100:00:00,620 –> 00:00:07,200Being the son of God was not something that was somehow added to Jesus through200:00:07,200 –> 00:00:11,760the Resurrection, a kind of reward for living a good life. No, the Resurrection300:00:11,760 –> 00:00:21,540declared what was already true. Jesus is the Son of God. Welcome to Open the Bible400:00:21,540 –> 00:00:24,000with Pastor Colin Smith. I’m David Pick.500:00:24,000 –> 00:00:28,740I’m glad you could be with us today, and Colin why is that central truth that600:00:28,740 –> 00:00:34,660Jesus is the Son of God so important? Well because what we need is someone who700:00:34,660 –> 00:00:37,099can do what only God can do.800:00:37,099 –> 00:00:43,939Only God can reconcile us to himself. Only God can forgive sins. Only God can900:00:43,939 –> 00:00:46,480raise the dead. Only God can give life.1000:00:46,480 –> 00:00:51,139So the fact that Jesus is God with us and that he’s God for us,1100:00:51,139 –> 00:00:56,619God among us, that he is God in the flesh is the very central truth of1200:00:57,619 –> 00:01:00,759Christianity. He always was God and he always will be. He was the Son of God at1300:01:00,759 –> 00:01:06,519the Father’s side for all eternity. He came into this world and was born in1400:01:06,519 –> 00:01:09,900that manger. He was the Son of God then and he was the Son of God throughout1500:01:09,900 –> 00:01:13,320every day of his life in this world, and when he died on the cross and when he1600:01:13,320 –> 00:01:17,019rose again, and he’s the Son of God now and he will come back as the Son of God1700:01:17,019 –> 00:01:22,940in glory. So we worship Jesus, the Son of God, who does all the God things and in1800:01:22,940 –> 00:01:25,500him we are reconciled to the Father.1900:01:25,779 –> 00:01:27,400So we’re going to take a deeper look at this in2000:01:27,400 –> 00:01:31,980today’s broadcast. So I hope you’ll join us if you can in Romans and chapter one2100:01:31,980 –> 00:01:36,860as we begin the message, He Changed Death for You. Here’s Colin.2200:01:36,879 –> 00:01:43,000Now I invite you to open your Bible at Romans and chapter 1 where we find a2300:01:43,000 –> 00:01:48,940marvellous statement of the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.2400:01:48,940 –> 00:01:54,120This is the third Sunday we have spent in this passage of Scripture. Just one2500:01:54,139 –> 00:01:59,559great sentence that flows through four magnificent verses and as you open your2600:01:59,559 –> 00:02:03,180Bible in Romans 1, you will see that right at the beginning Paul is2700:02:03,180 –> 00:02:09,279introducing to us the gospel of God. That’s verse 1. That simply means God’s2800:02:09,279 –> 00:02:17,179good news. And he tells us verse 3, that the gospel of God is regarding his Son.2900:02:17,179 –> 00:02:22,800Regarding God’s Son. That’s important. We are not here to celebrate ourselves.3000:02:22,979 –> 00:02:29,639The good news is not us. The good news is in God’s Son, Jesus Christ. It’s regarding3100:02:29,639 –> 00:02:37,559Him. We sin. We die. And obviously therefore the hope does not lie in us.3200:02:37,559 –> 00:02:43,820The hope lies outside of us. The good news, Paul says, is regarding God’s Son.3300:02:43,820 –> 00:02:51,020And it becomes good news for us as we become His, and as He becomes ours.3400:02:51,080 –> 00:02:59,020Another great question then is, why is God’s Son good news for us?3500:02:59,020 –> 00:03:03,179And we have seen so far two answers to that question.3600:03:03,179 –> 00:03:07,080God’s Son, first of all is good news for us because He is Lord.3700:03:07,080 –> 00:03:14,479Paul says, verse 1, the gospel of God regarding His Son, verse 3, who is Jesus Christ, our3800:03:14,479 –> 00:03:16,860Lord, verse 4.3900:03:16,860 –> 00:03:19,820God’s Son is good news because Jesus is Lord.4000:03:20,240 –> 00:03:26,559If you’re in a