happy Easter to everyone easter is such
a special day because Jesus resurrection
is the joy of his friends are you his
friend are you his friend in heart that
is what we are here today to celebrate
because Jesus lives we can face tomorrow
yes because Jesus lives whatever problem
you have is never a problem to despair
to destruction to death because Jesus
has conquered death and he has made it
possible for you and I to have eternal
life happy Easter jesus resurrection is
a joy of his friends and what the terror
of his enemy the terror of Satan the
terror of demon the terror of darkness
why because the overcomer is real and
living in our midst today that's why we
celebrate the joy of resurrection we
don't celebrate death we celebrate life
thank you Jesus so happy Easter to all
of you anywhere you are connected today
is a day of joy a day that shows that
our faith is real amen our faith is not
based on history on philosophy on
stories our faith is based on the act of
God on Christ's death at the cross and
his resurrection from the dead we need
to understand what's the meaning of that
most assuredly I say to
you unless you eat the flesh of the Son
of Man and drink his blood you have no
life in you
whoever eats my flesh and drinks my
blood has eternal life and I will raise
him up at the last
day for my flesh is food indeed my blood
is drink indeed he who eats my flesh and
drinks my blood abides in me and I in
him as the living Father has sent me and
I live because of the Father so he who
feeds on me will live because of
me this is the bread that came down from
heaven not as your fathers ate mana and
are
dead he who eats this bread will live
forever
it is hot yes hot sun no oh no
does this offend
you what then if you should see the Son
of Man ascend where he was
before it is the spirit who gives life
the flesh profits
nothing the words that I've spoke to you
a
spirit and life but there are some of
you here who do not believe therefore I
have said to you that no one can come to
me unless it has been granted him by my
father
do you also want to go away no Lord
where should we go you have the words of
eternal life we believe that you are the
Christ the son of the living God yes
there
is the first time Jesus
said he who eats my flesh and drinks my
blood has eternal life before he said
that because people followed him after
he multiplied the bread and the fish and
people ate and they were happy because
of the miracles and Jesus said I know
many of you you are following me because
of miracles but there's something far
more important than that labor for what
gives you eternal life
this is the message eternal life
eternal life eternal life
I want to be eternal life god save my
soul i want to live eternal life god
save my soul eternal life what does
eternal life mean to you what does it
mean to you my brother my sister or
mother watching us what's the meaning of
eternal life if you were to define
eternal life how will you say it h
eternal life go and read your
Bible no man that influences the
thinking of human being has never said
what Jesus Christ has said jesus came
and
said "I am the bread of life." John
6:35 and they say "Oh Moses gave us the
mana in the wilderness." He said "Yes
they ate the wilderness they ate the
mana in the wilderness and they all died
but he who eats the bread I will give
him will never die no one has ever ever
said that that's what Jesus said he will
never die they say "How could he say you
never die?" All the prophet die even
Abraham
died jesus said "He who eats my flesh
and drinks my blood and drinks my
blood." Shocking words huh
will never die have eternal life how can
this man give us flesh to eat and his
blood to drink we all have read that
scripture and
everybody ask himself what's the meaning
of that bread the same thing Jesus said
to the Samaritan woman he who drinks the
water I give him will never thirst again
means you never hunger again let's
listen to what Jesus said listen to his
words
most assuredly I say to
you unless you eat the flesh of the Son
of Man and drink his blood you have no
life in
you whoever eats my flesh and drinks my
blood has eternal life and I will raise
him up at the last day he who eats my
flesh and drinks my blood will never
will never die and I will raise him up
at the last day h this this is the topic
of today jesus is saying eternal life
starts here that's what he's saying
eternal life starts here as I'm talking
to you i don't know about you may I have
eternal life that's my conviction and I
have it what about you yes what about
you watching me if you know you have
eternal life why are you so afraid and
terrified about death
that's the question if Jesus said "He
who believes in me have eternal life
right here and I will raise him up on
the last
day." We are going to talk about this
when Jesus turned everybody went and
abandoned him
do you also want to go away no Lord
where should we go you have the words of
eternal life we believe that you are the
Christ the son of the living God yes
but that's the most important thing that
Jesus was telling them he said to the
disciples "You why can't you go?" Peter
said "What where can we go where are we
going you have the words of eternal life
you have the words of eternal life
look when we are focused too much on
material
things money all these things we have
the tendency to neglect eternity
that's why today people are so rushing
to get wealth to accumulate money in
complete neglect of
eternity and Peter said to him you have
the words of eternal life this holy
bible these words you
see they are spirit and life and they
are
life when we neglect this word we
neglect eternal life
the words Jesus
spoke if it sink deep into your heart
and the Holy Spirit open your heart to
understand his words you will have joy
your joy will go to heaven you will have
peace
if I have eternal life and Jesus said
words more provoking to the human reason
than that let's go to John chapter 11
let's listen from verse 23
jesus said to her "Your brother will
rise again." Martha said to him "I know
that he will rise again in the
resurrection at the last day." Mhm jesus
said to her "I am the resurrection and
the life." Stop
what happened here lazarus died am I
right lazarus died and Lazarus was
buried was in the tomb for 4 days mhm so
Jesus
came to the graveside of
Lazarus and spoke to the sister Martha
can you start from verse 22 let's listen
to what Martha say verse even 21 now
Martha said to Jesus "Lord if you had
been here my brother you had been here
my brother wouldn't have died." We we
are all Christian let's be honest if we
lose a Christian die we lose somebody we
begin to mourn we begin to cry as if it
is
finished we have many God's general
