Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ! Here is the word for your meditation and prayer, at such a time as this. The title of my message is: " CONFIRMATION OF JESUS'S RESURRECTION"
The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the strength and hope for the Christian faith.
It is also the foundation to the Christian faith, and yet, oftentimes, we only give it real thought around the Easter celebration. But the resurrection of Jesus is so important that Paul writes, " If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins" ( 1 Corinthians 15:17). In the same chapter im verse 19, he says " If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are all people most to be pitied" I just want to mention five truths about the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
1)JESUS HAD A BODILY RESUSCITATION.
When Jesus was raised from the dead, he didn't leave his body behind.
It was only his clothes which remained in the tomb( grave). In fact, after his resurrection his scars remained on his body( John 20:27), he ate fish with the disciples. ( John 20:12), he physically( bodily) ascended to heaven( Acts 1:9), and will physically come again here on eatth( 1 Thessalonians 4:16).
The son of God will always have a bodily existence. The fact that Jesus still has a body testifies to the dignity of the human body -both the ones that we have and the ones we will have after our resurrection. Matthew Lee Anderson writes, " The resurrection of the body means that to be human with God is to be with him not as disembodied souls, but as people with noses, faces, arms, and legs that are similar to those we currently have" ( Earthen Vessels 2 Corinthians 5:1-10). 2) JESUS
HAD A JUSTIFYING RESURRECTION.
Perhaps the clearest instance of Paul connecting Jesus's resurrection with his justification is obscurred in most English translations. Paul writes in 1 Timothy 3:16, " Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory." The word that is translated" declared righteous" or justfied" is elsewhere in the New Testament.
But if Jesus was perfect, how could he be justified, since justification implies guilt( see Romans 4:5)? The answer lies in Jesus's death and resurrection. Resurrection is nothing less than the removal of the verdict of condemnation and the effective affirmation of his righteousness. 3) JESUS
HAD A TRINITARIAN RESURRECTION
The pattern in the New Testament is to speak of God the Father as the one who does the raising, Jesus as one who is being raised, and the Spirit as the means of the Father used to raise Jesus.
This pattern is seen in Romans 8:11: " If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you." Here we see not only that God the Father raises Jesus through the Holy Spirit, but our resurrection will be parallel to the resurrection of Jesus - God the Father will raise us through the Spirit.
4) JESUS HAD A FISRTFRUITS RESURRECTION OF OURS TO COME. Paul describes Jesus's resurrection as " the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep" ( 1 Corinthians 15:20) Firstfruits is an agricultural metaphor that points to the initial quality of the harvest. Paul is saying here, the resurrection of Christ and of believers cannot be seprated. Why? Because to extend the metaphor as Paul surely intends, Christ's resurrection is the 'Firstfruits' of the resurrection 'harvest' that includes the resurrection of believers. This thought is reinforced in ( 1 Corinthians 15:23): ' Each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then at his second coming those who belong to Christ"" ( This is By faith, not By Sight 2 Corinthians 5:7)
5) IN JESUS, BELIEVERS ARE ALREADY SPIRITUALLY RESURRECTED.
The resurrection is not only a future event for believers. Those who believe in Christ have already been raised to life with him. Paul writes, " If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God"( Colossians 3:1). Christians are people who have already been raised with Christ. God has done a work in each believer, a work of nothing less than resurrection proportions, that will not be undone. The resurrection is an already but not' yet reality for the Christian because of our union with Christ. Jesus's resurrection means that those who have faith in him have been raised from the dead because they are in Christ, and yet we still await the full experience of the resurrection to come( Romans 8:22-23).
Let me also emphasize that we live, walk, believe and hope in the resurrection power.
Therefore as Christ is resurrecting today, I declare that all areas of your llfe which were dead be resurrected in the name of Jesus.
The Bible says, "He carrried all our infirmities, and bore our sickness and diseases, and by His stripes we are healed....."
Whatever is giving you sleepless nights right now, may it come to an end today in the name of Jesus. It can be high blood pressure, sugar diabetes, cancer, HIV, menstrual pains,migraine headache, pneumonia, fever, tuberculosis, Covid-19, backache, headache, swelling legs, heart disease, palpitations, financial challenges, and any other sicknesses and diseases, may you be set free right now, in the name of Jesus.
I want you to hold every part of your body which is painful as you declare healing by the stripes of Jesus, through His resurrection power, believe and receive your healing and deliverance right now, in the name of Jesus.
I declare Jesus Christ's resurrection power to begin to flow in your body, right now. All dead cells and organs, be resurrected and restored once again in the name of Jesus Christ. ( 1 Peter 2:24, Isaiah 53:3-5, Jeremiah 8:22, Exodus 15:26, Jeremiah 30:17, Jeremiah 17:14, Jeremiah 32:27
Finally I want to reiterate the fact that you have every reason to believe in Jesus Christ, because He is the only one who conquered death and is alive today.
It can be your marriage, relationship, business, friendship or project, just commit it to the Lord and let it rise up again by Christ's resurrection power. ( Joel 2:25-27, John 11:25-44, Proverbs 16:3, Hebrews 4:16).
Once again, believe and receive your healing and deliverance in the name of Jesus-Amen!
May God richly bless you all!
Evangelist Fanuel Masikati
Email:divinerevelations7@gmail.com
Cell:263778495363
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