Title
He is Risen 他已复活
Date
04/05/2026
Description
Romans 5:9-11: Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him! For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life! Not only is this so, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
罗马书 5:9-11: 现在，我们既然因祂所流的血而被称为义人，岂不更要靠着祂免受上帝的烈怒吗？ 如果我们还与上帝为敌的时候，尚且可以借着上帝儿子的死亡与上帝和好，和好后的我们岂不更要借着祂儿子的生命得到拯救吗？ 不但如此，我们借着主耶稣基督与上帝和好之后，还要借着祂在上帝面前欢喜。 (pg 1828)
Eph 5:14 - “Awake, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will give you light.”
以弗所书 5:14: “沉睡的人啊，醒来吧！从死人中起来吧，
基督要光照你了！”(page 1899)
Luke 15:18: “I will arise and go to my father…”
路加福音 15:18:“我要起来，到我父亲那里去…”(pg 1694)
Matt 27: 51: Then Jesus shouted out again, and he released his spirit. At that moment the curtain in the sanctuary of the Temple was torn in two…
马太福音 27:51: 忽然，殿里的幔子从上到下裂为两半，地也震动，磐石也崩裂 (pg 1614)
Heb 10:10: By God’s will we have been purified and made holy once and for all through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus, the Messiah!
希 伯 來 書 10:10: 凭上帝的意旨，耶稣基督只牺牲了自己的身体一次，便使得我们永远圣洁。(pg 1950)
他已复活!
现在是起来的时候
罗马书 5:9-11: 现在，我们既然因祂所流的血而被称为义人，岂不更要靠着祂免受上帝的烈怒吗？ 如果我们还与上帝为敌的时候，尚且可以借着上帝儿子的死亡与上帝和好，和好后的我们岂不更要借着祂儿子的生命得到拯救吗？ 不但如此，我们借着主耶稣基督与上帝和好之后，还要借着祂在上帝面前欢喜。 (pg 1828)
Eph 5:14 - “Awake, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will give you light.”
以弗所书 5:14: “沉睡的人啊，醒来吧！从死人中起来吧，
基督要光照你了！”(page 1899)
Luke 15:18: “I will arise and go to my father…”
路加福音 15:18:“我要起来，到我父亲那里去…”(pg 1694)
Matt 27: 51: Then Jesus shouted out again, and he released his spirit. At that moment the curtain in the sanctuary of the Temple was torn in two…
马太福音 27:51: 忽然，殿里的幔子从上到下裂为两半，地也震动，磐石也崩裂 (pg 1614)
Heb 10:10: By God’s will we have been purified and made holy once and for all through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus, the Messiah!
希 伯 來 書 10:10: 凭上帝的意旨，耶稣基督只牺牲了自己的身体一次，便使得我们永远圣洁。(pg 1950)
他已复活!
现在是起来的时候
Creator
Pastor: Mike Koger
Contributor
Hillside United Methodist Church
3737 US 80
Phenix City AL 36870
United States
3737 US 80
Phenix City AL 36870
United States
Transcription
HE IS RISEN — NOW I WILL ARISE
Romans 5:9-11
“The stone is sealed. The grave is quiet. But God is still working.
What looks like the end is actually preparation for something amazing.
SUNDAY IS COMING. Hold on to hope.”
Sore muscles usually mean you're on the right track. Sometimes things feel harder
not because you're failing — but because you're growing.
So - Just because you're in a dark season doesn’t mean you’ve slipped.
You just might be underground… growing roots… getting ready to rise.
Think about Good Friday. Dark. Painful. seemingly Hopeless.
Jesus was beaten, crucified… and placed in a grave.
It looked like the enemy had won.
But Sunday changed everything.
The grave could not hold Him. Death could not contain Him.
Darkness could not stop Him.
Jesus declares: “I was dead… but now I am alive forevermore.”
Here’s what the resurrection teaches us: God always finishes what He starts.
No matter how dark it looks… No matter how long it’s been…
No matter who is against you… God will take you from Friday… to Sunday.
Today is not just about what Jesus did. It’s about what is available to you now.
Romans 5:10,11: Now that we are at peace with God, and because we share in his resurrection life, how much more we will be rescued from sin’s dominion!
And even more than that, we overflow with triumphant joy in our new relationship of living reconciled to God—all because of Jesus Christ!
Two words I want you to lock in your heart this morning.
Resurrection. …means bringing something back to life. Something that was dead — breathing again.
Arise. …means to get up. To wake up. To move from where you have been.
So the question is— Have we been asleep?
