Sunday Morning: February 27, 2000
Text: 1 Thessalonians 4:14 "For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him."
Acts 4:33 "And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all."
Acts 2:30-31 "Therefore [David, v. 29] being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne; 31. He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, &ldots;."
Romans 1:3-4 "Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; 4. And declared to be the Son of God with power , according to the spirit of holiness, by the [ek, out] resurrection from the dead:"
Ephesians 1:19-21 "And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe [present active participle], according to the working of his mighty power,
20. Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
21. Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world [age], but also in that which is to come [present active participle]:"
Philippians 3:10-14 "That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
11. If by any means I might attain unto the [out] resurrection (the prize, v. 14) of the dead.
12. Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
13. Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
14. I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling (the out resurrection) of God in Christ Jesus."
1 Thessalonians 4:14 "For if we believe [present active] that Jesus died and rose again, even so [ou]tos kai<, two adverbs "even so also" "likewise also" Mat. 17:12; modifies "them which sleep"] them also which sleep [aorist passive participle, them which sleep] in Jesus will God bring with him."
1 Corinthians 15:1-4 "Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel (Paul's gospel, Rom 16:25,26) which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2. By which also ye are saved [present passive, are being saved], if ye keep [present active, hold fast] in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed (what I have preached unto you) in vain.
3. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4. And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:"
1 John 5:4-5 "For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
5. Who is he that overcometh [present active participle] the world, but he that believeth [present active participle] that Jesus is the Son of God?"
Romans 1:4 "And declared to be the Son of God with power , according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:"
Revelation 2:7 "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God."
Revelation 2:11 "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death."
Revelation 2:17 "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it."
Revelation 2:26 "And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:"
Revelation 3:5 "He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels."
Revelation 3:12 "Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name."
Revelation 3:21 "To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne."
Revelation 21:7 "He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son."
1 Corinthians 15:57-58 "But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory (nikov, to overcome) through our Lord Jesus Christ. 58. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord."