It Matters, Part 1

Easter wasn’t the end—it was the beginning. If Jesus is alive, it changes how we live today.

It Was Finished Upon The Cross
CityAlight

The Passion
Hillsong Worship

Living Hope
Phil Wickham

Build My Life
Bethel Worship

The resurrection of Jesus wasn’t the end, it was just the beginning of a new day.

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God rescues, God forms, God dwells, and God sends

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Matthew 28v16-20
Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

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Luke 24v47-49
“and the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. I am going to send you what my Father has promised: but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”

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John 20v21
“peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.”

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Acts 1v1-8
In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen. After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God. On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.” Then they gathered around him and asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?” He said to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

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1 Peter 2v9-10
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

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1. He gave them many convincing proofs

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2. He appeared to them over 40 days

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Proverbs 3v6
‘in all your ways, acknowledge Him and He will direct your paths.’

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3. He spoke about the kingdom of God

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Acts 1v6
Then they gathered around him and asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?”

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Luke 17v20-21
‘Once, on being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come,Jesus replied, “The coming of the kingdom of God is not something that can be observed, nor will people say, ‘Here it is,’ or ‘There it is,’ because the kingdom of God is in your midst.”

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