Eternity is Now in Session, Part 2

Many people go through life unaware of what they’re missing — living in a fog, going through the motions, and wondering if there’s more. What if the emptiness you feel is actually a call to wake up? What if there’s a new way to see, to live, to truly come alive? Following Jesus isn’t about religion — it’s about transformation, freedom, and life that actually satisfies. This is your invitation. Wake up. Come alive.

Battle Belongs
Phil Wickham

Make Room
Meredith Andrews

Here Again
Elevation Worship

Do It Again
Elevation Worship

The resurrection of Jesus ushered in eternity NOW which has present implications for those who believe in His name.

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John 17:3
“And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.”

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Ephesians 5:8
“For at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.”

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Ephesians 5:14
“Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

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1. We need to awaken to the PRESENCE of Christ around us
2. We need to awaken to the POWER of Christ inside us

Luke 24:13-16
That very day two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and they were talking with each other about all these things that had happened. While they were talking and discussing together, Jesus himself drew near and went with them. But their eyes were kept from recognizing him.

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Steven Cole
“Why would God shut their eyes from seeing the risen Savior? Because He had a better reason and a better time.”

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Acts 17:26-27
And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place, that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us.
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Psalm 139:7-12
Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there! If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me. If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night,” even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is bright as the day, for darkness is as light with you.

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2. We need to be awakened to the POWER of Christ inside us

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Luke 24:17-34
And he said to them, “What is this conversation that you are holding with each other as you walk?” And they stood still, looking sad. Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered him, “Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?” And he said to them, “What things?” And they said to him, “Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, a man who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, and how our chief priests and rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him. But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened. Moreover, some women of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb early in the morning, and when they did not find his body, they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive. Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but him they did not see.” And he said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?” And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself. So they drew near to the village to which they were going. He acted as if he were going farther, but they urged him strongly, saying, “Stay with us, for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent.” So he went in to stay with them. When he was at table with them, he took the bread and blessed and broke it and gave it to them. And their eyes were opened, and they recognized him. And he vanished from their sight. They said to each other, “Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the Scriptures?” And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem. And they found the eleven and those who were with them gathered together, saying, “The Lord has risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!” Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he was known to them in the breaking of the bread.

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Luke 24:31
…their eyes were opened…

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Genesis 3:7
“Then the eyes of the two of them WERE OPENED, and they knew that they were naked; and they fastened fig leaves together and made themselves coverings.”

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Keith Getty and Stuart Townend
No guilt in life, no fear in death, (the song says) this is the power of Christ in me
From life’s first cry to final breath Jesus commands my destiny
No power of hell, no scheme of man can ever pluck me from His hand
Till He returns or calls me home here in the power of Christ I’ll stand

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Luke 24: 32
“They said to one another: “Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the Scriptures?

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CS Lewis
If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world

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