Without the resurrection of Jesus, the impact of HIS death on the cross for our salvation would be limited. God vindicated HIS Eternal Son as the Perfect Sacrifice and Exalted Lord of all when HE raised HIM from the dead. God wouldn’t do so for a man who lied about his identity. However, the testimony of Jesus about HIMSELF was true in word and miracles. Jesus said often that HIS Father bears witness of HIMSELF with a true witness as do the Holy Scriptures. Jesus was either the greatest egomaniac that ever lived or HE was simply who HE said that HE was. Romans 1:3-4 reads: “Concerning HIS Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was made of the seed of David according to the flesh. This same ONE was declared to be the (Eternal) Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, BY the resurrection from the dead”. I capitalized the word “BY” in the 4th verse here because the resurrection is the defining factor in HIM being declared to be the Exalted and Eternal Son of God according to what is right or according to the Spirit of holiness. Because of the resurrection of HIM, we have received a divine enablement to minister grace in the apostleship that HE gives to operate so that we can bring the nations into obedience to the faith for HIS name’s sake. See verse 5. From that, we can see that the resurrection power shared with us through HIS impartation to us is what we need to have the endurance and stamina to continue ministering in HIS name to the nations despite all the demonic obstacles thrown against us. HIS resurrection power imparted to us is that single overcoming factor to free us from the entanglements of sin working frustration in us because of the legal demands slaying our hopes of being righteous. In Romans chapter 7, Paul describes a man finding himself not doing the things that he knows that he should and doing the things that he knows is wrong. This man finds out that he is captivity to the law of sin which is in his members. What a heightened sense of frustration that is. Sin, taking occasion by the holy commandment, has deceived him. By this, he is slain spiritually. Therefore, such a man cries out with anguish: “O wretched man that I am! Who shall deliver me from the body of this death? (7:24) Thank God that this man does not have to stay stuck in this pitiful and wretched existence!! We move onto the glorious 8th chapter in Romans. Verses 1 to 2 read: “There is therefore now no condemnation to them who are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death”. That Spirit of life in Christ Jesus is the resurrection life. Romans 8:10 reads: “If Christ be in you, the body is dead (silenced) because of sin; but, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. Even stronger in verse 11 following: “But if the Spirit of HIM that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you; then, HE that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by HIS Spirit that dwells in you”. It gets even better with verses 12 & 13: “Therefore, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh to live after the flesh. For if you live after the flesh, you shall die; but, if you live through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body; then, you shall (truly) live (the abundant life). “ There is a vast difference between carnally minded leading to spiritual death and spiritually minded leading to life and peace. Will you choose to be spiritually minded? Will you be so foolish as to be carnally minded ruled by your body of sin?
