The Power of His Resurrection

That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death. If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. (Philippians 3:10-11)

Paul, under inspiration, wrote the words of our text and title, “The power of His resurrection” Note that, Paul denounced everything upon which he has ever made any claim for salvation, vs.3-9. He shows us that we must be stripped of all self, in order that the power of Christ’s resurrection from the dead becomes the transforming power, the central theme, and future glory. The resurrection of the Lord Jesus was in itself a marvelous display of power. To raise the dead body of our Lord from the tomb was as great a work as the creation.

Paul is here thinking, not of the power displayed in the resurrection. Rather, he speaks of the power which comes out of it; the influence that issues from it. The word, “power”, or ” dunamis”, as the Greek is, is the word from which we have the English word, ‘dynamite’. This shows that the resurrection of the Lord was a great powerful miracle. It is life-transforming and comes with a great powerful witness for Christ. Above all, it was NECESSARY that the Lord Jesus was resurrected. For,

• – How could the Lord Jesus Christ save people, if He did not rise?
• – How could He live in the heart and use a man/people for His glory, if He did not rise?
• – How could Christ come again, if He did not rise?

These three leading questions form the basis of the great TRUTHS that assert the power of Christ’s resurrection in our text. 

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The above is a sermon outline by Pastor Kcofie Ferguson prepared for members of Truth Missionary Baptist Church, Accra, where I serve as a deacon. Due to the Covid-19 public restrictions gathering, these sermons are read when families in the church meet together in their various homes for worship.