Paul writes to the church in Ephesus — people who already knew the Lord —
- and he says this in Ephesians 5:14:
“Awake, you who sleep, arise from the dead, and Christ will give you light.”
He is not writing to pagans. He is not writing to people who had never heard the Gospel. He is writing to church people.
People who were already saved, already loved, already filled with the Spirit.
And he is saying — “wake up.”
Could it possibly be that some of us need to wake up to what we already have?
Could it be that the resurrection is not just a doctrine we believe — but a reality we need to walk in every single day?
"it is finished" Tetelestai (tetel-is-sty) Greek
Business. Judicial. Military context.
The debt of your sin has been fully paid
The judgement for your sin has been fully served
The war against sin and death has been won
Salvation and Reconciliation is fully Yours.
Do we need to wake-up to our inheritance, just like the prodigal son did when he “came to himself?”
In Luke 15, the prodigal son says: “I will arise and go to my father.”
This is Awakening. This is True Repentance.
This is the message of Easter: Because Jesus rose — you can rise.
When life hits you— (sometimes by surprise, right?)
When you're overwhelmed… When you're broken… When you're bound…
There is one response: “I will arise and go to my Father.”
Say it when:
life doesn’t make sense
the report is bad
your heart is broken
you feel stuck
“I will arise and go to my Father.”
As true believers, we are no longer on the outside looking in
In Matt 27: 51: “Then Jesus shouted out again, and he released his spirit. At that moment the curtain in the sanctuary of the Temple was torn in two…”
At the moment of Jesus' death on the cross, the thick curtain in the Jerusalem temple separating the Holy of Holies was torn in two from top to bottom.
This event symbolized the removal of barriers between God and humanity, signifying that Jesus’ sacrifice granted direct access to God, ending the need for priestly mediation and the old covenant.
The veil, which was roughly six inches thick and impassable, could not be torn by human force, suggesting the tear was a divine act indicating the sacrifice was complete.
It marked the end of the old sacrificial system, as Jesus became the final, perfect sacrifice. The cross tore the veil.
Heb 10:10: By God’s will we have been purified and made holy once and for all through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus, the Messiah!
We now have direct access to God.
He is not distant. He is your Father. You are not abandoned. You are accepted.
Maybe sometimes your heart stirs in the middle of the night and you know something needs to change… yet, the next morning, it’s so easy to just go back to the usual routine and forget what you felt
Dog & the Nail Story
I want to be careful here — but I also want to be honest…
Some of us may be sitting on a nail today
We are uncomfortable enough to whine about it — but not uncomfortable enough to get up (arise) and do something about it.
We talk about our situation. We may even pray about our situation.
We may ask others for prayer about our situation.
…but for some reason we haven’t moved off the nail
Some people are in a pit… …but not uncomfortable enough to leave.
So why do we do it?
Because sometimes the familiar pit — even when it is painful — feels safer than the unknown of climbing out.
Because change requires movement, and movement requires faith, and faith means trusting something you cannot yet see.
“rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life."
Why wait for rock bottom when resurrection power is already in you?
When you’re in darkness…
You don’t follow what you see. You follow His voice.
“He has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.”
Today is your day. Not tomorrow. Not someday. Today.
Say it with me: “I will arise and go to my Father.”
He is risen — Now I will arise.
Heavenly Father,
Thank You for the power of the resurrection.
Thank You that Jesus is alive—
and because He lives, we can live too.
Today, we choose to arise.
Out of darkness… into Your light. Out of fear… into faith.
Out of bondage… into freedom.
Father, we come back to You.
Just like the prodigal son, we say: “I will arise and go to my Father.”
Restore what has been broken.
Renew what has grown cold.
Awaken what has been asleep.
Fill us again with Your life, Your Spirit, and Your power.
From this day forward,
we will not stay where we’ve been—
we will walk in the new life You have given us.
We declare:
Because He is risen… we will arise.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Romans 5:9-11
“The stone is sealed. The grave is quiet. But God is still working.
What looks like the end is actually preparation for something amazing.
SUNDAY IS COMING. Hold on to hope.”
Sore muscles usually mean you're on the right track. Sometimes things feel harder
not because you're failing — but because you're growing.
So - Just because you're in a dark season doesn’t mean you’ve slipped.
You just might be underground… growing roots… getting ready to rise.
Think about Good Friday. Dark. Painful. seemingly Hopeless.
Jesus was beaten, crucified… and placed in a grave.
It looked like the enemy had won.
But Sunday changed everything.
The grave could not hold Him. Death could not contain Him.
Darkness could not stop Him.
Jesus declares: “I was dead… but now I am alive forevermore.”
