THE POWER OF THE RESURRECTION

The power to break out of your sin alone [seems] unlikely enough, but the thought that there could be enough spiritual power to completely obliterate the choke hold of every sin that would ever be committed by anyone who ever lived sounds beyond comprehension.  Billions and billions of people were not able, even by pooling their power together, to overcome the lure of all these sins.  Every person who has ever lived added to, rather than subtracted from, the pile.

Everyone, that is, except for One.

That's the power of the resurrection of Jesus Christ - a power that could overcome every spiritual failing, every sin, every weakness, in one explosive act.  When Christ rose from the dead, He displayed enough raw power literally to blow apart the prison walls of hell and buy back those souls who would trust in Him.  What we are powerless to do in our own lives, Christ was powerful enough to accomplish for every one who would believe. 

-- Bill Hybels in The God You're Looking For


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