Beauty from Ashes [Notes]

April 9th, 2023

One of the lessons we learn from the Easter story is that you can't have a resurrection without first having a death. Although no one enjoys the prospect of death, sometimes only through death can new life emerge.

Join us this Easter for "Beauty from Ashes," as we explore the answers to two important questions: how might Jesus's death and resurrection breathe new life into our lives, and in what areas might we need to die to experience a resurrection?

The last enemy to be abolished is death. For God has put everything under His feet.^e1
– 1 Corinthians 15:26-27a (HCSB)
_{^e 15:27 Ps 8:6
¹ The Holy Bible: Holman Christian standard version. (1 Co 15:26–27). (2009). Holman Bible Publishers.}

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in Me, even if he dies, will live. Everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die—ever.”²
– John 11:25-26a (HCSB)
_{² The Holy Bible: Holman Christian standard version. (Jn 11:25–26). (2009). Holman Bible Publishers.}

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
– Romans 6:23 (HCSB)

But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have made Him hide His face from you so that He does not listen.
– Isaiah 59:2 (HCSB)

Satan brought in sin, and sin brought in death! So they shall be destroyed...in the same order.³
- Dr. Jamieson
_{³ Jamieson, R., Fausset, A. R., & Brown, D. (1997). Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (Vol. 2, p. 293). Logos Research Systems, Inc.}

A paradox is a statement that contradicts itself, or that must be both true and untrue at the same time. Paradoxes are quirks in logic that demonstrate how our thinking sometimes goes haywire, even when we use perfectly logical reasoning to get there.
– Literaryterms.net

“The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. “•I assure you: Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains by itself. But if it dies, it produces a large crop. The one who loves his life will lose it, and the one who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.⁴
– John 12:23b-25 (HCSB)
_{^• This is a phrase used only by Jesus to testify to the certainty and importance of His words; in Mt, Mk, and Lk it is literally Amen, I say to you; in Jn it is literally Amen, amen, I say to you.
⁴ The Holy Bible: Holman Christian standard version. (Jn 12:22–28). (2009). Holman Bible Publishers.}

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in Me, even if he dies, will live. Everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die—ever.”⁵
– John 11:25-26a (HCSB)
_{⁵ The Holy Bible: Holman Christian standard version. (Jn 11:25–26). (2009). Holman Bible Publishers.}

“The whole power to restore, impart, and maintain life, resides in Me.” What higher claim to supreme divinity than this grand saying can be conceived?⁶
– Dr. Jamieson
_{⁶ Jamieson, R., Fausset, A. R., & Brown, D. (1997). Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (Vol. 2, p. 149). Logos Research Systems, Inc.}

Death, where is your victory? Death, where is your sting?

But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!⁷
–1 Corinthians 15:55,57 (HCSB)
_{⁷ The Holy Bible: Holman Christian standard version. (1 Co 15:55–57). (2009). Holman Bible Publishers.}

The one who loves his life will lose it, and the one who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.⁸
– John 12:25 (HCSB)
_{⁸ The Holy Bible: Holman Christian standard version. (Jn 12:22–28). (2009). Holman Bible Publishers.}

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