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Philippians
In this series, we have been looking at creeds, key truths that make up our faith, and the passages that support them. We have seen that creeds benefit us because they give us clarity about our faith and allow us to understand the foundations of what we believe. Today, we are looking at Christ’s humiliation and exaltation. The truths which we uncover today will challenge us, encourage us and cause us to worship too.
Lots of people are brought back from the dead in the Bible. Elijah did one such miracle in the OT. In Jesus’ ministry, He raised at least 3 people. In this series, we have been saying that the resurrection of Jesus is in no way an assumed or given fact, The early disciples struggled to believe that it is possible for one man to come back from the dead (and never die again). This disbelief is one of the strongest proof of the truth of the resurrection. Nobody found this coming back from the dead easy.
But how was Jesus’ resurrection different from the others who have been brought back, like Lazarus’? What was the effect of Jesus’ resurrection? More importantly for us, what is this power? How do we “obtain it”?
It was the end of an 'era', with the death of the great Patriarch. Yet, God's plans and purposes still continue. This session serves as a transition from Abraham, to his son Isaac.
