HAPPY RESURRECTION SUNDAY!
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Written/Ministered by: Rosa Appling-Banks
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Today's message is entitled: “JESUS ROSE”
Subtopic: ‘Resurrection Sunday’
By: Rosa Appling-Banks
Greetings Truth Seekers! I love you! But, Jesus, our Savior a.k.a. LORD a.k.a. Psalm 23 Shepherd and 1 Peter 2:5 Bishop over our souls loves you more! This is the day that The LORD has made and despite all that is going on that is contrary to the way of The Truth, we will still honor LORD Jesus in our thoughts, with the fruit of our lips, and our actions, in accordance with His word, will, and way for our lives! Our key foundational passages of Scripture are Isaiah 55:6-7(NLT), “...Seek The LORD while you can find Him. Call on Him now while He is near. Let the wicked change their ways and banish the very thought of doing wrong. Let them turn to The LORD that He may have mercy on them. Yes, turn to our GOD, for He will forgive generously.”
Once again it is a privilege and an honor of The LORD to share with you the word of Truth that will fulfill what He has charged, ordained, anointed, and sent me to do, and minister. According to Acts 26:18, LORD Jesus said, “...open their eyes, in order to turn them from Darkness to Light, and from the power of Satan to GOD, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.”
At our last gathering, 4.10.2022, we covered the message entitled “JESUS IS LORD” (Part 4) with the Subtopic: ‘Savior, Messiah, I AM THAT I AM’. If you missed it, catch up on it @ https://rosabanks.podbean.com/e/jesus-is-lord-part-4/
Dear Truth Seeker, today, April 17, 2022, amongst the notable celebrations that are going on around the globe, the annual celebration commemorating the event themed Resurrection Sunday, is second-to-none. What is Resurrection Sunday? According to Easton's Bible Dictionary @ https://www.blueletterbible.org/search/dictionary/viewtopic.cfm?topic=ET0003114, “…Resurrection of Christ: one of the cardinal facts and doctrines of the gospel. If Christ be not risen, our faith is vain (1Cr 15:14). The whole of the New Testament revelation rests on this as an historical fact. On the day of Pentecost Peter argued the necessity of Christ's resurrection from the prediction in Ps. 16 (Act 2:24-28). In his own discourses, also, our Lord clearly intimates his resurrection (Mat 20:19; Mar 9:9; 14:28; Luk 18:33; Jhn 2:19-22)… The resurrection is a public testimony of Christ's release from his undertaking as surety, and an evidence of the Father's acceptance of his work of redemption. It is a victory over death and the grave for all his followers. The importance of Christ's resurrection will be seen when we consider that if he rose the gospel is true, and if he rose not it is false. His resurrection from the dead makes it manifest that his sacrifice was accepted. Our justification was secured by his obedience to the death, and therefore he was raised from the dead (Rom 4:25). His resurrection is a proof that he made a full atonement for our sins, that his sacrifice was accepted as a satisfaction to divine justice, and his blood a ransom for sinners. It is also a pledge and an earnest of the resurrection of all believers (Rom 8:11; 1Cr 6:14; 15:47-49; Phl 3:21; 1Jo 3:2). As he lives, they shall live also. It proved him to be the Son of God, inasmuch as it authenticated all his claims (Jhn 2:19; 10:17). "If Christ did not rise, the whole scheme of redemption is a failure, and all the predictions and anticipations of its glorious results for time and for eternity, for men and for angels of every rank and order, are proved to be chimeras. 'But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first-fruits of them that slept.' Therefore the Bible is true from Genesis to Revelation. The kingdom of darkness has been overthrown, Satan has fallen as lightning from heaven, and the triumph of truth over error, of good over evil, of happiness over misery is for ever secured." Hodge. With reference to the report which the Roman soldiers were bribed (Mat 28:12-14) to circulate concerning Christ's resurrection, "his disciples came by night and stole him away while we slept," Matthew Henry in his "Commentary," under Jhn 20:1-10, fittingly remarks, "The grave-clothes in which Christ had been buried were found in very good order, which serves for an evidence that his body was not 'stolen away while men slept.' Robbers of tombs have been known to take away 'the clothes' and leave the body; but none ever took away 'the body' and left the clothes, especially when they were 'fine linen' and new (Mar 15:46). Any one would rather choose to carry a dead body in its clothes than naked. Or if they that were supposed to have stolen it would have left the grave-clothes behind, yet it cannot be supposed they would find leisure to 'fold up the linen.'"