Abraham Isaac Jacob all the prophets of
old they are not longer here physically
m but does it mean they are
lost no they've gone home we say gone
home now don't forget what Jesus say in
Luke
20:38 god is not the God of the dead but
the God of the living
jesus Christ is not the Lord of the dead
but the Lord of the living what kind of
life we talking about those who have
eternal life does that mean our spirit
is alive your spirit and your soul we
have what we call God said to Adam Adam
in the book of Genesis chapter 3 23 when
you eat the fruit of this tree in
disobedience to my command you will die
so God was not referring to physical
death as we all know but the devil tell
him that this is physical death you will
not die eat it you will not die god was
referring to spiritual death what is the
word death death is
separation when the body and the soul
separate that is
death but there is a death spiritual
death when our spirit is separated from
God mean no more
communication as a dead person can no
longer communicate with with the living
but that does not mean he's gone forever
but God say that person is alive that's
why Jesus said to them when God appeared
to Moses in the burning bush he said I
am the God of Abraham the God of Isaac
the God of
Jacob god is not the God of the dead but
the God of the living jesus spoke about
Abraham Isaac and Jacob as people that
living not dead people
and the Bible is clear once you believe
in Jesus in spirit and in truth once you
are born again eternal life has started
eternal life is a spiritual side of your
life this body we have is not eternal
this body has what beginning and end
what is the beginning natural birth on
the earth
h when you are born from your mom you
have a name they register you and the
day a person died they say he's dead we
remove from the register the claim
disease is over that's for the body but
what about our spirit when does eternal
life start in the spirit when it starts
when you truly believe in Jesus Christ
and you accept him as your Lord and
Savior believing his resurrection from
the dead so that means the resurrection
of Jesus is so crucial it's absolutely
fundamental this a fundament of our
faith do you know that in the Bible many
people early believed in Jesus right and
came to the church and was worshiping
and they never believed the resurrection
what happened they never received the
Holy Spirit so that means they just
thought he was a good teacher and a good
prophet yes but he didn't believe they
didn't believe what he said about
himself
if you don't believe in Christ's
resurrection how will you receive
eternal life and holy spirit you have
that's the foundation of the Christian
faith can we just go back to quickly
Romans 10:9 to 10 we are going back to
the foundation that if you confess with
your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in
your heart that God had raised him from
the dead you will be saved you hear that
if you believe if you will confess with
your mouth everybody know how to do it m
we all know how to confess with our
mouth in alter call Jesus Lord but the
second part is the most difficult what
did he say and believe in your heart
believe in your heart believe in your
spirit god has raised him that God has
raised Jesus Christ from the dead you
will be saved you will be saved so that
saved means eternal life for your spirit
good continue verse 10 next verse listen
for with the heart one believes unto
righteousness with your heart with your
spirit you believe unto righteousness
which is eternal life and with the mouth
confession is made unto salvation you
confess with the mouth unto salvation oh
my God you can see this mean the word of
faith that save you is in your heart you
have to believe Christ resurrection from
the
dead if you hear Jesus crucified that's
why we talk about Easter there are two
two sides of it he went to the cross he
was crucified and he gave up the spirit
to the father at the cross for our
redemption right but Jesus was in the
heart of the earth three days three
night on the third day he rose from the
dead oh my God let's go back to John i
will just tell you the importance of
believing Christ resurrection this the
foundation of Christian faith jesus has
demonstrated that he's worthy of being
the objective of our faith unto
salvation by believing his resurrection
from the
dead if truly you are a Christian you
have no doubt that Christ has risen from
the dead he's alive as I'm talking to
you he knows you he sees you and he is
the living Christ Jesus in the power of
resurrection of the Holy Spirit he's
alive that's why I say because I live
you live
jesus is alive my is
alive that is very important that he is
alive so you are talking to somebody who
is alive somebody who will answer you
somebody who sees you somebody who knows
you he knows your thought and everything
about you and the living God we are
serving is the reason you can face
whatever challenge you face that's the
reason you can face tomorrow whatever
challenge whatever difficulty may come
in the future because Jesus lives you
can face it because he's already
defeated death for you and me hallelujah
so that means anything else compared to
Jesus is not a big deal that's why you
have to believe Jesus for eternal life
reset your belief if you have been
believing Jesus only for healing and for
blessing it's time to reset your belief
right now
it's true the part of you that is sick
that is lacking resistant distant this
body
what about your spirit and your soul
before God
continue reading jesus said to her "I am
the resurrection and the life he who
believes in me though he may die he
shall live." Oh my God let's stop there
what does this mean to you he who
believes in me Jesus Christ though he
may die he may die yet he shall live yet
he shall live how can this be it's a
contradiction here in the earth when you
die they say he's gone that's why we say
"What a terrible mistake we do." Today
we say we believe in Jesus but when we
lose somebody we begin to cry as if the
end has come that person is not lost
that person is waiting for you over
there all the saints that lived before
us in Christ Jesus are not lost they are
very much alive in the heavenly realms
that's what Jesus is taking talking to
you and me he who believes in me even
though he may die he shall live he shall
live that's what Jesus said so why are
you afraid of death i think because we
we focus so much of our lives of our
everyday decisions in our life just on
the natural that is why we're afraid of
death because we don't want the natural
life to come to an end that's why when a
saint depart I don't say die I say
depart i will tell you why we should
rejoice and celebrate his life not cry
we should celebrate and life not
death if you know the importance of
eternal life if you know the value of
Jesus Christ of Nazareth in your life oh
my God you will
rejoice even though you lack you don't
mind because you have Jesus you have the
fountain of life and that is a decision
that you do have to actually make here
whilst on this earth and I think that's
why it's so important for us to remind
ourselves to do things because of
eternal life because I remember you said
one time that here Jesus is our savior
to save us mhm on this earth mhm if we
believe in Jesus the promise is there
for us to have eternal life even now the
promise is there for our spirit our soul
to to have life in Christ but over there
we meet him as judge absolutely meaning
that here is opportunity for you to have
faith to believe that's why we need to
make the most of this time what are you
doing with Jesus in your life
you can ask a lot of questions but over
there no question answer will wait for
you the Bible says if somebody leave
this earth without the knowledge of
Christ that person will have more
questions to answer over there than when
he was alive
the question what seems easy we don't
value it what is the value of Jesus
what's the value of Easter what's the
value of resurrection sometime we are on
the surface
when Jesus came the first thing God the
reason why Jesus sent God sent Jesus is
eternal
life when create when God created Adam
and Eve there was no
death you can see the first people that
lived on earth they were living 200 300
400 500 900 years
but the corruption of sin came
progressively and death spread to all
human beings that's what the Bible say
the soul who sins in the soul who dies
ezekiel chapter 28 from verse 24 down 4
and 24
jesus has come to deliver you and I from
death and spiritual death which comes
from sin because the soul that is in sin
is sick is is is is dying and that is
what Jesus came to deliver us from from
spiritual death which comes through sin
the reason why we show you those two
drama is to reset your focus to believe
Jesus for eternal life
why did the apostles of old follow Jesus
suffered persecution even to
death who will believe to death
something
earthly why they were not afraid of
death why many of them were marted and
persecuted but they believe stood
because they they knew what eternal life
means
remember the words of Apostle Paul in
Philippians chapter 1 verse 1-21 for to
me to live is Christ and to die is gain
but if I live on in the flesh this will
mean fruit from my labor yet what I
shall choose I cannot tell mhm for I am
hardpressed between the two having a
desire to depart and be with Christ
which is far better you hear i desire to
depart a Christian does not die he
departs that's why when a saint or a
believer leave this earth I don't use
the word dead I say depart
he departs of this earth to another
world who is departing not this body but
your spiritual side soul and spirit will
depart to be with the lord we need to
understand that
Jesus said when you believe in him you
are born again which part of you is born
again your spirit you are born of the
spirit you have a new spirit you have a
your heart a new conscience that part is
new born again that's what Jesus
explained to Nicodemus
yes and when you have not born again
holy spirit will dwell in the new spirit
that is pure holy spirit cannot dwell in
an unholy place that means you can't
have the holy spirit in you if your if
your spirit your soul is not revived
born again new now I want to show you
something let's talk about something we
talk about Lazarus okay we talk about
resurrection do you believe you yourself
one Hey you will rise from the dead if
you see man in the natural and believe
oh it's only here after we die it's over
but the Bible never says that the Bible
says that the day there is a separation
between the body and the soul
that which is dust we'll go back to the
dust genesis 3 19 let's listen to what
God say because of sin because of
disobedience spiritual death came to old
man and that's what the Christ has come
to resolve in the sweat of your face you
shall eat bread till you return to the
ground out of it you were taken yes for
dust you are and to dust you shall
return that is it mean every man born of
man and woman will go back to the dust
this body came for a man and woman it
will go back to the dust yours everybody
everyone the only thing that is sure on
earth is this physical death m everybody
will go through it
everybody so why are we such afraid for
something you cannot dodge is human life
like a light of candle that will go off
forever and stop there no there is more
to life that meets the ordinary eyes
there's more to human being than this
body that's what Christ has come to
reveal whom you are in Christ once we
understand the divine meaning of Easter
once we understand the purpose of Christ
then we begin to realize who we are we
begin to realize who God is and we begin
to have relationship with God in spirit
and in truth you begin to have visions
of voices happening tomorrow you begin
to have relationship with the Holy
Spirit in your heart your conscious
become alive god is no longer a
foreigner not something
strange until they say "Oh this is
esoteric this is mystic this is not
strange it is reality for the spiritual
person." Now let's let's let's continue
back to John that's the Easter we are
talking about martha said to Jesus "Ah
if you were here verse 21 my brother
would not have died." Because her
purpose she does not want Lazarus to die
we human beings we live as if we are
eternal nobody thinks about death we
reject the thought of death we we we try
to ignore it and imagine that it's just
not going to happen we even don't want
to think about it even the biggest sins
a man of faith when death come say "Hey
no not yet." We live as if eternal here
on earth this body is not eternal the
part of you that is eternal is your
spirit and your soul we've been given
We've been given a grace of time and
space to act in that is just it and it
is a grace from God life is a gift now
we celebrate Easter the whole world
celebrates Easter today if you go to
many houses people are in the beaches
people are on the golf golf course
celebrating Easter eating good food what
about
Jesus is Jesus at home in your heart is
Jesus in the midst of your spirit
homelessness is man's condition without
God
if you don't have Jesus for God you are
homeless
in the streets some people are homeless
but there the terrible homeless when
your spirit is naked when your soul is
naked airing in the darkness without a
home that's the one Jesus come to solve
jesus said to her I am the resurrection
and the life he who believes in me