fight, someone’s attacking you, and someone comes to help you.4100:03:26,559 –> 00:03:31,199The first important question is how strong is the person coming to help you.4200:03:31,199 –> 00:03:35,259If you’re in debt and someone offers to pay your bill, that would be wonderful thing,4300:03:35,259 –> 00:03:36,259wouldn’t it?4400:03:36,259 –> 00:03:38,160Your first question is, what’s their capacity?4500:03:38,160 –> 00:03:41,940How much are they gonna be in with me for?4600:03:41,940 –> 00:03:47,839And here is the good news, you see that Jesus Christ, God’s Son, He has infinite capacity,4700:03:47,839 –> 00:03:54,800He has all power, all strength is His, all authority is given to Him, He is lord.4800:03:54,800 –> 00:04:00,759A savior who is not lord is of no use to you, no use to me, because you could always be4900:04:00,759 –> 00:04:07,039overruled by a higher power, but here is the good news regarding God’s Son, He is lord.5000:04:07,039 –> 00:04:13,199What He wills gets accomplished, and no one and nothing can stop Him.5100:04:13,520 –> 00:04:17,600God’s Son is good news because He is Lord, that was the first step we took in Romans5200:04:17,600 –> 00:04:21,7391, then last week we took a second step.5300:04:21,739 –> 00:04:27,859God’s Son is good news for us, not only because He is Lord but also because He became a man.5400:04:27,859 –> 00:04:35,100And you see there the gospel of God, verse 1, is regarding His Son verse 3, who as to5500:04:35,100 –> 00:04:40,399His human nature was a descendant of David.5600:04:41,279 –> 00:04:47,119So you see here is the Son of God, He has all power, He has infinite capacity, but the question5700:04:47,140 –> 00:04:50,000is well what in the world does that have to do with us.5800:04:50,000 –> 00:04:55,959How can He possibly relate to us since He has infinite capacity so far from us?5900:04:55,959 –> 00:05:01,899And here’s the answer, he took our nature, he was born of the Virgin Mary, He came to6000:05:01,899 –> 00:05:06,320us, He stood with us in order to act for us.6100:05:06,339 –> 00:05:11,859And so we saw last week that very wonderfully the Lord Jesus Christ knows your life, He6200:05:11,859 –> 00:05:19,040knows your experience better than any pastor, any counselor, any friend, any family member.6300:05:19,040 –> 00:05:24,440The Lord Jesus Christ knows you better than anyone else knows you, better than you know6400:05:24,440 –> 00:05:25,480yourself.6500:05:25,480 –> 00:05:29,579He gets it, He knows where you’re coming from, He is our savior.6600:05:29,579 –> 00:05:34,899And when you can understand that He is experienced our life, then you will find that you can6700:05:34,899 –> 00:05:37,359come to Him freely and gladly.6800:05:37,359 –> 00:05:42,600We don’t have a Savior that’s somehow out there, remote, and removed from us, who doesn’t6900:05:42,600 –> 00:05:43,920really understand us.7000:05:43,920 –> 00:05:50,660We have a Savior who has been tested in every point as we are, yet He was without sin, and7100:05:50,660 –> 00:05:55,820so when you know that, let us come, boldly, to His throne of grace that we may receive7200:05:55,820 –> 00:06:01,299from Him mercy and grace to help us in our time of need.7300:06:01,299 –> 00:06:07,179So these are the great central truths of the gospel that we have been learning together.7400:06:07,179 –> 00:06:10,100The Good News it is regarding God’s Son.7500:06:10,100 –> 00:06:16,540It’s not us, it’s Him, and He is Good News for us, first because He is Lord and secondly7600:06:16,540 –> 00:06:20,019because He became a man.7700:06:20,019 –> 00:06:27,459And thirdly, Paul says, and this is our great focus today, God’s Son is Good News, not7800:06:27,459 –> 00:06:32,920only because He’s Lord of infinite capacity, not only because He has become man with us,7900:06:32,920 –> 00:06:37,799but because He is risen from the dead.8000:06:37,799 –> 00:06:45,299The gospel of God verse one is regarding His son verse 3, who verse four, through the spirit8100:06:45,299 –> 00:06:55,899of holiness, was declared with power to be the son of God through his resurrection from8200:06:55,899 –> 00:06:56,899the dead.8300:06:56,899 –> 00:06:58,720That’s obviously our focus this morning.8400:06:58,720 –> 00:07:08,500The son of God is good news for you and for me because He rose from the dead.8500:07:08,500 –> 00:07:13,760Now I want to make just three observations from this wonderful statement of the resurrection8600:07:13,760 –> 00:07:16,940in Romans chapter one and verse four.8700:07:16,940 –> 00:07:25,339The first is simply this, that the resurrection declares what was already true.8800:07:25,339 –> 00:07:29,579That is, that Jesus is the son of God.8900:07:29,579 –> 00:07:32,059Notice what Paul says here in verse four.9000:07:32,059 –> 00:07:38,839That Jesus was declared, declared to be the son of God by His resurrection from the dead.9100:07:38,839 –> 00:07:42,760Now notice that important word, declared.9200:07:42,760 –> 00:07:45,820The resurrection was an affirmation.9300:07:45,820 –> 00:07:47,859It was an authentication.9400:07:47,859 –> 00:07:56,579It was a demonstration of a declaration of what was already true that Jesus is the son9500:07:56,579 –> 00:07:57,579of God.9600:07:57,579 –> 00:08:03,299In other words, the Apostle Paul is making it very clear that Jesus did not somehow become9700:08:03,299 –> 00:08:05,119the son of God through the resurrection.9800:08:05,119 –> 00:08:11,019No, the resurrection declared what was already true that He is the son of God.9900:08:11,079 –> 00:08:18,299Remember that Jesus was the son of God for all eternity, the second person of the Trinity10000:08:18,299 –> 00:08:20,119in heaven.10100:08:20,119 –> 00:08:23,579He was the son of God in the Virgin’s womb.10200:08:23,579 –> 00:08:28,660He was the son of God when he lay in the manger and when he walked the streets of Nazareth.10300:08:28,660 –> 00:08:33,580He was the son of God when he called the disciples to follow Him, the son of God when he gave10400:08:33,580 –> 00:08:35,479the Sermon on the Mount.10500:08:35,479 –> 00:08:39,020He was the son of God when he was dying on the cross.10600:08:39,020 –> 00:08:42,840He was the son of God when he rose from the dead on the third day.10700:08:42,840 –> 00:08:47,179He was the son of God when he ascended to the right hand of the Father, and he will10800:08:47,179 –> 00:08:51,979be the son of God when he comes again in power and glory.10900:08:51,979 –> 00:08:55,859So being the son of God was not something that was somehow added to Jesus through the11000:08:55,859 –> 00:08:59,280resurrection, a kind of reward for living a good life.11100:08:59,280 –> 00:09:00,280No.11200:09:00,340 –> 00:09:05,340The resurrection declared what was already true.11300:09:05,340 –> 00:09:08,500Jesus is the son of God.11400:09:08,500 –> 00:09:13,299You are listening to Open the Bible with Pastor Colin Smith and if you will pause the message11500:09:13,299 –> 00:09:14,380briefly there.11600:09:14,380 –> 00:09:17,219The message is called He Changed Death For You.11700:09:17,219 –> 00:09:20,880And it is part of our series good news about God’s son.11800:09:20,880 –> 00:09:24,799If you ever miss one of the series, or if you want to go back and listen again you can11900:09:24,799 –> 00:09:30,520come to our website openthebible.org.uk and there you’ll find all the messages which have12000:09:30,520 –> 00:09:35,179already gone out on aire, and you will also find them on all of the main podcast sites12100:09:35,179 –> 00:09:38,359if you search for Open The Bible UK.12200:09:38,359 –> 00:09:42,320If it has been a while since you came to our website, I’d encourage you to visit there12300:09:42,320 –> 00:09:45,239again because you’ll find