How Are the Dead Raised Up? (Easter 2025)

Summary: This Easter sermon explores the profound significance of Christ's resurrection, emphasizing its historical reality and its implications for believers. Pastor Ross delves into the mechanics of resurrection, using Paul's analogies from nature to explain how our earthly bodies will be transformed into glorified, incorruptible bodies. The sermon underscores the centrality of the resurrection to Christian faith, highlighting that without it, our faith would be in vain. It also emphasizes the power of resurrection available to believers now, encouraging them to live with a heavenly perspective.

Chapters
Chapter 1: The Foundational Truth of Christ's Resurrection
0:00 - 10:00
The sermon begins by emphasizing the importance of Christ's resurrection as the focal point of history and the foundation of Christian faith.
Chapter 2: Understanding the Mechanics of Resurrection
10:00 - 20:00
This section delves into Paul's explanation of how resurrection works, using analogies from nature.
Chapter 3: The Promise and Power of Resurrection for Believers
20:00 - 30:00
The final part focuses on the implications of resurrection for believers and the hope it brings.

Key Points:
The resurrection of Christ is a historical fact supported by evidence and eyewitness accounts.
The resurrection is the cornerstone of Christian faith; without it, our faith is vain.
Understanding resurrection through Paul's analogy of seeds dying and producing new life.
The transformation from corruptible to incorruptible bodies in the resurrection.
The power of Christ's resurrection is available to believers now.
Believers should set their minds on heavenly things, living as "celestial thinkers".
Salvation is by faith alone in Christ's finished work, not by human effort.

PDF Notes
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BOOKS BY PASTOR ROSS

"J.C. O'Hair and the Origins of the American Grace Movement"
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"The King James Bible in America: An Orthographic, Historical, and Textual Investigation"
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The King James Bible in America: Response to Rodney's Critique (Video Series)
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"Don't Passover Easter: A New Defense of Easter in Acts 12:4"
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"Rightly Dividing E.W. Bullinger: Assessing His Life, Ministry, & Impact"
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"The Preservation of God’s Word: A Close Look at Psalm 12:6-7"
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From This Generation For Ever: A Study of God’s Promise to Preserve His Word (Volume 1: Inspiration)
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From This Generation For Ever, Volume 2: Preservation
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Verbatim Identicality: How God Actually Preserved His Word by Bryan Ross
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From This Generation For Ever, Volume 3: Canonicity & Transmission
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