What the Resurrection Means to Me

What the Resurrection Means to Me (Col 2:8-3:7)
Intro: What should the resurrection mean to me?
'All Scripture is God-breathed & is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness' (2 Tim 3:16-17).

Exposition: What it doesn't & does mean

1. We must not submit ourselves to the commandments, principles, traditions, & will-worship of men (2:8-23)
2. We should rather die to sin & live to righteousness (3:1-4:6). See 1 Jn 3:2-3, Rom 6:4-14.

Application: Is this the meaning of the resurrection for you?
'The hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice & come forth -- those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, & those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation.' (Jn 5:28-29)

1. To those in Christ: 'When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.' (Col 3:4)
2. To those still in death: 'The wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience' (Col 3:4)

Conclusion: Now is your seed time, & as you sow, so shall you also reap.
'And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, some to shame & everlasting contempt. Those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the firmament, & those who turn many to righteousness like the stars forever & ever.' (Dan 12:2-3; see Deut 32:29, 1 Cor 15:44-50).