Theme: Victory Under My Feet
At its core, easter is about:
- Jesus coming back to life from death:
- Victory over sin, death and evil
- Hope for us all who believe
- Opening the door to a new relationship with God
- Given a new identity in Christ
- The cross forgave us, but resurrection brought
us home
His suffering is part of the atonement plan of Jesus –
through his suffering, many are restored and renewed
Easter carries deep meaning:
- From death to life
- From darkness to light
- From sin to forgiveness
- From confusion to clarity
- From slavery to sonship
The full gospel journey:
- Isaiah
53 → Jesus dies for sin
- Easter →
Jesus rises from the dead
- Ephesians → We
are made alive AND adopted
Resurrection Victory
- Sin is defeated
- Death is defeated
- The enemy is defeated
Our Identity
We are Forgiven, Adopted, Predestined, loved, secure,
Accepted, Redeemed, Informed, heirs and sealed with the Holy Spirit
As we stand: Power, Influence and Confidence come from a
sense of identity
Adoption, Mission and Vision
Adoption means becoming God’s child through the finished
work of Christ. We now belong to him as a son or daughter
Eph 1:5 - Rom 8:14
- Bondage is a Spirit
- Adoption is a Spirit
Key aspects of Jesus' Mission of reconciliation include:
- The cross as the means to an end – the shedding
of Jesus’s blood accomplished our victory
- Fixing broken relations – sin causes a big
divide that humanity could not mend
- The great exchange – Jesus took upon himself the
sins of humanity, offering his righteousness in exchange.
- Reconcile all things – through Christ, not only
humanity, but all things in heaven
- The ministry of reconciliation – believers are
entrusted with sharing this message, acting as ambassadors to implore others to
be reconciled
Prayer and Reflection points
2 Cor 5:12-20 - Isa 49:5-6 - 1 Cor 6:12 & 20 - 2 Cor 10:4 - 1 John 5:7-8 - Heb 12:22 - Heb
9:11
2 Cor 5:12-20
- We will walk in dominion and authority that
Christ has given us
- Let us declare that we have been rescued from
the grave, limiting beliefs or limitations
- Eph 1:18 – Let us pray that the eye of our
understanding will be enlightened that we may know what the hope of his calling
is, what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints.
- Let us pray that the Lord will grant us the
grace to reconcile the unsaved back to him
- Eph 1:22 And he put all things under his feet
and gave him to be head over all things to the church. We decree and declare
that sin shall not have dominion over us – sin is destroyed over our lives - we
are walking in victory holistically
- Eph 2:10 for we are his workmanship created in
Christ Jesus for good work which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in
them.
- The mission of God to bring light, restoration
and impact beyond what we can imagine will be evidenced in our lives.
- We shall take our assignment global, and it will
not overwhelm us
- We shall obey the precepts of God and honour him
with our lives
- We shall flourish and prosper in the assignment