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I’ll
Rise Again
Luke 18:32-33
We
throw away the
armour or Saul the armour of worldly strength and put on the armour of
God.
When he approached Goliath David wore no armour but he wore his faith,
a
certainty that God was with Him. He carried no sword and yet he
defeated Goliath.
How small this young Sheppard boy must have looked stand across from
Goliath. Goliath
mocked him and I’m sure the philistine armies joined in the chorus. But
David
stood his ground he stood on the firm ground of faith.
David
said to the
Philistine, "You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but
I
come against you in the name of the LORD Almighty, the God of the
armies of
46 This day the LORD will hand you over to me,
and I'll strike you down and cut off your head. Today I will give the
carcasses
of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the beasts of the
earth, and
the whole world will know that there is a God in
47 All those gathered here will know that it is
not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the
Lord's, and he
will give all of you into our hands."
That
he will walk
with us through the valley of death. That he will be with us through
our
troubles and persecutions.
Okay
Okay I heard
that but how do I do it? How can I get past these fears in my life.
There
are very few
of us that can say our lives were harder then Davids yet he stood up to
the
fear and they were whipped out by the Lord. So if David could do it you
certainly can.
Wait
a second that
doesn’t really tell me anything.
Well
then let me
tell you more. Let me tell you how under the new covenant you have a
promise
even greater then David’s, you have the promise of Jesus, you have the
promise
of his temptation, you have the promise of his stripes, you have the
promise of
his redemption and his salvation but more than anything you have the
promise of his
resurrection. And this is a promise that will lead you out of this bog
of fear.
You have a hope that can not be defeated, no better than that you
have a promise
that can not be defeated.
Before
Jesus
entered into
31 Jesus took the Twelve aside and told them,
"We are going up to
32 He will be handed over to the Gentiles. They
will mock him, insult him, spit on him, flog him and kill him.
33 On the third day he will rise again."
34 The disciples did not understand any of this.
Its meaning was hidden from them, and they did not know what he was
talking
about.
１Corinthians 15:16-19
17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith
is futile; you are still in your sins.
18 Then those also who have fallen asleep in
Christ are lost.
19 If only for this life we have hope in
Christ,
we are to be pitied more than all men.
But
Christ did
indeed arise and this is a powerful promise to you
21 For since death came through a man, the
resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.
22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will
be made alive.
Remember
the words
of Jesus before he entered
Who
has believed
our message and to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot,
and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to
attract us to
him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.
3 He was despised and rejected by men, a man of
sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their
faces
he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
4 Surely he took up our infirmities and carried
our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and
afflicted.
5 But he was pierced for our
transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by
his wounds we are healed.
6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of
us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the
iniquity of us all.
7 He was
oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like
a lamb
to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so he
did not
open his mouth.
8 By oppression
and judgment he was taken away. And who can speak of his
descendants? For
he was cut off from the land of the living; for the transgression of my
people
he was stricken.
9 He was assigned a grave with the
wicked, and with the rich in his death, though he
had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth.
10 Yet it was the Lord's will to crush him and
cause him to suffer, and though the LORD makes his life a guilt
offering, he
will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the LORD
will
prosper in his hand.
11 After the suffering of his soul, he will see
the light of life and be satisfied ; by his knowledge my righteous
servant will
justify many, and he will bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore I will give him a portion among the
great, and he will divide the spoils with the strong, because he poured
out his
life unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors. For he bore
the sin
of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
63 The men who were guarding Jesus began mocking
and beating him.
64 They blindfolded him and demanded,
"Prophesy! Who hit you?"
65 And they said many other insulting things to
him.
66 At daybreak the council of the elders of the
people, both the chief priests and teachers of the law, met together,
and Jesus
was led before them.
Then
the
governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the
whole
company of soldiers around him.
28 They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on
him,
29 and then twisted together a crown of thorns
and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand and knelt in
front
of him and mocked him. "Hail, king of the Jews!" they said.
30 They spit on him, and took the staff and
struck him on the head again and again.
31 After they had mocked him, they took off the
robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him away to crucify
him.
16 The soldiers led Jesus away into the palace
(that is, the Praetorium) and called together the whole company of
soldiers.
17 They put a purple robe on him, then twisted
together a crown of thorns and set it on him.
18 And they began to call out to him,
"Hail, king of the Jews!"
19 Again and again they struck him on the head
with a staff and spit on him. Falling on their knees, they paid homage
to him.
20 And when they had mocked him, they took off
the purple robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him out
to
crucify him.
21 A certain man from
22 They brought Jesus to the place called
23 Then they offered him wine mixed with myrrh,
but he did not take it.
24 And they crucified him. Dividing up his
clothes, they cast lots to see what each would get.
25 It was the third hour when they crucified
him.
26 The written notice of the charge against him
read: THE KING OF THE JEWS.
27 They crucified two robbers with him, one on
his right and one on his left.
29 Those who passed by hurled insults at him,
shaking their heads and saying, "So! You who are going to destroy the
temple and build it in three days,
30 come down from the cross and save
yourself!"
31 In the same way the chief priests and the
teachers of the law mocked him among themselves. "He saved others,"
they said, "but he can't save himself!
32 Let this Christ, this King of Israel, come
down now from the cross, that we may see and believe." Those crucified
with him also heaped insults on him.
For
it is
commendable if a man bears up under the pain of unjust suffering
because he is
conscious of God.
20 But how is it to your credit if you receive a
beating for doing wrong and endure it? But if you suffer for doing good
and you
endure it, this is commendable before God.
21 To this you were called, because Christ
suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his
steps.
22 "He committed no sin, and no deceit was
found in his mouth."
23 When they hurled their insults at him, he did
not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he
entrusted
himself to him who judges justly.
24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the
tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his
wounds
you have been healed.
25 For you were like sheep going astray, but now
you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
Can
you see the
power of the promise that in any situation we are in the promise. So we
need to
ask ourselves do we truly and totally believe in the resurrection. Do
we know
that in Christ we will be raise up in him and nothing can defeat us.
Without
the resurrection we have nothing. But with it we have a strength in our
faith
that can not be broken. I look at the lives of the martyrs of the past
and I
see this faith. I look a the lives of the martyrs today and I see the
same
faith. I t was this same faith that allowed the 5 missionaries to go
into the
jungles of
.No
matter what you
do
I
know that I will
rise again
You
can hurl
insults at me
I
will rise again
You
can hurl stones
at me (Just think of Stephan)
I
will rise again
You
can spit in my
face
You
can mock me
I
will rise again
You
can hate me
I
will rise again
You
can gossip and
say all terrible things about me
I
will rise again
Because
we will
rise again
We
can be meek
Because
we will
rise again
We
can face
persecution because
(We
will rise
again)
We
have no worries
that conquer us
(We
will rise
again)
We
need no
treasure in this world
(We
will rise
again)
We
can carry our
cross
(We
will rise
again)
For
we do not have
a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we
have one
who has been tempted in every way, just as we are--yet was without sin.
37 Nay, in all these things we are more than
conquerors through him that loved us.
38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor
life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present,
nor
things to come,
39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other
creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is
in Christ
Jesus our Lord.
3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a
living hope
through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
4 and into an inheritance that can never
perish, spoil or fade--kept in heaven for you,
5 who through faith are shielded by God's power
until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the
last
time.
6 In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a
little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials.
7 These have come so that your faith--of
greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by
fire--may be
proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus
Christ is
revealed.
8 Though you have not seen him, you love him;
and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are
filled with
an inexpressible and glorious joy,
9 for you are receiving the goal of your faith,
the salvation of your souls.
