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Life • Death • Resurrection of Christ

Supplemental Material Life, Death and Resurrection of Christ - Fundamental Belief 9 “In Christ's life of perfect obedience to God's will through His :16 suffering, death and resurrection, God provided the only means of Isaiah 53 atonement for human sin, so that those who by faith accept this 1 Peter 2:21, 22 atonement may have eternal life, and all of creation may better :3, 4, 20-22 understand the infinite and holy love of the Creator. This perfect :14, 15, 19-21 atonement vindicates the righteousness of God's law and the Romans 1:4; 3:25; 4:25; 8:3, 4 graciousness of His character; for it both condemns our sin and 1 :2; 4:10 provides for our forgiveness. The death of Christ is substitutionary and Colossians 2:15 expiatory, reconciling and transforming. The resurrection of Christ Philippians 2:6-11 proclaims God's triumph over the forces of evil, and for those who accept the atonement assures their final victory over sin and death. It declares the Lordship of Christ, before whom every knee in heaven and on earth will bow.” Life Te Death - Te Supreme Sacrifce of Jesus Christ :6 “Jesus said to him, “ the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the :5-7 Father except through Me.” “. . . Therefore, when the chief priests and officers saw Him, they cried out, saying, “Crucify Him, crucify Him.” :10 TNIV - “The insisted, 'We have a law, and according to that law “Te thief does not come except to steal, he must die, because he claimed to be the Son of God.” and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have Leviticus 24:16 it more abundantly.” “And whoever blasphemes the name of the Lord shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall certainly stone him, the stranger as 1 Corinthians 15:22 well as him who is born in the land.” “For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.” Deuteronomy 21:22-23 (Acts 5:30 • 10:39 • 13:29) :3 “If a man has committed a sin worthy of death and he is put to death, “And this is eternal life, that they may know and you hang him on a tree, his corpse shall not hang all night on the tree, but you shall surely bury him on the same day (for he who is You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ hanged is accursed of God)” - NASB. whom You have sent.” :13 Resurrection “Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a :25 curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a “Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection tree).” and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.” Matthew 26:36-38 John 14:30 “Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to “I don’t have much more time to talk to the disciples, ‘Sit here while I go and pray over there’ . . . Then He said to them, ‘My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay you, because the ruler of this world here and watch with Me.’ He went a little farther and fell on His face, approaches. He has no power over me.” -NLT and prayed, saying, ‘O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.’” :33 I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will Acts 5:30 (John 10:17-8 • 1 Corinthians 6:14 • Galatians 1:1) have many trials and sorrows. But take “The God of our fathers raised up Jesus whom you murdered by hanging on a tree” - Acts 5:30. heart, because I have overcome the world. “And God both raised up the Lord and will also raise us up by His Romans 8:11 power” - John 10:17-18. But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus “Paul, an (not from men nor through man, but through Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ and God the Father who raised Him from the dead” - Gal.1:1. Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you Mark 15:33-37 “And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, ‘Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?’ which is translated, ‘My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me.’”

Isaiah 53:5 “But he was hurt because of us; he suffered so. Our wrongdoing wounded and crushed him. He endured the breaking that made us whole. The injuries he suffered became our healing. We all have wandered off, like shepherd-less sheep, scattered by our aimless striving and endless pursuits; The Eternal One laid on him, this silent sufferer, the sins of us all” - VOICE.

1 John 3:16 We know what true love looks like because of Jesus. He gave His life for us, and He calls us to give our lives for our brothers and sisters. - VOICE.

1 John 4:17-19 1 John 4:17-19 NLT - And as we live in God, our love grows “Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness more perfect. So we will not be afraid on the in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. day of judgment, but we can face him with There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. confdence because we live like Jesus here in We love Him because He first loved us.” this world. VOICE - Love will never invoke fear. Perfect love expels fear, particularly the fear 2 Corinthians 5:14, 15 of punishment. Te one who fears “Either way, Christ’s love controls us. Since we believe that Christ punishment has not been completed through died for all, we also believe that we have all died to our old life. He died for everyone so that those who receive his new life will no longer love. We love because He has frst loved us. live for themselves. Instead, they will live for Christ, who died and was raised for them.” - NLT

“Let Love move you.”

• All Scripture is taken from the New unless otherwise stated.