tomb.
• A large stone was placed in front of the
  entrance to the tomb.
• The tomb was sealed and guarded.
• God literally lifted Him up from the tomb.
• We figuratively lift Him up from the tomb by
  walking in newness of life.

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• Therefore we were buried with Him 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, knowing this, that our old
  man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin
  might be done away with, that we should no longer
  be slaves of sin. (Rom. 64-6)

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• I have been crucified with Christ it is no
  longer I who live, but Christ lives in me and
  the life which I now live in the flesh I live by
  faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave
  Himself for me. (Gal. 220)

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WE MUST LIFT HIM UP FROM THE EARTH

• He was lifted up from the earth when He ascended
  back to heaven.

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• Now when He had spoken these things, while they
  watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received
  Him out of their sight. And while they looked
  steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold,
  two men stood by them in white apparel, who also
  said, Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up
  into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up
  from you into heaven, will so come in like manner
  as you saw Him go into heaven. (Acts 19-11)

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WE MUST LIFT HIM UP FROM THE EARTH

• He was lifted up from the earth when He ascended
  back to heaven.
• He ascended back to heaven in order to become our
  High Priest.

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• Now this is the main point of the things we are
  saying We have such a High Priest, who is seated
  at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in
  the heavens, a Minister of the sanctuary and of
  the true tabernacle which the Lord erected, and
  not man. For every high priest is appointed to
  offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is
  necessary that this One also have something to
  offer. For if He were on earth, He would not be a
  priest, since there are priests who offer the
  gifts according to the law. (Heb. 81-4)

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WE MUST LIFT HIM UP FROM THE EARTH

• He was lifted up from the earth when He ascended
  back to heaven.
• He ascended back to heaven in order to become our
  High Priest.
• We lift Him up from the earth when we offer up
  spiritual sacrifices.

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• You also, as living stones, are being built up a
  spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up
  spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through
  Jesus Christ. (1 Peter 25)
• I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies
  of God, that you present your bodies a living
  sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your
  reasonable service. (Rom. 121)
• Therefore by Him let us continually offer the
  sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of
  our lips, giving thanks to His name. But do not
  forget to do good and to share, for with such
  sacrifices God is well pleased. (Heb. 1315-16)

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WE MUST LIFT HIM UP TO THE THRONE

• He ascended back to heaven in order to receive
  dominion.

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• I was watching in the night visions, And behold,
  One like the Son of Man, Coming with the clouds
  of heaven! He came to the Ancient of Days, And
  they brought Him near before Him. Then 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 the
  one Which shall not be destroyed. (Dan 713-14)

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WE MUST LIFT HIM UP TO THE THRONE

• He ascended back to heaven in order to receive
  dominion.
• He was exalted to the throne by God, the Father.

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• The God of our fathers raised up Jesus whom you
  murdered by hanging on a tree. Him God has
  exalted to His right hand to be Prince and
  Savior, to give repentance to Israel and
  forgiveness of sins. (Acts 530-31)

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WE MUST LIFT HIM UP TO THE THRONE

• He ascended back to heaven in order to receive
  dominion.
• He was exalted to the throne by God, the Father.
• He is now sitting at the right hand of God.

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• God, who at various times and in various ways
  spoke in time past to the fathers by the
  prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by
  His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all
  things, through whom also He made the worlds who
  being the brightness of His glory and the express
  image of His person, and upholding all things by
  the word of His power, when He had by Himself
  purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of
  the Majesty on high. (Heb. 11-3)

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• Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died,
  and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the
  right hand of God, who also makes intercession
  for us. (Rom. 834)
• ...which He worked in Christ when He raised Him
  from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in
  the heavenly places. (Eph. 120)

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WE MUST LIFT HIM UP TO THE THRONE

• He ascended back to heaven in order to receive
  dominion.
• He was exalted to the throne by God, the Father.
• He is now sitting at the right hand of God.
• We lift Him up to the throne by doing all things
  in His name, or by His authority.

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• And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in
  the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God
  the Father through Him. (Col. 317)

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WE MUST LIFT HIM UP IN OUR HEARTS

• We lift Him up in our hearts by a willingness to
  suffer for righteousness sake.

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• And who is he who will harm you if you become
  followers of what is good? But even if you should
  suffer for righteousness' sake, you are blessed.
  And do not be afraid of their threats, nor be
  troubled. But sanctify the Lord God in your
  hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to
  everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that
  is in you, with meekness and fear. (1 Peter
  313-15)

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WE MUST LIFT HIM UP IN OUR HEARTS

• We lift Him up in our hearts by a willingness to
  suffer for righteousness sake.
• We lift Him up in our hearts by seeking those
  things which are above.

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• If then you were raised with Christ, seek those
  things which are above, where Christ is, sitting
  at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things
  above, not on things on the earth. (Col. 31-2)

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WE MUST LIFT HIM UP IN OUR HEARTS

• We lift Him up in our hearts by a willingness to
  suffer for righteousness sake.
• We lift Him up in our hearts by seeking those
  things which are above.
• Are you lifting Him up in your heart and life?