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2024 復活節 「死亡不能拘禁的基督」
于宏潔 03/31/2024
背誦經文：3 論到祂兒子－我主耶穌基督。按肉體說，是從大衛後裔生的； 4 按聖善的靈說，因從死裏復活，以大能顯明是 神的兒子。(羅1:3-4) 一． 祂原不能被拘禁，就連死亡也不能 1. 祂是真人：全然聖潔，死亡不能拘禁祂 ▪ 55 死啊！你得勝的權勢在哪裏？死啊！你的毒鉤在哪裏？56 死的毒鉤就是罪… (林前15:55-56a) ▪ 23 祂既按著 神的定旨先見被交與人，你們就藉著無法之人的手，把祂釘在十字架上，殺了。24 神卻將死的痛苦解除，使祂復活了，因為祂原不能被死拘禁。(徒2:23-24) 2. 祂是真神：能力遠超一切 ▪ 3 論到祂兒子－我主耶穌基督。按肉體說，是從大衛後裔生的； 4 按聖善的靈說，因從死裏復活，以大能顯明是 神的兒子。(羅1:3-4) ▪ 19 …祂向我們這信的人所顯的能力是何等浩大， 20 就是照祂在基督身上所運行的大能大力，使祂從死裏復活…21 遠超過一切執政的、掌權的、有能的、主治的，和一切有名的；不但是今世的，連來世的也都超過了。22 又將萬有服在祂的腳下…(弗1:19-22) 二． 祂藉著死敗壞了掌死權的魔鬼，且被父 神升為至高 ▪ 14 兒女既同有血肉之體，祂也照樣親自成了血肉之體，特要藉著死敗壞那掌死權的，就是魔鬼， 15 並要釋放那些一生因怕死而為奴僕的人。(來2:14-15) ▪ 9 …神將祂升為至高，又賜給祂那超乎萬名之上的名，10 叫一切在天上的、地上的，和地底下的，因耶穌的名無不屈膝，11 無不口稱耶穌基督為主…(腓2:9-10) 三． 神兒女們都可以有份於這復活的生命與榮耀的盼望 ▪ 我已經與基督同釘十字架，現在活著的不再是我，乃是基督在我裏面活著…(加2:20a) ▪ 3 豈不知我們這受洗歸入基督耶穌的人是受洗歸入祂的死嗎？4 …原是叫我們一舉一動有新生的樣式，像基督藉著父的榮耀從死裏復活一樣。 5 我們若在祂死的形狀上與祂聯合，也要在祂復活的形狀上與祂聯合。(羅6:3-5) ▪ 4 …神既有豐富的憐憫，因祂愛我們的大愛，5 當我們死在過犯中的時候，便叫我們與基督一同活過來… 7 要將祂極豐富的恩典…顯明給後來的世代看。(弗2:4-7) ▪ 25 耶穌…說：「復活在我，生命也在我【或：我是復活，我是生命】。信我的人雖然死了，也必復活；26 凡活著信我的人必永遠不死…」(約11:25-26) 2024 Resurrection Sunday: Christ Who Cannot Be Held By Death Memory Verse: "and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord." (Romans 1:3-4, ESV) I. He could not be contained, not even by Death 1. He is the true man: Perfect in Holiness, and Death could not hold Him • "O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting? The sting of death is sin,…" (1 Corinthians 15:55-56a) • "this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men. God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it." (Acts 2:23-24) 2. He is the true God: His power surpasses all • "3 concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh 4 and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord (Romans 1:3-4) • "and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. And he put all things under his feet..." (Ephesians 1:19-22) II. He through death destroyed the one who has the power of death, that is the Devil, and was exalted to the highest by the Father • "Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery." (Hebrews 2:14-15) • "Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord..." (Philippians 2:9-11) III. All the children of God can be partakers in this Resurrected Life and the glorious hope of what is to come • "I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me..." (Galatians 2:20a) • "Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his." (Romans 6:3-5) • "But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved... so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace..." (Ephesians 2:4-7) • "Jesus said to her, 'I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?'" (John 11:25-26)