lots of useful resources.12400:09:45,239 –> 00:09:50,780You’ll find Open the Bible Daily, a series of 2 to 3 minute daily reflections based on12500:09:50,820 –> 00:09:54,719Pastor Colin’s teaching and read in the UK by Sue MacLeish.12600:09:54,719 –> 00:09:59,380And you’ll also find details of our Bible Study course, Fly Through The Bible.12700:09:59,380 –> 00:10:04,020So find us at openthebible.org.uk12800:10:04,739 –> 00:10:07,580I was reading an article the other day about12900:10:07,580 –> 00:10:13,380the art-loss register which is maintained in New York.13000:10:13,380 –> 00:10:20,500Over the years, millions and millions of dollars worth of paintings,13100:10:20,500 –> 00:10:24,780masterpieces, have either been lost or stolen.13200:10:24,780 –> 00:10:27,780And so in New York, as well as in other places,13300:10:27,780 –> 00:10:31,580there is this art-loss register.13400:10:31,580 –> 00:10:37,340I was reading a fascinating story of one piece of art13500:10:37,340 –> 00:10:42,460that had been stolen and had been lost for years13600:10:42,460 –> 00:10:46,520so that the folks who had originally owned it had died.13700:10:46,520 –> 00:10:49,380And then it was recovered and when it was recovered,13800:10:49,380 –> 00:10:51,859of course, it was given to the next generation.13900:10:51,859 –> 00:10:54,859I’m not sure if it was one or two generations on.14000:10:54,859 –> 00:10:57,260And the folks who received it, the heirs,14100:10:57,299 –> 00:11:02,479well, they turned around and sold it for $25 million.14200:11:02,479 –> 00:11:05,960So you never know what’s coming your way next week.14300:11:05,960 –> 00:11:07,940It’ll be absolutely marvelous.14400:11:07,940 –> 00:11:10,719Who knows what was stolen from your ancestors.14500:11:12,119 –> 00:11:14,479Now suppose someone comes to an art dealer14600:11:14,479 –> 00:11:18,119with a Holbein or a Rembrandt14700:11:18,119 –> 00:11:20,559that is on the art loss register.14800:11:20,559 –> 00:11:22,799Here it is.14900:11:22,799 –> 00:11:24,440And of course, the first question15000:11:24,440 –> 00:11:26,039that the art dealer is going to ask is,15100:11:26,119 –> 00:11:29,780well now is this authentic or is it a fake?15200:11:29,780 –> 00:11:33,500And the dealer will want to run tests on the painting.15300:11:33,500 –> 00:11:36,000I was reading up on the internet as to how they do this,15400:11:36,000 –> 00:11:38,099absolutely fascinating.15500:11:38,099 –> 00:11:42,000They may use a white lead dating,15600:11:42,000 –> 00:11:45,380x-rays to see what is underneath the surface15700:11:45,380 –> 00:11:46,520of the painting,15800:11:46,520 –> 00:11:50,119ultra violet to see if there have been any repairs15900:11:50,119 –> 00:11:51,880or adjustments that have been made,16000:11:51,880 –> 00:11:54,080indications, obviously, of forgery.16100:11:54,200 –> 00:11:58,320Now they’re using a digital analysis with computers,16200:11:58,320 –> 00:12:01,359they call it wavelet decomposition16300:12:01,359 –> 00:12:04,080so that they can actually measure and test16400:12:04,080 –> 00:12:07,880the very texture of the paint itself16500:12:07,880 –> 00:12:09,919through computer imaging.16600:12:09,919 –> 00:12:13,580So the dealer would run this whole raft of tests16700:12:14,520 –> 00:12:18,159and where there is confirmation of the genuineness16800:12:18,159 –> 00:12:19,080he will do what?16900:12:19,080 –> 00:12:22,840He will then declare it to be genuinely17000:12:22,840 –> 00:12:26,039a Holbein or a Rembrandt.17100:12:26,039 –> 00:12:29,380Now the declaration doesn’t make this painting17200:12:30,320 –> 00:12:33,780a Holbein or make this painting a Rembrandt.17300:12:33,780 –> 00:12:37,719What the declaration does is it announces,17400:12:37,719 –> 00:12:40,159it authenticates, it seals,17500:12:40,159 –> 00:12:44,140it demonstrates what was already true.17600:12:45,200 –> 