How Does Easter Change Us?

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John Piper, Unknown, 163859, Pastor, Ask, Theology, Desiring God, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Questions

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🗓️ 2 April 2021

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Christ’s resurrection secures our future hope that we too will rise one day. In the meantime, it also grants us spiritual power for everyday life.

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0:00.0	Well, today is Good Friday in the annual church calendar.
0:08.1	We celebrate the death of our Savior Jesus Christ on the cross, absorbing the wrath that
0:13.7	our sins deserved.
0:14.7	It's a huge day, it's a huge week, Easter is just a few days away, this weekend.
0:20.4	And so we turn our attention today on the podcast to the resurrection of Christ.
0:25.4	And this question is from a listener named Allison.
0:28.6	Pastor John, hello, and thank you for this podcast.
0:30.6	Thanks to the death and resurrection of Christ.
0:33.5	We have the hope of physical resurrection to come, an amazing reality, but one off in
0:38.9	the future.
0:40.0	It seems that the Apostle Paul also talks about some ways in which we now participate
0:44.4	in the resurrection of Christ.
0:46.1	Can you explain these to me, particularly?
0:47.8	I'm thinking of one Paul says that we can know the power of Christ's resurrection in
0:54.6	our lives today.
0:55.6	That's Philippians 310.
0:58.1	And then he also says that God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in
1:02.8	the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.
1:05.8	That's an Ephesians 2 6.
1:08.4	So can you explain both of these implications of Easter for our lives today?
1:13.8	Well, the effect of Christ's resurrection on our present life as Christians is,
1:20.6	Tony, Allison, immeasurably great.
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