My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life. JOHN 10:10 NLT

Some of us don’t want to come back to life, we just want to go back to normal

Another said, “Yes, Lord, I will follow you, but first let me say good-bye to my family.” But Jesus told him, “Anyone who puts a hand to the plow and then looks back is not fit for the Kingdom of God.” LUKE 9:61-62 NLT

Some of us can’t get back to life because we have fallen back into bad habits

As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his foolishness. PROVERBS 26:11 NLT

When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners. Now, most people would not be willing to die for an upright person, though someone might perhaps be willing to die for a person who is especially good. But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. And since we have been made right in God’s sight by the blood of Christ, he will certainly save us from God’s condemnation. For since our friendship with God was restored by the death of his Son while we were still his enemies, we will certainly be saved through the life of his Son. So now we can rejoice in our wonderful new relationship with God because our Lord Jesus Christ has made us friends of God. ROMANS 5:6-11 NLT

To come back to life, I have to come back to the truth

Have I therefore become your enemy by telling you the truth? GALATIANS 4:16 NKJV

Jesus said to the people who believed in him… “You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” JOHN 8:31-32 NLT

Easter reveals the truth about my soul

When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners. ROMANS 5:6 NLT

Now, most people would not be willing to die for an upright person, though someone might perhaps be willing to die for a person who is especially good. But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. ROMANS 5:7-8 NLT

This is a trustworthy saying, and everyone should accept it: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners”—and I am the worst of them all. 1 TIMOTHY 1:15 NLT

God loves what you and I can’t love: sinners

To come back to life, I have to get right with God

And since we have been made right in God’s sight by the blood of Christ, he will certainly save us from God’s condemnation. For since our friendship with God was restored by the death of his Son while we were still his enemies, we will certainly be saved through the life of his Son. ROMANS 5:9B-10 NLT

Jesus died for my sins to make me right with God.

We all commit sins of:

Commission: Sins that are morally wrong that we do

It’s your sins that have cut you off from God. Because of your sins, he has turned away ISAIAH 59:2 NLT

Omission: Sinning because of things we don’t do

Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it. JAMES 4:17 NLT

To come back to life, I have to come to the risen Jesus

Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying.” JOHN 11:25 NLT

One of the twelve disciples, Thomas (nicknamed the Twin), was not with the others when Jesus came. They told him, “We have seen the Lord!” JOHN 20:24-25 NLT

But he replied, “I won’t believe it unless I see the nail wounds in his hands, put my fingers into them, and place my hand into the wound in his side.” Eight days later the disciples were together again, and this time Thomas was with them. The doors were locked; but suddenly, as before, Jesus was standing among them. “Peace be with you,” he said. Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and look at my hands. Put your hand into the wound in my side. Don’t be faithless any longer. Believe!” JOHN 20:25-27 NLT

“Awake, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will give you light.” EPHESIANS 5:14 NLT

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