00:12:47,520And this is what happened at the resurrection.17700:12:47,640 –> 00:12:51,760Jesus was declared to be the Son of God17800:12:51,760 –> 00:12:56,359by his resurrection from the dead.17900:12:56,359 –> 00:12:58,539And, of course, as we followed this story18000:12:58,539 –> 00:13:00,419through the crucifixion of the Lord Jesus,18100:13:00,419 –> 00:13:03,340this was always the central issue.18200:13:03,340 –> 00:13:06,799Do you remember when he was in the Judgment place18300:13:06,799 –> 00:13:10,119in the house of Caiaphas, the high priest,18400:13:10,119 –> 00:13:12,140and the high priest said to him,18500:13:12,140 –> 00:13:16,500I charge you under oath, tell us now,18600:13:17,440 –> 00:13:20,419are you the Son of God, the Son of God?18700:13:21,520 –> 00:13:26,260And Jesus said, it is as you say.18800:13:28,440 –> 00:13:30,799And then you remember that the high priest said,18900:13:30,799 –> 00:13:33,520and those around him said, well, he’s worthy of death.19000:13:33,520 –> 00:13:37,239And so when he was crucified, there he is on the cross,19100:13:37,239 –> 00:13:39,520and the crowds around there taunting him.19200:13:40,400 –> 00:13:44,099You see, Jesus has said, I’m the Son of God19300:13:44,099 –> 00:13:45,859in the judgment hall.19400:13:45,859 –> 00:13:48,840And now, around the cross, here’s this great crowd,19500:13:48,840 –> 00:13:50,780and they’re saying, no, you’re not, no, you’re not,19600:13:50,780 –> 00:13:51,700no, you’re not.19700:13:53,219 –> 00:13:55,900And then God steps in and raises him from the dead19800:13:55,900 –> 00:14:00,900on the third day and says, yes, he is, yes, he is.19900:14:04,340 –> 00:14:06,619So you know, folks, that over 2000 years,20000:14:06,619 –> 00:14:08,659the Lord Jesus Christ has been discussed,20100:14:08,659 –> 00:14:10,979written about, debated, interpreted20200:14:11,979 –> 00:14:15,599more than any other person who has ever lived.20300:14:18,179 –> 00:14:22,020And in the resurrection, almighty God steps in20400:14:22,020 –> 00:14:26,700and he says, I am making a declaration.20500:14:27,700 –> 00:14:31,940This is my son.20600:14:31,940 –> 00:14:34,940And folks, the declaration of God in the resurrection20700:14:34,940 –> 00:14:38,539of the Lord Jesus Christ is for us.20800:14:38,580 –> 00:14:41,059The angels already know, always have known20900:14:41,059 –> 00:14:42,340that he’s the son of God.21000:14:42,340 –> 00:14:43,940The demons already know.21100:14:43,940 –> 00:14:45,479They were the first to recognize,21200:14:45,479 –> 00:14:48,299as you read the gospel story, that he is the son of God.21300:14:48,299 –> 00:14:51,780They saw it and they knew it long before other people did.21400:14:53,659 –> 00:14:57,780God is speaking to you in the resurrection of Jesus Christ21500:14:57,780 –> 00:15:02,299and he is saying to you, now this is my son.21600:15:02,299 –> 00:15:05,080He is unlike any other person who has ever lived.21700:15:05,080 –> 00:15:07,739He doesn’t fit the category of simply a great teacher21800:15:07,900 –> 00:15:09,080or an example or whatever.21900:15:09,080 –> 00:15:10,559Great teachers and great examples22000:15:10,559 –> 00:15:11,919do not rise from the dead.22100:15:11,919 –> 00:15:14,659No, God says, this is my son.22200:15:16,659 –> 00:15:21,659So hear him and trust him and believe him and love him22300:15:21,979 –> 00:15:26,000and worship him and follow him and serve him22400:15:26,000 –> 00:15:29,359and give your life to him because there’s no one else like.22500:15:31,380 –> 00:15:35,000The resurrection declares what was already true.22600:15:35,219 –> 00:15:40,219It will always be true, Jesus is the Son of God.22700:15:44,039 –> 00:15:46,000It’s God’s declaration to us today.22800:15:48,400 –> 00:15:50,239Have you ever said, well, I wonder if God22900:15:50,239 –> 00:15:52,280would ever speak to