Jan 3
We have resurrection power because we have Jesus. Louie Giglio explores how we can go from death to life in Jesus through Luke 7:11-17.
Scripture References
8.Yes, Lord, walking in the way of your laws,26:8 Or judgments
we wait for you;
your name and renown
are the desire of our hearts.
11.Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went along with him. 12.As he approached the town gate, a dead person was being carried out—the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her. 13.When the Lord saw her, his heart went out to her and he said, “Don’t cry.”14.Then he went up and touched the bier they were carrying him on, and the bearers stood still. He said, “Young man, I say to you, get up!” 15.The dead man sat up and began to talk, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.16.They were all filled with awe and praised God. “A great prophet has appeared among us,” they said. “God has come to help his people.” 17.This news about Jesus spread throughout Judea and the surrounding country.
10.The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
1.As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2.in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. 3.All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh2:3 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit. and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. 4.But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5.made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. 6.And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, 7.in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. 8.For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9.not by works, so that no one can boast.
14.This is why it is said:
“Wake up, sleeper,
rise from the dead,
and Christ will shine on you.”
Louie Giglio
Louie Giglio is the Visionary Architect and Director of the Passion Movement, comprised of Passion Conferences, Passion City Church, Passion Publishing and sixstepsrecords, and the founder of Passion Institute.