Risen

1. To Give Us Eternal Life: John 11:25–27
2. To Show His Power over Death: Acts 2:24; Romans 6:9
3. To Heal Us: Acts 4:10
4. To Receive the Blessings Promised to David: Acts 13:34
5. To Forgive Our Sins: Acts 13:37–38; 1 Corinthians 15:17
6. To Elevate His Power and Authority: Romans 1:4
7. To Justify Sinners: Romans 4:23–25; Acts 13:39
8. To Give Us a New Way to Live: Romans 6:4, 8–11
9. To Unite Us with Him in His Resurrection: Romans 6:5–8
10. To Make Us Fruitful: Romans 7:4
11. To Give Life to Our Mortal Bodies: Romans 8:11
12. To End Our Obligation to the Flesh: Romans 8:12–13
13. To Provide Us with Future Glory: Romans 8:18
14. To Set Creation Free from Its Bondage: Romans 8:21–22
15. To Adopt Us into God’s Family: Romans 8:23
16. To Intercede for Us at God’s Right Hand: Romans 8:34; Hebrews 7:23–25
17. To Fulfill the Scriptures: 1 Corinthians 15:4; Luke 24:44–47
18. To Make Our Faith and Preaching Worthwhile: 1 Corinthians 15:14–15
19. To Guarantee Our Future Resurrection: 1 Corinthians 15:20–23; 1 Thessalonians 4:14
20. To Destroy All Other Powers through His Reign: 1 Corinthians 15:24–27
21. To Destroy the Enemy of Death: 1 Corinthians 15:26, 54–57; Luke 20:36
22. To Give Us a Reason to Endanger Our Lives: 1 Corinthians 15:30–31
23. To Deliver Us from Self-Indulgence: 1 Corinthians 15:32
24. To Give Us Heavenly, Imperishable Bodies: 1 Corinthians 15:42–48
25. To Clothe Us with His Image: 1 Corinthians 15:49
26. To Give Us Immortality: 1 Corinthians 15:53
27. To Overcome the Power of the Law: 1 Corinthians 15:56–57
28. To Make Serving the Lord Worthwhile: 1 Corinthians 15:58
29. To Give Us Hope in Hard Times: 2 Corinthians 1:8–11
30. To Give Us a Greater Purpose in Life: 2 Corinthians 5:15
31. To Let Us Experience God’s Mighty Power: Ephesians 1:18–20
32. To Display God’s Amazing Grace: Ephesians 2:6–7
33. To Bring Victory into Our Intimacy with Him: Philippians 3:10–11
34. To Make Us Full in Him: Colossians 2:9–12
35. To Reorient Our Desires: Colossians 3:1–2
36. To Let Us Appear with Him in Glory: Colossians 3:4; Acts 1:11
37. To Enable Us to Kill Our Old Way of Life: Colossians 3:5–10
38. To Rescue Us from Coming Wrath: 1 Thessalonians 1:10
39. To Serve as Our Eternal Shepherd: Hebrews 13:20; Revelation 7:17
40. To Give Us New Birth into a Living Hope: 1 Peter 1:3; Acts 23:6; 1 Thessalonians 4:13–14
41. To Glorify the Lamb of God: 1 Peter 1:18–21; Acts 3:13–15
42. To Show That Death Does Not Stop Us from Living: Matthew 22:30–32; Romans 14:9
43. To Confirm His Words about Being Raised to Life: Matthew 28:5–7
44. To Continue the Mission of God: Matthew 28:18–20
45. To Share His Presence with His Followers until His Return: Matthew 28:20
46. To Teach More about the Kingdom of God: Acts 1:3
47. To Prove God’s Commitment to Justice: Acts 17:31
48. To Make Possible the Judgment of the Wicked: John 5:28–30; Acts 24:15; Revelation 20:11–15
49. To Give Him Complete Supremacy: Colossians 1:18; Revelation 1:4–5
50. To Provide Life in the Unfiltered Presence of God: Revelation 21:3–4, 22; 22:1

Conclusion: A Final Question and a Tremendous Story
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