Beyond a New Day

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Today I will talk to you about the relevance of the resurrection in your life.

The relevance of the resurrection today because this is the day the Lord has made and we rejoice and are glad in it always been said that Christians believers live between two days this day. This is the day the Lord is my and that day when we see Christ. The apostle Paul said I know whom I believe I am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I've committed him to him against that day. So this day and that day that day when we are in his risen presence forever because the resurrection means that, because he lives we live. Also Jesus that I'm the resurrection of the line.

He that believes in me, though he be dead yet shall he live. If you go to the cemetery and look at the tombstones there of course is the name of the person deceased and bury them. There is a birthday and a death date you can do nothing about your birthday.

That was not your choice. You can do very little if anything about your dad day but ingrained in every tomb on every stone in the cemetery is a little – that – represents your life and you have quite a bit to say about what goes in the – and making your life matter, and to know the living Christ is to make life matter is to live with unbridled optimism and an uncontainable joy because of the risen Christ in us.

Paul spoke of the power of this resurrection and the message of the Christian faith is that Christ died and rose again and now he lives in us, Christ in you the hope of glory and that he is promised eternal life now and forever to all who believe. And so, how we live our lives therefore is highly influenced and impacted by our perspective on eternity.

That's why the Bible says don't set your affection on things below, but set your affection on things above. Don't walk around with your hand down your shoulders slumping, but rather get your eyes into the sky and remember that eternity is now because of what Christ is not and we live with this eternal perspective in life that makes life matter that gives life meaning. We look and therefore we lay up treasures not on earth that evaporate. But Jesus said, lay up treasures in heaven. In the first chapter of the book of first Peter and I invite you to take your Bibles and turn to first Peter chapter 1 Peter gives he is an eyewitness of the resurrection, and he gives an exaltation of a hymn of praise to the risen Christ and in verses 3 to 5 in the first verse is really of this hymn of praise.

He says this Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, according to his great mercy he has caused us to be born again to a living hope, the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead to an inheritance that is imperishable and undefiled and unfading, kept in heaven for you to buy God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. Every day is a miracle. Every day is a promise. Every day is a gift from God, and you must be present to receive it. So because every day is a gift from God.

We are to live with this eternal perspective and an eternal gratitude in the resurrection, how we do that how do we live beyond the day.

The message of Christ. This good news that we share me that every day is his day that he is the ancient of days, which means that he rules and reigns over all of our days.

Both good and yes bad days in which the sun is shining as bright as beautiful and days that are dark and stormy and cloudy. He saved the day and be on this day we can live a life of expectancy. That's what hope is. Hope is the sure and confident expectation that our future is in his hand. He said we are born again into this living hope.

Jesus said the experience of salvation is so life-changing. It is so erratic, that is like being born all over again. He said this to a very religious man, a rabbi who wanted to know how he could go to heaven. How he could no God, and he gave hope and promise.

Interesting, but that is found in the third chapter of John. The story of Jesus and Nicodemus and Jesus said you must be born again.

Again, a very religious and very sophisticated, very righteous man in the very next chapter John chapter 4. Jesus meets a woman at the well, not a man and a woman and she was a hated Samaritan woman.

She was a very sinful woman. Her life was broken and shattered into pieces with the same Savior and loving grace extended a new life to this very sinful woman. So interesting isn't it side-by-side in the Scripture's demonstrated that no person is too good but they don't mean Jesus and no person is too bad that Jesus doesn't love them and embrace them.

That person will come to him to be born again means that that your life is made brand-new that you have a new direction, a new dynamic for living are you alive in Christ, and if so do people know it. Now I was done. Sweet when I read an article that was reported in a British newspaper. You can't make this stuff up what you're about to hear it says bosses of the publishing firm are trying to work out why no one noticed that one of their employees had been sitting at his desk for five days before anyone ask if he was feeling okay.

George turtle ball 51 good been employed as a proofreader at noon at a New York firm for 30 years had a heart attack in the open plan office. He shared with 23 other he quietly passed away on Monday, but nobody noticed until Saturday morning when an office cleaner asked why he was still working during the weekend that he got ask yourself a couple of questions on a story like that number is this true and then you gotta ask yourself is in the newspapers, we gotta believe it right but really what you have to ask yourself is this happening to him. To me the people know you are alive or not just physically but do people know you are alive in Christ in your office in your own home and family in your neighborhood at your school.