though he may die he shall live and
whoever lives and believes in me shall
never die let's break it whoever lives
and believes in me Jesus Christ shall
never die that's what the Lord said you
it looks like contradiction the first
one is say he who believes in me even
though he die will live and he say he
who believes in me will never die what
is Jesus talking about he talk about
your spiritual man it is our spirit our
soul our heart that believes in Christ
that soul that spirit will never die
mean you have eternal life m
now from here eternal life
starts now right on this earth God is
here as I'm talking to you Holy Spirit
is here as I'm talking to you God is
here heaven is here in your heart oh my
god
why we allow Satan to blindfold us to
focus on the natural to focus on what
you see and you completely lose sight of
eternity of God with you our mind become
kindly minded we think about earthly
things and We value earthly things more
than eternal life
and that's the truth if you understand
the meaning of eternal life if you
understand life after life you will
never cry you will rejoice that's what
Jesus said a little while you will see
me no more a little while you will see
me and your joy will be great and nobody
can remove your joy
once you understand this you will
understand as Peter John Bethlehem the
twel apostle in the midst of life threat
was singing with joy because they know
that this body nobody can remove it you
can remove this body but not their soul
let's go to Matthew 10:28 listen to what
Jesus told them and their so much
believe and know the truth and do not
fear those who kill the body but cannot
kill the soul but rather fear him who is
able to destroy both soul and body in
hell read it again slowly listen to what
Ruth is saying and do not fear do not
fear who kill the body those going to
kill this body but cannot kill the soul
but cannot kill your soul mean there are
two lives in you soul and body but
rather fear him who is able to destroy
both soul and body destroy both soul and
body in hell jesus is the one talking
meaning that Jesus has power over every
part of your life this mean hell is a
reality jesus said it
do not fear the one who can kill this
body this body will never go to heaven
it will go back to the earth but fear
the one who can destroy both body and
soul in hell that's what Jesus
said and that's the truth that should
awaken our spirit that there's life
after life that one day we will face God
one day and the day of the judgment it's
true absolutely
true that's why Jesus said let's go back
to John mean there are two death the
body can die and the spirit can die but
when you have Jesus the spirit will live
forever we have death on earth in the
body and we have another death over
there the second death when the soul and
the spirit will cast into the hell
forever that's what the bible says to
those of
And God's word Jesus even speaking will
never fall to the ground whether you
believe or not the moment this body is
separated from the soul you leave this
earth immediately the consciousness of
heaven will come to you
immediately and you cannot come back
it's too late go back to John sorry she
said to him "Yes Lord i believe that you
are the Christ and the the son of God
who is to come into the world." Mhm and
when she said this these things she went
away and secretly called Mary her sister
saying "The teacher has come and is
calling for you." Good go back to verse
23 there's something she said I want to
say again to you jesus said to her "Your
brother will rise again." Your brother
said to him "I know that he will rise
again in the resurrection on the last
day." You hear that jesus said "Your
brother will rise again."
They say I know my brother will rest
again on the resurrection on the last
day we're going to talk about that but
Jesus will not talk yeah okay now
resurrection there are two types of
resurrection which we want to talk about
to you today and we are going to use the
resurrection of Lazarus as
example compared to the resurrection of
Jesus what was the difference between
the two
that's what Jesus was saying martha was
thinking about resurrection of the last
day for judgment but he said "No I'm
talking about resurrection today which
nobody has ever seen." He said "This man
died he's in a grave since 4 days
decomposed he's smelling." You say "This
guy can come back to life again." Nobody
said Jesus said "If you believe you will
see the glory of God." Cut to the
reading now Jesus had not yet come into
the town but was in the place where
mother met him then the Jews who were
with her in the house comforting her
when they saw that Mary rose up quickly
and went out followed her saying "She is
going to the tomb to weep there." Then
when Mary came where Jesus was and saw
him she fell down at his feet saying to
him "Lord if you had been here my
brother would not have died." Could you
imagine they said "Jesus if you have not
delayed my brother wouldn't have died
because you will heal him we only focus
on healing we only focus on this earth
that's we it's we can't see beyond the
natural but Jesus sees beyond the
natural if you have been there it's too
late my brother die is gone it's over
but Jesus say it's not over when it is
over with man that's the beginning with
God
continue
therefore when Jesus saw her weeping and
the Jews who came with her weeping he
groaned in the spirit and was troubled
and he said where have you laid him no
they said to him "Lord come and see."
Jesus wept jesus wept why did Jesus wept
i'm asking you the question jesus wept
what do you think and cause Jesus to
weep because of the un and belief in the
hearts of people
jesus wept because God can do nothing
without believing he came to save and to
offer eternal life but nobody believes
it that was why in his own
town he said that a prophet is little
honored where he's come from and that is
why he was not able to perform so many
miracles because of the unbelief of the
people because they were seeing him just
in the natural light jesus wept twice
because of unbelief for Lazarus and the
day he enter on Palm Sunday to Jerusalem
m Jesus Jerusalem he wept over the city
because you have not understood the day
of your visitation and he knew what was
coming he he knew that just 50 years
after his his his death and resurrection
they would come and destroy the temple
jesus said Jesus saw it you say "I come
to gather you like a hen went to gather
his cheeks." But you didn't want it the
greatest
trouble is ignorance ignorance is
unbelief then the Jews said "See how he
loved him see how he loved him." And
some of them said "Could not this man
who opened the eyes of the blind also
have kept this this man from dying?"
