Resurrection Day: Surrender to the Lordship of Jesus Christ

Main Point:  On this resurrection Sunday, we celebrate that Jesus Christ is the Messiah/the Christ/Son of Man/the Word of God/God incarnate/Soon Coming King.  It is not enough to believe; As Christians, we must surrender to the Lordship of Jesus Christ.  The evidence of true surrender is the fruit of your works for God’s Kingdom.

Foundation Scripture: James 2:14-20.  Surrendered faith brings forth works for God’s Kingdom.

The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the most important day in History

• If it’s a lie we worship in vain
• If it is the truth, those that believe will share in the Glory of His Kingdom forever
• we want to worship in spirit and in truth

Jesus claimed to be deity “The Son of Man”

• Mark 14:61-62.  Jesus clearly answers yes to the question “Are you the Christ”
• Daniel 7:13-14.  The religious leader new Jesus was referring to himself in this passage calling himself
  • “The Son of Man” with dominion, and glory, and an everlasting Kingdom and that all people would serve him.

Jesus is alive

• Matthew 20:11-18.  Mary sees a resurrected Jesus. Jesus is alive.
• Matthew 20:19-22.  Jesus appears to His disciples to prove his resurrection to them.  Jesus is alive.
• Matthew 20:24-30.  Jesus appears to ‘doubting Thomas’ and proves his resurrection to him.  Jesus is alive.
  • All the disciples who saw the resurrected body of Jesus died as martyrs (except John) never rejecting the truth of the resurrection because they saw the resurrected God incarnate with their own eyes.  
• Though there is plenty of evidence proving Jesus rose from the dead; for believers, we don’t even need that evidence to believe.
  • We believe because, it is a fact that Jesus transformed us.  We were blind and now we see.  We were dead in spirit and now our spirits are alive. 
    • Our evidence is a transformed heart and encountering his love, continuing to be transformed.
    • Doubting Thomas needed to see the nailed pierced hands.
      • But we have all the evidence we need in our transformed lives.  Jesus lives.

Judas and the Lordship of Jesus Christ

• Matthew 26:25. Judas called Jesus Rabbi, which means a great teacher of the Torah
• Matthew 27:3-5.  Judas called Jesus an innocent man.
  • Judas never called Jesus Lord
  • Other disciples did call Jesus Lord.  Matthew 8:23-27.

Pastor’s Thoughts about Judas:

• The reason Judas missed it, was not that he did not believe Jesus was or could be the Messiah, it was because he would not surrender to the Lordship of Jesus Christ.
  • Judas wanted a Messiah that would conquer his enemies
    • Jesus required that his disciples love their enemies
• Judas saw all the miracles Jesus did and had all the evidence needed to surrender to the Lordship of Jesus but he refused and the enemy took him.
• Be a heart that surrenders to the Lordship of Jesus Christ.
• Do not refuse to make Jesus Lord of your life.  Surrender to His Lordship.  Don’t be Judas.

Conclusion:

• Resurrection Sunday is the most important day of human history.  It is the day sin and death were defeated!
• Jesus claimed to be deity and His resurrection proved it.
• Jesus is alive
• Surrender to the Lordship of Jesus Christ over your life.
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