FOUNDATIONS Review: The biblical narrative is: CREATIONàFALLà_____________ àRESTORATION _________________ (or corruption) is the theological term for the reality that we are born into sin. Incarnation: the act of the God the Son taking on a _____________ nature. Chapter 16 : The Resurrection and Ascension of Christ THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST “If Christ is risen, nothing else matters. If Christ is not risen, nothing else matters.” Why Do We Believe He is Risen? There is substantial eyewitness __________________in the Gospels. The Book of Acts tells of the apostles preaching a gospel message that was ___________________ by the resurrection of Christ. The Resurrected Body of Jesus Jesus rose with a glorified _________________, not subject to aging or weakness or death. Resurrection: “that which is dead is made alive” (implies that something is being renewed/restored, not _________________. We know that Jesus came back in his physical body because the tomb was _______________. There are references to _______ _____ ___________ raising Jesus from the dead AND references to Jesus participating in His own resurrection. The Purposes of the Resurrection To Fulfill ____________________ To Provide __________________ By raising Christ from the dead, God was declaring that the sacrifice of Christ was satisfactory—that God’s _______________ was satisfied.
______________________—being made alive spiritually (to be born again) His __________ releases us from the penalty of sin, his ___________________ releases us from the power of sin and his __________________ is a preview of our ascension when we will finally be released from the presence of sin. Positional righteousness: we are in right __________________before God. Practical righteousness: we ___________righteous before God. (not perfectly but progressively) It was the ascension of Jesus that facilitated the coming of the ________ ___________ for all believers. To ____________________ our Resurrection The firstfruits served as both an ________________ (of the quality/nature of the crop) and a ______________ (deposit promising what’s to come). Invest in the eternally _____________; Focus on the eternally _____________. There is definitely a connection between how we live in this life and how we are __________________ in the next. The greatest reward of our resurrection will be ___________ _____________. THE ASCENSION OF CHRIST Because of the ascension of Jesus, we have an _______________ with the Father. Sanctification does not mean that we will be sinless, but that we will _____ ______. The ascension of Christ is a __________________ of the way we will be “caught up together…to meet the Lord in the air…” 1 Thess. 4:17 Our union with Christ means that we share (in part) in the authority of Christ over the universe NOW and will more fully share in his _________ in the age to come.