Thank You LORD Jesus! Glory, honor, and praises to You for humbling Yourself, even to the death of the Cross, to fulfill Scripture of Your death, burial, and resurrection. In doing so, because of the fulfillment of Your resurrection, we, through Your righteousness, have been brought back into right standing with The Heavenly FATHER. Through You shedding Your precious, sinless Blood, laying down Your life, and rising again 3 days later, You also destroyed the works of Satan so that we can an abundant and Eternal life. We did not deserve it, but You stayed obedient and fulfilled the volume of The Book that was written of You. Your obedience to the will of The FATHER for Your life, even to the death of the Cross, set the example for us to also choose to obediently be led by the will of The FATHER for our lives as well. It is written, according to Romans 8:12-17 and Philippians 2:5-11:
Romans 8:12-17(NLT), Apostle Paul cautioned, “…Therefore, dear brothers and sisters, you have no obligation to do what your sinful nature urges you to do. For if you live by its dictates, you will die. But if through the power of the Spirit you put to death the deeds of your sinful nature, you will live. For all who are led by the Spirit of GOD are Children of GOD. So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received GOD’S Spirit when He adopted you as His own Children. Now we call him, “Abba, FATHER.” For His Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are GOD’S Children. And since we are His Children, we are His heirs. In fact, together with Christ we are heirs of GOD’S glory. But if we are to share His glory, we must also share His suffering.”
Philippians 2:5-11(NKJV), Apostle Paul also cautioned us to, “…Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of GOD, did not consider it robbery to be equal with GOD, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the Cross. Therefore GOD also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in Heaven, and of those on Earth, and of those under the Earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is LORD, to the glory of GOD the FATHER.”
So, in honor of our risen Savior, let those of us who have wholeheartedly (body, soul, and spirit), confessed Jesus as Savior and LORD, thank and praise Him for the unforgettable Resurrection Sunday event that took place over 2,000 years ago! For if Christ is not risen the Gospel we preach is not so. However, there is no doubt about it, it is so, Christ Jesus is risen and He is risen indeed. Christ Jesus a.k.a. Yeshua, rose from the dead, with all Power in Heaven, Earth, and beneath the Earth, in His hands of unusurpable authority.
Thank You Jesus!!! We celebrate, honor, and adore You this Happy Resurrection Sunday! HALLELUJAH! Amen!
And in closing, to those of you who are reading this post and have a wholehearted desire to receive Jesus as your Savior and LORD, please allow me to assist you in doing so! Click on this site for further information: https://rosabanks.com/index.html
To all "Living Word of Truth" Truth Seekers, if The LORD says the same, we will resume next Sunday, 4.24.2022, to cover JESUS IS LORD (Part 5), from Heaven’s Throne of GOD The FATHER, GOD The Word, and GOD The Holy Ghost!
Let us pray. “Heavenly FATHER let Your Kingdom come and Your will be done on Earth as You have predetermined it to be so in Heaven. Be glorified like never before. Thank You for endowing us with Your love, joy, peace, favor, wisdom, knowledge, understanding, wise counsel, might, reverential fear of You, health, wealth, true riches, Spiritual eyes and ears to see and hear, and heart to obey You. Thank You for Your Psalm 91:11/2 Kings 6:17 angel armies standing guard night and day in our midst. Thank You for empowering us to speak Your word as You inspire us to do so, and it manifests accordingly. Thank You for covering us with Your sinless Blood, and continually delivering us, and keeping us safe from the wiles and plans of the Evil One, and all who work on his behalf. For Thine is The Kingdom, All Power, and All Glory. Amen”
A Conduit of LORD Jesus,
Rosa Appling-Banks, Acts 26:18
