Why 3 Days?

The resurrection of Jesus gives you the power to close the gap between the life you are living and could live.

Romans 8:11  (NIV)

11 And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of[a] his Spirit who lives in you.

Why 3 days?

1 Peter 2:24  (NIV)

24 “He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”

Friday: The Day of Pain and Warring 

1. Jesus experienced physical pain.

2. Jesus experienced emotional pain. 

3. Jesus experienced relational pain.

God always put purpose in our pain. 

Romans 8:28 (NIV)

28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

There is no pain that His purpose cannot redeem. 

Saturday: The Day of Confusion and Waiting. 

When we are confused...

1. We want answers.

2. We begin to doubt.  (John 20:27)

3. We give up and back to what we know.  (John 21:3) 

4. We feel alone.

There is no confusion that His presence cannot calm.

Psalm 73:16-17 (NIV)

16 When I tried to understand all this,
    it troubled me deeply
17 till I entered the sanctuary of God;
    then I understood their final destiny.

Sunday: The Day of Resurrection and Winning.

Jesus is the Resurrection

John 11:25-26 (NIV)

25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; 

26 and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”

There is no death that His power cannot resurrect.  

Philippians 3:10-11  (NIV)

10 I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 

11 and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead.

There is no past that Jesus cannot take. Say Lord Jesus, be my Lord and save me. You're the only one who can.

Chris Hodges, Church of the Highlands

https://www.churchofthehighlands.com/media/message/three-days-to-resurrection