But God… Raised Him From the Dead! Simple words – powerful truth The Great Interrupter 45 times in the Bible D. Martyn Lloyd Jones – “these two words in and of themselves contain the whole of the gospel of Christ.” “But God” – radically transforms who we are But + God = nothing is impossible Resurrection is the ultimate “but God moment… Act 13:26-33 NASB God has a Message for Us …sons of Abraham's family, and those among you who fear God, to us the message of this salvation has been sent – vs. 26 God has spoken generally through creation – Psalm 19:1 God has spoken specifically – through prophets, law, Scriptures We are confined – time & space Then God spoke to man – Adam in the garden Moses – burning bush Lightning storm on Mt. Sinai Still small voice to Elijah Truth & desires through many prophets The message: You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. (7) Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. (8) But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Rom 5:6-8 NIV God Sent a Messenger to Us "For those who live in Jerusalem, and their rulers, recognizing neither Him nor the utterances of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled these by condemning Him. Act 13:27 NASB God’s message is a Person That Person is Jesus Christ All of the OT scriptures & prophets pointed to Him Messiah – someone prepared and sent with a purpose Specific purpose – to save you from your sins God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, (2) 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; Heb 1:1-2 NKJV God Knows the Misery of Sin in Us "And though they found no ground for putting Him to death, they asked Pilate that He be executed. (29) "When they had carried out all that was written concerning Him, they took Him down from the cross and laid Him in a tomb. Act 13:28-29 NASB God’s Messenger – innocent, perfect – executed as a criminal People didn’t want God’s message or Messenger He was the true Light There was the true Light which, coming into the world, enlightens every man. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. 11He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him. John 1:9-11 NASB People getting the Person of Christ wrong In Scriptures: Matthew 16:14 – John the Baptist, Elijah Luke 23:2 – tax evader John 6:14-15 – The Prophet – their new King John 7:12 – a good man John 10:20 – a demon Today – CNN, Discovery, History, Time MacLean’s… Who was Jesus?, The Real Jesus, Secrets of Jesus Christ Who is Jesus Christ to you??

Do you know Him? John 1:12 NASB But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name… God Works a Miracle for Us "But God raised Him from the dead“… – verse 30 Greatest words of hope! Sealed in a tomb, guards 24/7 …. But God! But God – is this the story of your life? But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, (5) even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved) Eph 2:4-5 NASB Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. Rom 6:4 NASB