IF I BE LIFTED UP: RESURRECTION
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. If I Be Lifted Up
a) There are two actions in the statement of Jesus, "If I be lifted up from the earth, I will draw all men to myself" (John 12:32). First, Jesus was to be lifted up from the earth. Second, all men were to be drawn to him. What does this mean?
b) There are three ways in which Jesus was lifted up from the earth, and in each of these there is something that draws men to him, something that gives one reason to be religious in devotion to him.
c) Here is one of them.
2. Resurrection
a) He draws us to the TOMB where we behold his POWER.
b) Jesus, when he spoke of being "lifted up from the earth", was speaking in a context of public awareness and recognition that he was one who could raise the dead (John 11:1-44, John 12:9,17, Luke 7:11-17, Luke 8:40-56). At his death a resurrection of many dead people occurred, and many saw them (Matthew 27:50-53). It should have been no surprise that Jesus himself was also risen from the dead (John 19:41-42, Luke 24:1-9). He has demonstrated his power as "the resurrection and the life".
c) In the new birth, we are "made alive with him" and "raised up with him" (Ephesians 2:4-6).
The End ...
1. If I Be Lifted Upa) There are two actions in the statement of Jesus, "If I be lifted up from the earth, I will draw all men to myself" (John 12:32). First, Jesus was to be lifted up from the earth. Second, all men were to be drawn to him. What does this mean?
b) There are three ways in which Jesus was lifted up from the earth, and in each of these there is something that draws men to him, something that gives one reason to be religious in devotion to him.
c) Here is one of them.
2. Resurrection
a) He draws us to the TOMB where we behold his POWER.
b) Jesus, when he spoke of being "lifted up from the earth", was speaking in a context of public awareness and recognition that he was one who could raise the dead (John 11:1-44, John 12:9,17, Luke 7:11-17, Luke 8:40-56). At his death a resurrection of many dead people occurred, and many saw them (Matthew 27:50-53). It should have been no surprise that Jesus himself was also risen from the dead (John 19:41-42, Luke 24:1-9). He has demonstrated his power as "the resurrection and the life".
c) In the new birth, we are "made alive with him" and "raised up with him" (Ephesians 2:4-6).
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