me?23000:15:52,280 –> 00:15:55,239He speaks to you in the resurrection of Jesus.23100:15:57,419 –> 00:15:59,960Now that’s the first thing, here’s the second.23200:15:59,960 –> 00:16:03,039The resurrection declares what was already true,23300:16:03,039 –> 00:16:05,960that is, Jesus is God’s son, but secondly,23400:16:05,960 –> 00:16:10,960the resurrection reveals what was previously hidden,23500:16:11,400 –> 00:16:16,260that is that Jesus is the Son of God with power.23600:16:17,760 –> 00:16:20,320Now if you have your Bible open, as I hope you do,23700:16:20,320 –> 00:16:22,520I want to show you that there are two ways23800:16:22,520 –> 00:16:25,359to read and understand what Paul is saying23900:16:25,359 –> 00:16:27,080here in this verse.24000:16:27,080 –> 00:16:30,400If you have the NIV, which is the edition24100:16:30,659 –> 00:16:33,599of the Bible that is in the pew also,24200:16:33,599 –> 00:16:36,640you will see that the wording the NIV has there is24300:16:36,640 –> 00:16:41,640that he was declared with power to be the Son of God.24400:16:42,599 –> 00:16:44,940That would mean of course, that the resurrection24500:16:44,940 –> 00:16:49,080is a powerful statement, that Jesus is the Son of God24600:16:49,080 –> 00:16:51,140which it certainly is, could hardly be24700:16:51,140 –> 00:16:55,400a more powerful statement, that Jesus is the Son of God.24800:16:55,400 –> 00:16:57,400But I want you to notice, if you have very good eyes24900:16:57,400 –> 00:17:00,000and also have an NIV, you will see that there is also25000:17:00,239 –> 00:17:03,880a footnote there that reflects the order of the words25100:17:03,880 –> 00:17:07,420in the original language in which Paul wrote.25200:17:07,420 –> 00:17:11,959Which is that he was declared to be25300:17:11,959 –> 00:17:14,599the Son of God with power.25400:17:14,599 –> 00:17:17,380That’s the order in which the words were originally25500:17:17,380 –> 00:17:19,579written in the Greek, and I think that that is how25600:17:19,579 –> 00:17:22,540we should understand what Paul says here.25700:17:22,540 –> 00:17:25,880That Jesus was declared to be the Son of God25800:17:25,880 –> 00:17:30,880with power, by his resurrection from the dead.25900:17:31,300 –> 00:17:33,819In other words, Paul is saying exactly the same thing26000:17:33,819 –> 00:17:37,839as he says later in 2 Corinthians 13,26100:17:37,839 –> 00:17:41,880where Paul says that Jesus was crucified in weakness,26200:17:41,880 –> 00:17:45,260yet he lives by God’s power.26300:17:45,260 –> 00:17:48,579Crucified in weakness, but he lives in God’s power.26400:17:48,579 –> 00:17:51,180And here he puts it another way, Romans 1.4,26500:17:51,180 –> 00:17:55,099he is declared to be the Son of God with power26600:17:55,099 –> 00:17:58,680by his resurrection from the dead.26700:18:02,020 –> 00:18:05,420Now, Jesus has always been the Son of God.26800:18:07,280 –> 00:18:09,260Power is always His.26900:18:11,119 –> 00:18:13,979But when you look at His earthly life,27000:18:14,900 –> 00:18:19,900what you see is the Son of God embracing our weakness.27100:18:20,359 –> 00:18:25,359Look at Him in the manger, the Son of God,27200:18:26,719 –> 00:18:31,719but He needs to be fed and clothed by His mother.27300:18:35,959 –> 00:18:39,479Look at Him in the wilderness, the Son of God,27400:18:40,959 –> 00:18:45,000but He’s hungry, and He’s tempted,27500:18:45,000 –> 00:18:49,859and angels come to minister to Him.27600:18:50,780 –> 00:18:54,280See, through the earthly life of the Lord Jesus,27700:18:54,280 –> 00:18:56,819as we sometimes sing at Christmas,27800:18:56,819 –> 00:19:00,800His glory was veiled in flesh.27900:19:02,500 –> 00:19:05,579People did not look at Jesus and immediately say,28000:19:05,579 –> 00:19:07,920oh, there’s God in the flesh.28100:19:09,060 –> 00:19:10,000No, they didn’t say that.28200:19:10,000 –> 00:19:11,060What