Christ’s Death & Resurrection Brings Us Life
A sermon for Christ’s Church at Monticello April 8, 2007
Gregg A. Nydegger

Genesis 1:27 (NIV)

27    So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

Genesis 2:7 (NIV)

7    the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

Hebrews 11:8 (NIV)

8    By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.

Hebrews 11:13 (NIV)

13    All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance.  And they admitted that they were aliens and strangers on earth.

Hebrews 11:39-40 (NIV)

39    These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised.
40    God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.

John 13:3 (NIV)

3    Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God;

John 1:1-4 (NIV)

1    In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2    He was with God in the beginning.
3    Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.
4    In him was life, and that life was the light of men.

Mark 16:6 (NIV)

6    "Don't be alarmed," he said. "You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him.


Acts 2:24 (NIV)

24    But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him.
Ephesians 1:18-21 (NIV)

18    I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,
19    and his incomparably great power for us who believe.  That power is like the working of his mighty strength,
20    which he exerted in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms,
21    far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every title that can be given, not only in the present age but also in the one to come.

Romans 6:1-11 (NIV)

1    What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase?
2    By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer?
3    Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
4    We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.
5    If we have been united with him like this in his death, we will certainly also be united with him in his resurrection.
6    For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin--
7    because anyone who has died has been freed from sin.
8    Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.
9    For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him.
10    The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God.
11    In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.



Acts 2:38 (NIV)

38    Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Galatians 3:26-27 (NIV)

26    You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus,
27    for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.


Colossians 2:12 (NIV)

12    having been buried with him in baptism and raised with him through your faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead.


John 20:26-28 (NIV)

26    A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them.  Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you!"
27    Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here; see my hands.  Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe."
28    Thomas said to him, "My Lord and my God!"

John 14:6 (NIV)

6    Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life.  No one comes to the Father except through me.