Sermons By A Word From The Lord with Archbishop Foley Beach
Episodes
Saturday Apr 25, 2020
Saturday Apr 25, 2020
MESSAGE SUMMARY:
Introduction from “The Resurrection -- Part 1: What does the Resurrection of Jesus Have to Do with Us? What are the implications for humanity?
While we were still sinners, Jesus died for us. It is through Jesus’ death and Resurrection that we are able realize God’s Grace of Salvation from our sins and to gain our Eternal Life. Holy Week is all about God’s Grace; Jesus’ death on the cross; Jesus Resurrection; and our Salvation. All sinners need what Jesus did on the cross for us.
Fast forwarding two thousand years to today, what does the Resurrection of Jesus mean to us? The primary implications of the Resurrection on us and humanity today is the forgiveness of our sins – we can be forgiven only because of God’s Grace and the Resurrection, which made Jesus’ death matter and provide us a path to a continuing personal relationship with God. Jesus is alive on this Easter; and since His Resurrection. Jesus has been alive for us through God’s gift of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit permits our personal and eternal relationship with God, the Creator of the Universe. However, we receive these incredible gifts through our humble confession to God and our faith in Jesus as our Lord and Savior – Jesus who has risen from the dead and is alive today.
Today’ Message: The teachings of our New Testament are Resurrection-Based. The implications of the Resurrection for us today include: 1) we are forgiven of our sins; and 2) we are able to have Eternal Life, which Jesus defined in John 17:3: “And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent." – Jesus gives credibility to His many pronouncements regarding God’s Grace and our faith providing us Eternal Life when He arose from the dead, as Jesus tells us in John 11:25-27: “Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?’ She said to him, ‘Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world.’”.
In 1 John5:11-13, Jesus makes a powerful commitment to us as followers of Him: “And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. That You May Know I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have eternal life.". Do you have Jesus, the Son of God, as the focus of your life today? If so, then you have Eternal Life. If not, then why not?
He is Risen, and He is alive today!
TODAY’S AFFIRMATION: I affirm that because of what God has done for me in His Son, Jesus, I AM A CHILD OF GOD. Yet to all who received Him, to those who believed in His Name, He gave the right to become children of God-- children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God. (John 1:12f).
SCRIPTURE REFERENCE (ESV): John 20:19-29; 1 Corinthians 15:20-22; John 11:25-27; 1 John 1:1-3; John 1:1-5; Proverbs 30:3-4; John 17:3; John 10:14-15; Matthew 7:22-23; John 3:16; 1 John5:11-13; Ephesians 1:13-14..
WEBSITE LINK: www.AWordFromTheLord.org/
WEBSITE LINK TO DR. BEACH’S SERMON VIDEO – “In Times of Uncertainty, Like Today, We Search for “Answers”; If You Are Filled with the Holy Spirit, You Have the Ultimate “Answer” Source!”: www.AWFTL.org/watch
DONATE TO AWFTL: https://mygiving.secure.force.com/GXDonateNow?id=a0Ui000000DglsqEAB