Extended His Days

Sunday Morning: November 22,1998

Text: 1 John 1:2 "(For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and show unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)"

THE PROMISE IS LIFE FOR THE AGE

1 John 2:25 "And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life."

JESUS RECEIVED THE PROMISE

Acts 2:33 "Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear."

THE PROMISE FULFILLED

Acts 13:32-33 "And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers, 33. God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee."

Raised for Our Justification

Romans 4:25 "Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification [that we might receive the promised inheritance of agelasting life]."

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The Power of His Resurrection

Ephesians 1:19-20 "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,"

To Know The Power of His Resurrection

Philippians 3:10-11 "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 resurrection of the dead."

His Days Prolonged

Isaiah 53:10-12 "Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him {Christ}; he hath put him to grief {Matthew 26:38 ...My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death...}: when thou shalt make his {Christ} soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed {Heb. 2:16 he took on him the seed of Abraham Romans 4:13 For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith}, he shall prolong his {Christ} days {as High Priest}, and the pleasure of the LORD {Luke 12:32 ... it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.} shall prosper in his {Christ} hand.

11. He shall see of the travail of his {Christ} soul, and shall be satisfied: by his {Christ} knowledge {Rom 8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son...} shall my righteous servant justify many; for he {Christ} shall bear {Hebrews 9:28 "So Christ was once offered to bear [carry] the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.} their iniquities.

12. Therefore will I divide him {Christ} a portion with the great , and he shall divide the spoil with the strong {Eph. 6:10 be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. 2 Tim 2:1 be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus}; because he {Christ} hath poured out his soul {in the garden} unto death {to self, he cried, Abba, Father, not my will but thine}: ... he {Christ} bare [forgive] the {confessed} sin of many {called unto His Kingdom and glory}, and made intercession {as our advocate} for the transgressors."

Seek Those Things!

Colossians 3:1 "If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God."