SERMON NOTES

HE CHOSE THE NAILS--PART VII

SERMON TITLE: JESUS HAS WON THE VICTORY

SERMON THEME: SHARING IN THE TRIUMPH OF JESUS

SERMON TEXT: JOHN 20:11-19

INTRODUCTION: GOD'S PROMISE IN THE EMPTY TOMB

1) JOHN 20:11-19

· IF THE CROSS OF CHRIST IS TO BE THE CROSS OF YOUR LIFE, YOU NEED TO BRING SOMETHING TO THE HILL.

2) GALATIANS 5:24-25

· GOD DOES MORE THAN FORGIVE YOUR MISTAKES; HE REMOVES THEM. YOU SIMPLY HAVE TO TAKE THEM TO HIM.

3) ROMANS 11:27

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CROSS THERE IS VICTORY

IN THE RESURRECTION

I) JESUS VICTORY MEANS YOU HAVE HOPE.

· BECAUSE OF CHRIST'S VICTORY OVER DEATH, YOU HAVE HOPE.

4) I PETER 1:3-4

II) JESUS VICTORY MEANS YOU HAVE FORGIVENESS.

· THE OFFER OF FORGIVENESS DEPENDED ON CHRIST'S VICTORY OVER DEATH AND SIN.

5) I CORINTHIANS 15:16-17

· CHRIST'S VICTORY HAS GIVEN YOU THE GRACE TO RECIEVE FORGIVENESS.

6) ROMANS 4:25

III) JESUS VICTORY MEANS YOU HAVE POWER.

· CHRIST'S VICTORY GIVES YOU POWER IN YOUR DAY TO DAY LIFE.

7) GALATIANS 2:20

· YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE POWER TO BECOME A NEW CREATION IN CHRIST JESUS.

8) II CORINTHIANS 5:17

CONCLUSION: WHEN JESUS DIED, SO DID YOUR SIN. WHEN JESUS ROSE, SO DID YOUR HOPE, YOUR FORGIVENESS AND YOUR POWER.

9) JUDE 1:24-25