Today on Summit Life with J.D. Greer.

If this is true, if Jesus rose from the dead, if he is who he says he is, then it means that we've got to tell everybody in every nation, even if it costs us a great deal, and even if it puts our lives in great danger, because this message is so important that everybody's got it now.

Welcome to Summit Life with Pastor, author, and apologist J.D. Greer.

As always, I'm your host, Molly Vitovich.

Well, today we're concluding our teaching series called Instead of Me by celebrating the beauty of the resurrection. You see, every message in this series,

Pastor Jady has shown us how Matthew placed people in these stories that give us possible ways to

see how we might have responded in the moment or even today, which character

describes you best. You'll get one last chance today to see where you might have fit in the

story. And remember, if you missed any of the previous messages, you can listen to them at our

website, jd.gere.com. Now turn in your Bible to Matthew 28 as we join Pastor Jaddy for the conclusion

of this Easter message he preached titled Alive in Me. If Jesus actually raised from the

dead, you know what it means? It means that he is Lord. And it means that there is not one square

inch of your life over which he does not lay claim. It means that you cannot pursue your own agenda. You cannot entertain your own pet sins. You can't even do with your money what you want to do or your career. It all belongs to him. Every breath you take, every second you live belongs to him. And a lot of people don't want that. So they just prefer to turn their back on the evidence so they can retain lordship over their lives. That's what the chief priest for doing. So they don't want that. So they just prefer to turn their back on the evidence so they can

retain lordship over their lives. That's what the chief priest were doing. So they don't want it to be

true. Or here's something else that would be true. If Jesus really raised from the dead, it means

that any reason that you've come up with for boasting and thinking that you're set apart from

others, it means that that is absolutely not true.

That Jesus, you were so bad that Jesus had to die to save you just like everybody else.

And you know why that's hard for some people to believe?

Because you and I have spent our entire lives trying to push ourselves up from the pack.

To try to show that we were better and that we're worthy and that, and that we've got some

kind of internal worth and other people should love us and God should love us. But if Jesus rose from the dead, it means that we had to be saved like everybody else. You were so bad Jesus had to die for you, and a lot of people don't want to admit that because it takes an extraordinary amount of humility. In order for you to really believe in Jesus, you have to express the humility that says,

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