Can't you hear that they say "This man
Jesus he opened the eyes of the blind we
have seen it he cleansed the leopard we
have seen it the lame walk why can't
this man stop this man from dying if
he's his best friend?" Then Jesus came
then Jesus again groaning in himself
came to the tomb it was a cave and a
stone lay against it jesus said "Take
away the stone." Martha the sister of
him who was dead said to him "Lord by
this time there is a stench for he has
been dead four days." Stop this is a m
to him jesus said "If you believe we all
say we believe we believe i believe in
Jesus i believe." Do you believe in
resurrection
ma Martha spoke as if she believed in
resurrection but when Jesus said removed
the stone he said "Master master
master." No it's 4 days he died he's
smelling he cannot come back again
martha the sister of him who was dead
said to him "Lord by this time there is
a stench for he has been dead four
days." 4 days it's impossible jesus said
to her Jesus said "Did I not say to you
if you would believe if you believe in
me you would see the glory of God." What
does it mean jesus if you don't believe
in me the resurrection and the life you
have to believe Jesus is the
resurrection and the life you have to
believe Jesus has risen from the dead
and he will raise him from the dead
that our faith is in Christ his death
and resurrection for you if you believe
you receive the gift of righteous
eternal life that's what he said
continue
then they took away the stone from the
place where the dead man was laying and
Jesus lifted up his eyes and said
"Father I thank you that you have heard
me and I know that you always hear me
but because of the people who were
standing by I said this that they could
believe that they may believe that you
sent me now when he had said these
things he cried with a loud voice
Lazarus come forth
lazarus come forth and what happened
and he who had died came out bound hand
and foot with grave clothes and his face
was wrapped with a cloth let's stop
there lazarus for a man like you and I
he fell sick a deadly disease and he
died then they took him to the tomb and
they buried him after 4 days the body
begin to decompose as a stench when
Jesus call him back to
life Lazarus came out but in that body
no sickness he was made whole what
happened at that moment i want to
explain to you let me show you one
diagram try to explain we are going to
compare in the Bible we have many cases
of resurrection in the Bible so many in
the book of first king chapter 17 ruth
can you go to first Kings 17:23 even 22
then the Lord heard the voice of Elijah
and the soul of the child came back read
before read before the the boy was dead
read verse before then he cried out to
the Lord and said "Oh Lord my God have
you also brought tragedy on the widow
with whom I lodge by killing her son?"
Mhm and he stretched himself out on the
child three times and cried out to the
Lord and said "Oh Lord my God I pray let
this child's soul come back to him."
Come on when we die in the body you can
see there's a separation between the
spirit and the soul and the
body that is
death physical death the spirit and the
soul are separated from the body and the
body still remain on the earth it came
from the dust if we go back to the dust
here now when Elijah prayed he said "God
let the soul come back to this body."
That's what Elijah prayed lord let this
soul who departed who disconnected from
this body bringing physical death let
him come back to this body so his body
can live again that was a prayer of
Elijah what happened Ruth then the Lord
heard the voice of Elijah and the soul
of the child came back to him and he
revived the soul came back and revived
this is resurrection for somebody who's
dead and come back to life again that's
resurrection that Elijah did the same
happened to Elisha with the widow of
Zarapath now Jesus did one let's go to
Luke
7:1 and this one is different from
Lazarus now we can see many resurrection
happened in the Bible but those people
those people were not buried
yet they were just die they be on their
bed they be in the hostel bed whatever
the soul come back and they begin to
live again now it happened the day after
that he went into a city called Naine
and many of his disciples went with him
and a large crowd and when he came near
the gate of the city behold a dead man
was being carried out a dead man the
only son of his mother they were taken
to the graveyard and she was a widow mhm
and the large crowd from the city was
with her yes when the Lord saw her he
had compassion on her and said to her
"Do not weep." Then he came and touched
the open coffin and those who carried
him stood still and he said "Young man I
say to you arise." So he So he who was
dead sat up and began to speak and he
presented him to his mother then fear
came upon all and they glorified God
saying "A great prophet has risen among
us and God has visited his spoke and the
boy come back to life." The question we
need to ask who is Jesus
he spoke and the dead came back to
life
lazarus died body decomposed jesus spoke
and he came back and Jesus revealed
himself to that situation i am the
resurrection and the life mean who will
raise you from the dead that is Jesus
himself
he who believes in me will never die and
I will raise him at the last day this is
the assurance you have and I the day we
leave this earth one day Jesus will
raise us from the
dead what is the difference between
Lazarus and Jesus it is written
here Jesus adop let's go back Jesus now
we talk about Easter right the soul and
the spirit of Lazarus when Jesus spoke
come back inside the grave and Lazarus
resurrected inside the grave and then he
came out and we saw him
physically now at the
cross when Jesus was crucified in the
book of Matthew chapter 27 Jesus said
father into your hand I commit my spirit
There is a difference between the two
death lazarus died because of the sick
but Jesus said "No one takes my life
from me
i lay it down and I take it back." Let's
go to John 10:18 it's important we
understand this Easter we are talking
about this resurrection of Jesus
no one takes it from me but I lay it
down of myself i have power to lay it
down and I have power to take it again
can you imagine this command I have
received from my father no one takes my
life from me i have power to lay it down
and I have power to take it back to take
it back what does it mean to take it
back power over death power to come back
to life okay go to John 2:1 19 now you
understand what Jesus said to the
Pharisees when he came to the
temple i give my spirit i can take it
back jesus say clearly in John 2:1 19
listen to what he says jesus answered
and said to them "Destroy this temple
and in 3 days I will raise it up."