The people know you're alive.

Are you breathing spiritually.

Have you been born again because if you are, people will know it you will know it and others will know it by what Christ, how can the living Christ the Savior of the world come into your life and you not know it and nobody else know that we have been born into and into a living hope in Christ. So we live on tiptoe with expectation. Enjoy every day. What gets you up in the morning as it is it just your alarm clock or is it. Is it the call of the day the opportunity to live a life for Christ and to make a difference in this world for your family and your friends. So no matter how you walked into this room today. If you are broken and hurting or if you're having a great day and a great lie your life when given over to the Lord Jesus Christ can be friends formed and he is working all things together for our good and you can stand triumphant in Christ because he is alive that's living expect not living with your best years behind disappointments and failures. I'm telling you that life began again for you every day, Jesus Christ, to live expected. You are listening to PowerPoint with Jack Graham and today's message beyond a new day. Even in Mike's heaviest moments, the promise of heaven holds out and encouraging hope for you today. When you understand what your future with God will be like the burdens of the present film later. That's a pastor grants but heaven is all about and it's why we want to get a copy into your hands today heaven is our thanks for your gift to help share the truth of the gospel to more people around the world.

This is the last week of this offer to call today, 1-800-795-4627 that's 1-800-795-4627. You can also text the word PowerPoint to 59789 and don't forget to visit Jack Graham.org where you can shop RV store give a gift online or sign up for Dr. Graham's free daily email devotional our website again is Jack Graham.Margie now it's get back today's message beyond a new day not only live expectantly, but live confidently confident that not only do you belong to him but that he is preparing a place in heaven for you and this is why Peter says that we been born again into this living hope of the resurrection to an inherited, that is imperishable and undefiled and inflated and kept in heaven for you in the grip of God kept by the power of God. So we live with a certain confidence assurance, as believers in Christ we know that our sins have been forgiven. We know that Christ lives in our lives.

We know that we have a future in heaven with him because he has promised that and he is keeping what we have committed to him. He is guarding and therefore you are on your way to heaven as a child of God.

That seems like a lot of people talk about heaven, but nobody really wants to go there but I pray that you would live your life confidently knowing that we are in the omnipotent grip of God.

The nail scarred hand of the Lord Jesus Christ has us you know there's a difference. That's the difference in in a relationship with Christ and mere religion because here's what religion sets. Religion says if you're a good boy good girl, if you obey God and do the right things. If you show up at church and often and listen to the sermon and stay awake. If you do enough good deeds then then God will love you and God will accept you and God will give you a place in heaven. You will go to heaven because you've done these things you you obey God and God will reward you by giving you eternal life – religion.

The difference is in a relationship with Christ. He loves you unconditionally, totally and eternally.

He said I love you with an everlasting love. He loved us in our sin and our brokenness. And let's face it, we are all broken people quick.

We are all dysfunctional in some way or another, and sin has damaged us and sin creates an emptiness in our lives and brokenness that we can't even describe. We are all broken and damaged by sin, but God loves us anyway. While there is nothing we can do to gain his acceptance because of what he has done in dying on the cross rising on the third day he loves us unconditionally illustrate.

Suppose our grandson, Nguyen. I thought I said to him or his parents said to him or you said to your children. Okay, if you're a good boy and you do all the right things and you obey me perfectly and if you promise never to disobey and you don't disobey. Then I will give you my love know what kind of parent or grandparent would say something like that no human parent would say something like that to a child. So why in the world. When we think God would say something like that to. If you're good if you obey my law.

If you you promise to be better and better and better, then maybe I will love you know we love our children unconditionally because they are blasé her own flesh. There are own family and I assure you that God's love is greater by eternity by infinity than any human love. So God loves you. I was praying this week all week about what I should say in this message and and what the harden and what I want you to walk away with the date it just seemed that the spirit of God kept prompting me, saying, tell them I love them tell the people that Jesus loves them again and again tell them that I love so I'm telling you today that he loves you. You don't need a religion is not a matter of you trying to hold on and hang on to hope in the God no, he's got you right here in his grip. That's why we say no power of hell. No scheme of man will ever pluck me from his hand. This is what Jesus said you were in my father's and no one will pluck you from the father's hand. Heaven is guaranteed. Your name is written in the only book that matters. The Lamb's book of life. So you live in this security. This certainty this confident because of what he has done and it's all because of him and there's one final word to live this day beyond the day to live like a life beyond the day we had a live therefore eternally now eternal life happens. We receive eternal life. The moment we receive Christ. Jesus said to know me is eternal life, and here in first Peter chapter 1 were told that this salvation is guarded for a faith ready to be revealed in the last time so salvation and eternal life is past tense.

