Penned By: Erlinda Mejia Olson
on Easter Sunday, April 21, 2019 at 11:33amCDTposted on Monday, April 13, 2020 at 8:58AMCDT
MATTHEW 28:1-18--Now after the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat on it. His countenance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow. And the guards shook for fear of him, and became like dead men. But the angel answered and said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here; for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. And go quickly and tell His disciples that He is risen from the dead, and indeed He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see Him. Behold, I have told you.” So they went out quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to bring His disciples word.
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| Song: The Power of the Cross |
The Power of His Resurrection
By: Charles H. Spurgeon
Delivered on April 21, 1889, Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit
Sermon #2080 Vol 35
(To read the whole sermon - https://www.spurgeongems.org/vols34-36/chs2080.pdf )
“He bore on the tree the ransom for me,
And now both the sinner and Surety are free”
Our Lord has blotted out the record which was against us and that in a most righteous way. Through the work of Jesus, God is just and the justifier of him that believes. Jesus died for our sins but rose again for our justification. As the rising of the sun removes the darkness, so the rising of Christ has removed our sin. The power of the resurrection of Christ is seen in the justifying of every believer, for the justification of the Representative is the virtual justification of all whom He represents. When our Lord rose from the dead it was certified that the righteousness, which He came to work out, was finished. For what remained to be done? All was accomplished, and therefore He went up unto His Father’s side. Is He toiling there to finish a half-accomplished enterprise? No, “This man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God.” Our righteousness is a finished one, for Jesus quit the place of humiliation and arose to His reward. He cried upon the cross, “It is finished!”—and His word is true. The Father endorsed His claim by raising Him from the dead. Put on, therefore, O you faithful, this matchless robe of perfect righteousness! It is more than royal—it is divine! It is for you that this best robe is provided. Wear it and be glad. Remember that in Christ Jesus you are justified from all things. You are, in the sight of God, as righteous as if you had kept the law. For your covenant Head kept it. You are as justified as if you had been obedient unto death—for Jesus Christ obeyed the law on your behalf. You are this day justified by Christ who is “the end of the law for righteousness to everyone that believes.” Because He is delivered from the tomb, we are delivered from judgment and are sent forth as justified persons. “Therefore, being justified by faith, we have peace with God.”
Oh, that a deep peace, profound as the serenity of God, may fall upon all our hearts as we see Jesus risen from the dead! His resurrection did not only prove our pardon and our justification but it proved our full acceptance. “He has made us accepted in the Beloved.” Christ is never separated from His people, and therefore, wherever He is they are in Him. He is the Head. And as the Head, such are the members. I will suppose that a dead body lies before us. See, the head comes to life. It opens its eyes. It lifts itself. It rises from the ground. It moves to the table. I need not tell you that the arms, the feet and the whole body must go with the head. It cannot be that there shall be a risen head and yet the members of the body shall still be dead! When God accepted Christ, my Head, He accepted me. When He glorified my Head, He made me a partaker of that glory through my Representative. The infinite delight of the Father in His Only-Begotten is an infinite delight in all the members of His mystical body. I pray that you may feel the power of His resurrection in this respect and become flooded with delight by the conviction that you are accepted, beloved, and delighted in by the Lord God. The resurrection will make your heart dance for joy if you fully see the pardon, justification, and acceptance which it guarantees you. Oh that the Holy Spirit may now take of the things of Christ’s resurrection and apply them to us with justifying power!