Here’s what the resurrection teaches us: God always finishes what He starts.
No matter how dark it looks… No matter how long it’s been…
No matter who is against you… God will take you from Friday… to Sunday.
Today is not just about what Jesus did. It’s about what is available to you now.
Romans 5:10,11: Now that we are at peace with God, and because we share in his resurrection life, how much more we will be rescued from sin’s dominion!
And even more than that, we overflow with triumphant joy in our new relationship of living reconciled to God—all because of Jesus Christ!
Two words I want you to lock in your heart this morning.
Resurrection. …means bringing something back to life. Something that was dead — breathing again.
Arise. …means to get up. To wake up. To move from where you have been.
So the question is— Have we been asleep?
Paul writes to the church in Ephesus — people who already knew the Lord —
- and he says this in Ephesians 5:14:
“Awake, you who sleep, arise from the dead, and Christ will give you light.”
He is not writing to pagans. He is not writing to people who had never heard the Gospel. He is writing to church people.
People who were already saved, already loved, already filled with the Spirit.
And he is saying — “wake up.”
Could it possibly be that some of us need to wake up to what we already have?
Could it be that the resurrection is not just a doctrine we believe — but a reality we need to walk in every single day?
"it is finished" Tetelestai (tetel-is-sty) Greek
Business. Judicial. Military context.
The debt of your sin has been fully paid
The judgement for your sin has been fully served
The war against sin and death has been won
Salvation and Reconciliation is fully Yours.
Do we need to wake-up to our inheritance, just like the prodigal son did when he “came to himself?”
In Luke 15, the prodigal son says: “I will arise and go to my father.”
This is Awakening. This is True Repentance.
This is the message of Easter: Because Jesus rose — you can rise.
When life hits you— (sometimes by surprise, right?)
When you're overwhelmed… When you're broken… When you're bound…
There is one response: “I will arise and go to my Father.”
Say it when:
life doesn’t make sense
the report is bad
your heart is broken
you feel stuck
“I will arise and go to my Father.”
As true believers, we are no longer on the outside looking in
In Matt 27: 51: “Then Jesus shouted out again, and he released his spirit. At that moment the curtain in the sanctuary of the Temple was torn in two…”
At the moment of Jesus' death on the cross, the thick curtain in the Jerusalem temple separating the Holy of Holies was torn in two from top to bottom.
This event symbolized the removal of barriers between God and humanity, signifying that Jesus’ sacrifice granted direct access to God, ending the need for priestly mediation and the old covenant.
The veil, which was roughly six inches thick and impassable, could not be torn by human force, suggesting the tear was a divine act indicating the sacrifice was complete.
It marked the end of the old sacrificial system, as Jesus became the final, perfect sacrifice. The cross tore the veil.
Heb 10:10: By God’s will we have been purified and made holy once and for all through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus, the Messiah!
We now have direct access to God.
He is not distant. He is your Father. You are not abandoned. You are accepted.
Maybe sometimes your heart stirs in the middle of the night and you know something needs to change… yet, the next morning, it’s so easy to just go back to the usual routine and forget what you felt
Dog & the Nail Story
I want to be careful here — but I also want to be honest…
Some of us may be sitting on a nail today
We are uncomfortable enough to whine about it — but not uncomfortable enough to get up (arise) and do something about it.
We talk about our situation. We may even pray about our situation.
We may ask others for prayer about our situation.
…but for some reason we haven’t moved off the nail
Some people are in a pit… …but not uncomfortable enough to leave.
So why do we do it?
Because sometimes the familiar pit — even when it is painful — feels safer than the unknown of climbing out.
Because change requires movement, and movement requires faith, and faith means trusting something you cannot yet see.
“rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life."
Why wait for rock bottom when resurrection power is already in you?
When you’re in darkness…
You don’t follow what you see. You follow His voice.
“He has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.”
Today is your day. Not tomorrow. Not someday. Today.
Say it with me: “I will arise and go to my Father.”
He is risen — Now I will arise.
Heavenly Father,
Thank You for the power of the resurrection.
Thank You that Jesus is alive—
and because He lives, we can live too.
Today, we choose to arise.
Out of darkness… into Your light. Out of fear… into faith.
Out of bondage… into freedom.
Father, we come back to You.
Just like the prodigal son, we say: “I will arise and go to my Father.”
Restore what has been broken.
Renew what has grown cold.
Awaken what has been asleep.
Fill us again with Your life, Your Spirit, and Your power.
From this day forward,
we will not stay where we’ve been—
we will walk in the new life You have given us.
We declare:
Because He is risen… we will arise.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.