1. Resurrection Power: Jesus Christ demonstrated
resurrection power by raising Jairus’ daughter
from the dead. Jairus’ daughter had just died when
He raised her from the dead.
And when he was come in, he saith unto them, why
make ye this ado, and weep? The damsel is not dead,
but sleepeth.
And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put
them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the
damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in
where the damsel was lying.
And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her,
Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say
unto thee, arise.
And straightway the damsel arose, and walked; for she
was of the age of twelve years. And they were astonished
with a great astonishment.
Mark 5:39-42

2. Resurrection Power: Jesus Christ demonstrated
resurrection power by stopping a funeral procession
that was on its way to the burial grounds and raising
the dead person.
In this case, the dead person whom Jesus raised had been dead
for some time and was on the way to being buried.
Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold,
there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his
mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city
was with her.
And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her,
and said unto her, Weep not.
And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him
stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.
And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he
delivered him to his mother.
Luke 7:12-15

3. Resurrection Power: Jesus Christ demonstrated
resurrection power by raising a decomposing, stinking
Lazarus from the dead.
In this case, the dead person whom Jesus raised had been
dead, buried and decomposed for four days.
Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of
him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time HE
STINKETH: for he hath been dead four days.
John 11:39
He Stinketh
When I was in the medical school, one of my colleagues
committed suicide in his room. Somehow, no one noticed that
he had not been around for some days. People began to notice a
smell in the hostel; and initially, everyone thought a rat had died
in the hostel. However the smell became very strong after some
time. The source of the smell was traced to his room and so they
called out his name at his door. After some time it was realized
that he had not been seen for some time. So, someone climbed
into his room from the balcony and there, was his body – swollen,
smelling and decomposing after four days of death.
This is the kind of condition that Lazarus was in when Jesus
raised him from the dead. Jesus performed a true and powerful
miracle that demonstrated that He was indeed the Son of God.

4. Resurrection Power: Resurrection power is the
greatest power that any man can ever have because it
combines three types of power.
a. The power to call back a dead spirit from the regions
of the dead. When Jesus raised the dead he exercised the
power to call back the spirit of a person from the dead.
b. The power to heal sick bodies. When Jesus raised the
dead He exercised the power to heal the person of the
sickness from which he had died. If the resurrection power
had not healed the person he would have died again from
the sickness.
c. The power to restore decomposed bodies. When
Jesus raised the dead He exercised the power to restore a
decomposed body to normalcy.

5. Resurrection Power: Jesus Christ demonstrated
resurrection power by fearlessly giving up His life on
the cross and promising to rise from the dead after
three days. Jesus exercised resurrection power and died
on the cross to save us from our sins. Because He knew
He could exercise resurrection power, He died fearlessly
for us on the cross and shed His blood for the whole
world.

Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down
my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it
from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power
to lay it down, and I HAVE POWER TO TAKE IT
AGAIN. This commandment have I received of my
Father.
John 10:17-18

6. Resurrection Power: Jesus Christ demonstrated
resurrection power by actually rising from the dead
after three days. That is why we believe in Him and that
is why we follow Him. We do not follow people who are
dead because they cannot help us.
And with great power gave the apostles WITNESS OF
THE RESURRECTION of the Lord Jesus: and great
grace was upon them all.
Acts 4:33

The Widow

One day a young lady lost her husband in a tragic way. She
was devastated and so were the pastors. I counselled and prayed
with her, hoping for healing from the Lord from this desolation.
One day, I asked her to take off her wedding ring. She was
shocked. I asked her to give it to me and I said to her, “It is over.”
She was even more shocked.
I explained to her, “Your marriage is over. You cannot remain
committed to a dead person and you cannot follow a dead person.”
If Jesus Christ were dead like anyone else, we would not be
able to follow Him. I feel sorry for religions whose leaders are
dead men. We have a Living Saviour and that is why we are
confident to preach about Him and follow Him.

7. Resurrection Power: Jesus Christ will use His
resurrection power to raise you from the dead and
take you to Heaven. You must believe in Jesus Christ
because He is alive.
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he
that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he
live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never
die. Believest thou this?
John 11:25-26