Destroy this temple my body mean this
body it was a temple who dwells in the
temple god not the temple of wall of
Solomon but the temple of his body was
talking about destroy this body in three
days i myself I will raise up that's
what Jesus said
i lay it down i have power to take it
back i am the resurrection i am the life
that's the Jesus we believe what does it
mean you were talking about what then
the Jews said "It has taken 46 years to
build this temple and you will raise it
up in three days." And they were
focusing on the natural on the building
but he was speaking of the temple of his
body temple of his body i want you to
understand if Jesus say his body is a
temple Jesus is an embodiment of the
father and of the holy spirit god
himself but you and I our body is a
temple of holy spirit
so if you destroy his temple God will
raise it up when you have Jesus when you
have Holy Spirit you have eternal life
god dwells in you you become the temple
of God but Jesus said "Destroy this
temple." I have power to raise it up now
let's talk about Jesus here let me move
you back jesus was buried like Lazarus
was in the tomb three days three nights
on the third day Jesus rose from the
dead the difference between the two
lazarus came back to life with a normal
body he came back to life with normal
body and after he died like all men died
all the people that were raised from the
dead resurrected they lived and after
one time they die
again but the case of Jesus is
different the case of Jesus Colossians
chapter 1:18 let's talk about
resurrection of Jesus colossians 1:18
now this is the area that concerns you
and
I this is the question we talk about the
resurrection of the last day and he is
the head of the body the church who is
the beginning the firstborn from the
dead that in all things he may have
preeminence why we call the firstborn
from the dead because his resurrection
was different which kind of resurrection
is talking about it's not Lazarus one
this one is completely different when
Jesus rose from the dead on the third
day what happened
no human being will see him jesus
appeared by revelation to his
disciples he was in the body of glory
jesus can enter without opening the door
and
disappeared and when he rose from the
dead the disciple refused to believe and
he told them because they only know
natural death but this time Jesus rose
from the dead appeared to the women they
didn't believe and Jesus came to the
midst of them and say and he greet all
of them peace be with you and they saw
him he said touch me a spirit has no
flesh and bones it was his body
crucified they saw with the holes with
the pain but that body was not natural
body was a body of
glory Jesus can appear can disappear and
he ascended back to heaven like he
appeared on the way to Emmas exactly
on the way to emer appeared to two
that's the d we saw but they didn't
believe they think physical death is the
end of
everything why are we so much
conditioned to believe that when you die
it is over and that's the greatest
mistake people are making today
if a holy person a believer dies only in
body but he continues to live in the
spirit with
God he may not relate with you on the
physically but the Bible says he's alive
when Jesus referred to Abra Abraham God
of Abraham Isaac and Jacob god is not
the God of the dead he's the God of the
living now let me talk about something
what happened i said
everybody who died
naturally in the Bible and who was
raised from the dead all of them they
died
finally they go back to the dust
everybody but Jesus after 40 days Jesus
ascended to heaven and sat at the right
hand of
God the other people what happened to
other people what happen now if a
believer dies in the natural where will
he go that's the question we are talking
about before we talk about believer I'm
talking about
unbeliever I hope you can see me right
you can see death is separation if an
unbeliever dies what happen the body go
back to the dust the Question his spirit
on soul where is he
going the scripture says clearly that if
a person dies here and his body is
buried his soul and spirit will go to
darkness they go to darkness waiting for
a judgment of the last day jesus is
talking about Jesus say he is the judge
of the living and of the dead can you go
to 2 Timothy 4:1
i charge you therefore before God and
the Lord Jesus Christ who will judge the
living and the dead at his appearing and
his kingdom jesus will judge the living
and the dead 2 Corinthians 5:10 this
should go there
again mean on the earth Jesus is the
savior but don't forget at the last day
he say will come to me Lord I cast out
demon I prophesy I heal people said get
behind me I don't know
you terrible judgment in Matthew chapter
26:45 to the end he said at the last day
I will separate the book from the god I
will say to you come Come and take my
kingdom i was naked you closed me i was
hungry you fed me come and enter eternal
life jesus will be standing to judge
every human being no one comes to heaven
except through him mhm before we must
all appear before the judgment seat of
Christ that each one may receive the
things done in the body according to
what he has done whether good or bad
that's why the Bible calls Jesus the
judge of the living and the judge of the
dead nobody can bypass Jesus if you
ignore when when it says the judge of
the living it means that even now on
whilst we're alive on earth it's only
God who can judge the motive of our
heart well it means at the resurrection
both the saved and unsaved everybody
will rise from the dead and appear
before him so that's what it means the
living and the dead meaning living in
your soul and dead in your soul i'm
coming to that's what I'm coming to
demonstrate here we have the dead and
the living such a person here God say
he's dead because he never born again m
if a person is born on the earth
naturally and he dies naturally for God
like a still birth who died in the
mother womb he never saw eternal life
never born again as he came he
disappeared but his soul and spirit go
to this darkness waiting for the
judgment day at the last day that's what
the Bible says that's why we preach the
gospel for salvation for eternal life to
bring awareness
of life after life of the truth after
life we should believe God for salvation
we should believe Jesus for eternal
life don't forget he said many will come
to me say Lord Lord Lord I prophesy I
heal the sick say I don't know you you
who practice
lawlessness he judges the fruit of the
spirit in our lives that's the heavenly
currency that's the heavenly currency m
so here now I want to go quickly and
read
here the resurrection and condemnation
of the just now if the unjust die the
Bible say at the resurrection there's a
hell here that's why Matthew 10 28 say
do not fear the one who can kill the
body but rather fear the one who is able
to destroy both soul and body in
hellfire m that is it at that day
everybody who die will resurrect you can
see this person will resurrect in a new
body and may end up in hell forever why
because this body that is resurrected is