It means that all of our sins have been forgiven, past, present and future and is present tense. It means that Christ comes to live in us by the power of his spirit. Jesus is living in us the risen Christ in you Christ in you the hope of glory and salvation is not only past and present. It is future. We are being saved and we will be safe.

When we stand in Christ alone complete and experience heaven eternal life in a place where there's no more tears, suffering, sorrow and grief, dear friends, we are just a few days away from a painless, careless grave, less deathless lie in the presence of our Savior forever. People die every day and you know many people think the only thing you need to do to go to heaven is to die. Is that right that all you need to do to go to heaven is to die three people die every second worldwide and how anyone can live without a certainty and a hope of knowing that when you die, you're going to heaven is beyond me. How could you possibly not settle this issue in your life because God has given us a choice. He said I have set before you life and that therefore choose life, that you may live Jesus with arms outstretched.

Since coming to be come to me, and live forever live eternally.

I'm looking forward to being with Christ when he comes either in his soon return promise return or when he comes for me and death. The apostle Paul said to live is Christ and to die is gain.

That's the ultimate win win situation, the resurrection should take away your fear of death because someday you may read in the newspaper that Jack Graham has died, but don't you believe a word of it because I will be more alive than ever in the presence of my risen Savior, and any and every believer can say the saying thing and this is why the Bible says prepare to meet your God, heaven is a place prepared for people who are prepared and the way you get ready the way you prepare for eternity is by giving your heart in your life to follow the Lord Jesus Christ. Because the consequence or severe, to reject his love to turn away from his grace to walk out over the blood of Christ. Redemption for you is to walk away from God forever and ever and spend eternity in the place called hell and just as surely as heaven exists.

He has held his real so choose life by choosing Jesus Christ and trusting him as your Savior, your Lord and live for him and the power of his spirit. One thing you need to do to get ready before you die so you can go to heaven. Yes, there's something more than you have to do than just dying to go to heaven and that is to personally receive Jesus into your life by repenting of your sin. That means to turn away from your sin and to put your trust in Christ and Christ alone. Not in yourself is it about time we stop living for ourselves. Life isn't about us about him living. This is a life beyond the life you are listening to PowerPoint with Jack Graham in today's message beyond any day no matter what struggles are facing today.

You have hope in the promise is awaiting you in heaven. And God calls you to share that hope with others today.

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Here's an one day the obituary section of the newspaper will list my main Jack Graham and the newspaper will say that I live and that I died, but here it is. Don't believe everything you read.

I'll be more alive than I've ever been because I will be celebrating eternal life in the presence of my risen Savior and King, the Lord Jesus Christ. I'll be in the presence of Jesus because I prepared to meet him when I was a small boy I gave my heart and life to follow the Lord Jesus and because of that decision. My destiny was made secure by eternal future was guaranteed. So what about you have you prepared to meet God when it comes time for your obituary to be written. Will you be spending eternity with Jesus in heaven or will you face an eternity separated from him in hell.

You know, I know there are folks out there, a lot of impressive, even famous, influential folks who say things like hell the devil or for weak minded people, but that's not what the Bible teaches. That's not what Jesus said hell is a real place.

This is why I urge you, I beg you to prepare yourself to meet your God, the way you do this is by personally responding in your heart and faith receiving the Lord Jesus by repenting of your sin and trusting in him and him alone is your eternal Savior. This means that you are forever saved that all your sins are forgiven, past, present and future. So with so much at stake. How could you possibly not want to settle this issue in your life right now. God has given you an amazing choice. He says I have set before you life and death.

Therefore choose life, so with outstretched arms. Jesus is saying, to be come to me, and live forever. Yes, hell is real, but heaven is real as well as a place where there's no more tears.

No more suffering no more sorrow no more grief no more death is a place where you have a painless peerless brainless life in the presence of your Savior, forever and ever. So right now. Choose life by choosing the Lord Jesus trust him as your Savior and your Lord and then live for him and the power of his Holy Spirit until he comes for you and that is today's remember when you give a gift PowerPoint will sing Dr. Graham's book heaven is our thanks.

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