did they say?28300:19:11,060 –> 00:19:13,420They said is this not the carpenter’s son?28400:19:14,540 –> 00:19:16,560Can anything good come out of Nazareth?28500:19:16,739 –> 00:19:17,900No.28600:19:17,900 –> 00:19:20,599He saved others, but He can’t save Himself.28700:19:22,219 –> 00:19:24,560The glory of the Son of God was hidden.28800:19:24,560 –> 00:19:28,640It was veiled throughout most of His earthly life.28900:19:30,180 –> 00:19:32,619So that even when you come to the miracles,29000:19:32,619 –> 00:19:35,319they are seen mostly by relatively few people,29100:19:35,319 –> 00:19:39,219and often where Jesus heals someone by His divine power,29200:19:39,219 –> 00:19:41,479He says to them, now don’t tell anybody,29300:19:42,459 –> 00:19:45,119because His time had not yet come.29400:19:45,900 –> 00:19:49,119Even among the disciples, those closest to Him,29500:19:49,119 –> 00:19:53,339it was three years before Peter came to the place29600:19:53,339 –> 00:19:55,459of being able to say, you are the Christ,29700:19:55,459 –> 00:19:57,420the Son of the living God.29800:19:57,420 –> 00:19:58,939Before that, what were they saying?29900:19:58,939 –> 00:20:00,680They’re saying things like, well,30000:20:00,680 –> 00:20:05,459who is this that even the winds and the waves obey Him?30100:20:06,900 –> 00:20:09,239And strung up on the cross,30200:20:10,739 –> 00:20:14,599writhing in agony and forsaken by the Father,30300:20:15,939 –> 00:20:20,359Jesus could hardly have looked less30400:20:21,599 –> 00:20:23,780like the Son of God with power,30500:20:26,660 –> 00:20:28,680but now, he rises from the dead.30600:20:30,359 –> 00:20:32,640No longer, the Son of God in weakness,30700:20:32,640 –> 00:20:35,800no longer His glory veiled,30800:20:35,800 –> 00:20:37,719He is declared, Paul says,30900:20:37,719 –> 00:20:40,859to be the Son of God with power31000:20:40,859 –> 00:20:44,239through His resurrection from the dead.31100:20:44,260 –> 00:20:46,660In other words, the resurrection reveals31200:20:46,660 –> 00:20:48,599what was previously hidden,31300:20:48,599 –> 00:20:51,699Jesus is the Son of God with power.31400:20:51,699 –> 00:20:54,520He once was crucified in weakness,31500:20:54,520 –> 00:20:57,619but now, He lives by God’s power.31600:20:57,619 –> 00:21:01,420The Son of God is not on the cross today,31700:21:01,420 –> 00:21:04,859the Son of God is not writhing in agony,31800:21:04,859 –> 00:21:08,859longing for what is yet to be today.31900:21:08,859 –> 00:21:11,180He is risen, He is exalted,32000:21:11,180 –> 00:21:13,819He is seated at the right hand of the Father32100:21:13,839 –> 00:21:14,880and what is He doing?32200:21:14,880 –> 00:21:16,540By His divine power,32300:21:16,540 –> 00:21:19,000He is saving sinners,32400:21:19,000 –> 00:21:22,020He is sustaining His saints.32500:21:22,020 –> 00:21:24,140He is building His church,32600:21:24,140 –> 00:21:27,540He is pouring out the gifts of His Holy Spirit.32700:21:27,540 –> 00:21:29,579One hymn writer puts it this way,32800:21:29,579 –> 00:21:32,119Christian, look.32900:21:32,119 –> 00:21:34,819The sight is glorious,33000:21:34,819 –> 00:21:38,079see the Man of sorrows now,33100:21:38,079 –> 00:21:41,400from the fight He’s returned victorious33200:21:41,439 –> 00:21:46,420and every knee to Him will bow.33300:21:46,420 –> 00:21:49,280I want you to see on this Easter day,33400:21:49,280 –> 00:21:52,520not only that Jesus is the Son of God,33500:21:52,520 –> 00:21:56,739but that Jesus is the Son of God with power33600:21:56,739 –> 00:21:59,280and that is revealed through the resurrection.33700:22:01,079 –> 00:22:03,760So because Jesus is unlike any other,33800:22:03,760 –> 00:22:06,780He has even changed death for us.33900:22:06,780 –> 00:22:08,400We’ve got to pause the message there34000:22:08,400 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