a body of glory that body will be there
forever
there's no decomposition we will be in
the hellfire for eternity because that
body is eternal eternally in hell
eternally inment eternally in punishment
that's terrible where do you want to
spend
eternity can you compare the lifespan
here on earth to lifespan in eternity
there either in hell in paradise that's
what the Bible says
so why we value so much natural things
and neglect eternity where will you
spend eternity that's what the Bible
says and if we believe we're going to
spend eternity with Jesus then why don't
we spend more time with him on this
earth because we're going to go and be
with him forever so why don't we develop
our relationship with him because he
because one day we'll return to him and
rest in him are you ready for that day
that's will you be ready will you best
way to be ready go ahead when the Lord
shall come
are you ready now be ready when the Lord
shall
come I will be
ready i will be
ready i will be ready when the Lord
shall come can't you see the reason why
don't wait to have eternal life now it's
offered freely it's a free gift you
don't have to work for anything you just
have to believe and surrender your heart
to Jesus with full repentance and
embrace Jesus believing his resurrection
the Bible say if you do you receive
eternal life today that's what the
scripture say that's what Jesus said
it's so easy but did you believe it with
your heart that Jesus has risen from the
dead is able to give eternal life if you
welcome into your life now that's what
the Bible says now when we are saved
this is what happen when we are
saved we are our body is here i
explained to you last time but your
spirit is connected to God because you
have the Holy Spirit
here you have the Holy Spirit here mean
you have eternal life now now now when
the Holy Ghost come to you he's sealed
with you for eternity
can you read John 14 john chapter
14:16 john chapter
14:16 and I will pray that the father
and I will pray the father and he will
give you another helper mhm that he may
abide with you forever oh Lord listen to
that he may abide with you forever
this means when you receive Holy Spirit
you have received eternal
life you receive the life of Christ the
life of God which is life eternal first
John 5 112 he who has a son has life
eternal life mean eternal life start
right here on
earth that's why Jesus say even though
he die in the flesh he will never die he
will live forever you continue to live
in the spirit this is eternal life this
is physical life this one will stop for
everybody but this one will continue
forever with God this is the purpose of
the
gospel this is the purpose of Christian
faith eternal life not on earthly things
so now what happened when a believer in
Christ Jesus leave this earth i call it
departure i don't call it death because
Jesus said he who believes in me will
never die what happened to this person
the
body is buried here
all the saints everybody you go see the
tomb they're buried but the soul and
spirit are connected to God for eternity
to their holy spirit they continue to
live mean a Christian is only
transmitted he leave this earth and
continue to live here forever there's
life after life that's what the Bible
teaches that's what Jesus said life
after life eternal life
so let's
read 2 Timothy 4:7 let's listen to
Apostle Paul how he considered physical
death and let's go to Peter two of them
we understand why they were not afraid
of death i have fought the good fight i
have finished the race i have kept the
faith finally there is laid up for me
the crown of righteousness mhm which the
Lord the righteous judge will give to me
on that day and not to me only but also
to all who have loved his appearing good
my vers say I am poured out like a drink
and the time of my departure is at hand
oh no that's verse six verse six for I
am already being poured out as a drink
offering and the time of my departure is
at hand the time of my departure he
called death departure not death not
death because who was talking this man
was talking when he say my departure the
spiritual man you say I'm departing from
this body I'm going to be with the Lord
I'm departing to go to heaven I'm
departing to go with Jesus Christ with
the sins we eat in life with God in
heaven forever that's what the Bible
says that's why they were not a afraid
of any death physical death mean this
body will never go to heaven so when
Peter said to Jesus you have the words
of eternal
life he understood by divine revelation
that the word of Jesus actually is life
to our soul and spirit forever good now
go to second Peter chapter 1:15 since
you mentioned Peter let's read Peter 2
Peter chapter 1:15 15 moreover I will be
careful to ensure that you always have a
reminder of these things after my
decease say my disease my version say
after my departure they never he say
after my some verse some death but the
Peter say after my my departure because
this body is a tent it's not me so you
remember the message prophet taught
everybody your real you
your real self is not this body is going
to be buried it's your spirit and your
soul that's your real God always look at
the heart this the one God looks at not
this one when the judgment come God will
look at your heart to see whether the
Holy Spirit is there or not no matter
how this body is so the question is are
we living today in the light of eternity
are we living today because of eternal
life you can see this
body will rise and be has a body of
glory at the last day this is the
promise of God
daniel 12:2 let's go to Daniel 12:2 to
understand what the Bible means about
the resurrection of the last
day all the people the saint that died
before us that left before us were the
prophet or believers one day all of us
will rise receive a body of glory and
stand eternity with
Jesus daniel 12:2
and many of those who sleep in the dust
of the earth shall awake sleep that's
why we say they're sleeping they are not
dead some to everlasting life and some
to shame and everlasting contempt you
hear that some to everlasting life mean
when you raise from the dead body of
glory will be eternal life with God
forever in heaven
some to shame and everlasting contempt
that's that's the one I saw you before
that's that's the res that's the
hellfire here it's talking about this is
that's the one the unjust so which one
do we want when we are celebrating
Easter this meaning of Easter it's not a
religious organization or a feast is
about you it's about
me if Jesus had not risen from the dead
there would never be eternal life to
anybody you have to believe that Jesus
rose from the dead for you to receive
eternal life it's not about what you've
done or you've not done it's all about
what Jesus did for you at the cross you
have to believe the message of the cross
what on the cross he shed his blood to
bring forgiveness of sins to make you
fit for God to make you fit for eternal
life there's nothing you could do
physically in this earth to merit
eternal life so in
conclusion you to be born again is to
have everlasting life before you are
born again you must die with Jesus and
you must resurrect with Jesus what does
it mean you must die to sin
you must die to forsake all sin and
embrace righteousness and when you
receive Holy Spirit you begin to live in
him in him we live in him we move and
have our being because I live you live
the life of a Christian comes from God
directly from the Holy Spirit that's
eternal life because the Holy Spirit
cannot dwell in an unholy place so that
is why our heart has to be cleansed and
our heart has to be renewed and revived
and our heart has to be delivered from
sin that is what Jesus came to deliver
us from from sin because sin is
spiritual death death to our soul death
to our spirit and it gives Satan legal
right over us but when our sin is
forgiven cleansed that's when we can
have that relationship and that
fellowship with Jesus that's why we need
to understand the divine significance of
all these resurrection Easter we
celebrate the life of Christ we
celebrate the new life we celebrate
eternal life if you believe it you
become partaker of that grace partaker
of that life and the life of Christ
begin to manifest in you when you have
holy spirit someone keeps asking a
question maybe like 10 times what was
the purpose for Jesus Christ to go and
preach to the spirits in prison what
happened we have to
distinguish before the revelation of
Jesus and what existed before and after
Jesus
the Bible says God brought a judgment in
the time of
Noah in the time of the flood
those spirit those people that's pretty
referring to that's what the Bible says
in the book of jud and in the book of
Peter that those spirit were captive
because because of iniquity God sent
judgment and everybody died by the flood
except Noah and his family eight people
were only saved now those people never
knew Jesus am I right but God is a
faithful God spirit was captive when you
die they were in darkness what it means
when I said Yeah when but this were here
in darkness they died they left the
earth but they were darkness waiting for
the judgment to come on the last day so
when Jesus came the Bible say Jesus went
to the earth lower earthly region of the
earth to preach to them the gospel of
salvation that's what the Bible says he
went to preach the gospel to them so
nobody can say I never knew Jesus i
never knew the gospel m that's the
mystery one of the mysteries of the
Bible that God gave them a second chance
when Jesus preached the gospel to them
we don't know the outcome the only judge
is Jesus but that's what happened today
how do we know who is saved who is not
saved only Jesus knows that's why only
him can judge who is saved who's not
saved nobody can deceive him he looks at
your heart to know whether you are Holy
Spirit or not somebody can pretend to be
a Christian wearing big crown big Bible
but the heart is far from God the only
judge of the living and the dead is
Jesus Christ of Nazareth at the last day
so the only judge of your heart is Jesus
that's why no man whether your heart is
alive or your heart is dead the only one
who can know that and judge that is
Jesus Christ that's why the Bible says
don't rush to judge on the appearance
ask God the Holy Spirit to get you past
appearance to the heart so you know who
the person really is someone's asking
how may I know that I'm saved you can
know that's the easiest conception if
you are saved you have the peace of God
in your heart the Holy Spirit Holy
Spirit will give you peace of heart and
mind if you are saved you forsake the
life of sin you were living before if
you are saved you want to know God more
you want to hear God more you want to
fellowship with God more and please him
by faith and you have peace in your
heart in your life and you trust and
believe Jesus that's the evidence of
salvation you must have faith to be
saved before you become a Christian you
must believe in Jesus in your heart you
must believe his resurrection in your
heart you must repent we forget that you
can't just say accept Jesus the Bible
say repent the kingdom of God is at hand
you must repent and forsake all
unrighteousness and embrace Jesus and
embrace his new life because
Christianity is a lifestyle of trusting
in God and then Holy Ghost will help you
to be like Jesus to be saved i want to
be saved how can I receive the Holy
Spirit someone's asking the question is
so simple the Bible say you have to
believe in Jesus of Nazareth go to act
chapter 2 starting from verse 35 to
38 that's why what kind of gospel are we
listening today
is it gospel for eternal there only one
gospel I know the gospel of the kingdom
of God the gospel of salvation eternal
life of Jesus Christ the son of God
that's the only gospel I know this Jesus
God has raised up of which we are all
witnesses therefore being exalted to the
right hand of God and having received
from the Father the promise of the Holy
Spirit he poured out this which you now
see and hear mhm for David did not
ascend into the heavens but he says
himself "The Lord said to my Lord sit at
my right hand till I make your enemies
your foottool." Only through Jesus
receive Holy Spirit go to Act
5:32 mean you must believe in Jesus
Christ when you believe in him he said
"He who believes in me rivers of living
water will flow from his spirit from his
innermost being." He said it referring
to the Holy Spirit and we are w and we
are his witnesses to these things and so
also is the Holy Spirit whom God has
given to those who obey him that is it
if you obey God you receive Holy Spirit
you can never be son of God if you don't
believe in the son of
God if you believe God as your father
you can receive a new birth when you
believe in his son Jesus Christ the
Bible says if you don't know there's the
Holy Ghost how will you receive it in
Acts chapter 19 they were worshiping but
none of them had holy spirit and Paul
say did you receive the Holy Ghost when
you believe so when you believe in your
heart that Jesus has risen from the dead
you come to righteousness and you
receive Holy Spirit so this message of
today is all about seek first the
kingdom of God and his righteousness
eternal life eternal life my dear
brother my dear sister if your faith is
based on prosperity on things outside it
is time to reset your belief that's why
Jesus said "Don't worry about what you
eat what you
wear." Your father in heaven knows that
you need it seek first the kingdom of
God and his righteousness
so check yourself check your
heart if Jesus is history for you when
they ask him to be Lord over your life
after true repentance and faith the
Bible say you receive Holy Spirit in
your life and it's the evidence of faith
of salvation and you begin to have a new
life before the things you were doing
before you stop doing them and you want
to please God you bring righteousness
examine your life in the past you can
see how far the journey of righteousness
has changed you from the old life to new
life and it is a journey journey of
righteousness so we believe we're on
this journey together thank you so much
for joining us today to celebrate this
wonderful Easter Sunday all about the
resurrection of Jesus