Terry Virgo on the FULL Gospel!

"If the church becomes a static establishment it loses its raison d’être. It ceases to function in line with its God-given calling. We must not forget that we are not only witnesses to his resurrection but are also ourselves resurrected people, co-raised with Christ and seated with him in the heavenlies.

The resurrected and enthroned Christ poured out his Holy Spirit, raising a people from death to life. The dead bones have come alive and come together as a mighty army going to the ends of the earth.
The church, the fulfilment of God’s great plan, is an extraordinary people in the Messiah called from among Jews and Gentiles and going to all the nations. We are the true children of Abraham, a pilgrim people, called to bless all the families of the earth".

Terry Virgo - "Easter meditations (conclusion)" - Terry Virgo's Blog - April 14th, 2009.

Terry Virgo on the Victory of Jesus Christ

"Jesus has ushered in a new age. His resurrection, ascension and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit have inaugurated the promised kingdom. We are invited to enjoy our resurrection life in the power of the Holy Spirit and celebrate our part in being new creation".

Terry Virgo - "Firstline" - Newfrontiers Magazine - Vol 3 Issue 9 - October - December 2008,

Dr Stanley Jebb on the Resurrection of Christ

"He was declared to be the Son of God by the resurrection from the dead! ... The resurrection set the seal upon the Cross - it proved Him to be who He claimed to be! The resurrection spurred the disciples into action!".

Dr Stanley Jebb - "I Believe" - Last Semon preached at New Covenant Church Dunstable - 1999.

John Stott Quoting Handley Moule

"In the words of Bishop Handley Moule; "We sinned therefore He suffered, we were justified therefore He rose".

John R W Stott - "BST Series - The Message of Romans" - IVP, Leicester (1994) - (p135).

John Stott on the Manifestation of God's Power

"The Creation and the Resurrection were and remain the two manifestations of the power of God".

John R W Stott - "BST Series - The Message of Romans" - IVP, Leicester (1994) - (p133).

Gordon Fee on Where Christ is NOW (And it isn't the Cross!)

"Christ is now the warrior-King who through His death AND resurrection not only subdued all of God's enemies but also is the source of all gifting in His body, the Church".

Gordon D Fee - "Pauline Christology - An Exegetical/Theological Study" - Hendrikson (2007) - (p358-359).

Bill Johnson on Invading the Impossible

"He has the right to expect the fruit of the impossible from those He has created for the impossible. The Spirit of the resurrected Christ living in me has disqualified me from the mundane and the ordinary. I am qualified for the impossible because I am a believing believer. Faith qualifies me for the impossible".

Bill Johnson - "Dreaming with God" - Destiny Image Publishers, Shippensburg, PA (2006) - p177.

Rob Rufus on Preaching the Resurrection of Jesus Christ

"When the Resurrection is preached not just as a historical fact, not just as doctrine but when it is preached with apostolic revelation of how the power of the resurrection relates to daily living then you will see much grace come upon the Church and great power for the miraculous will be manifested in the Church".

Rob Rufus - "Invading the Impossible - Part 11" - City Church International, Hong Kong - Sunday 23rd March 2008

Rob Rufus on the Resurrection of Jesus Christ

"The Resurrection is more than a historical fact, it's more than a doctrine - it has to be a daily life experience".

Rob Rufus - "Invading the Impossible - Part 11" - City Church International, Hong Kong - Sunday 23rd March 2008

Terry Virgo on the Baptism of the Holy Spirit and Ascension

"Every person filled with the Holy Spirit is a proof and demonstration that Jesus Christ is not a corpse in some cave in the Middle East. Every Christian filled with the Holy Spirit is proof that He ascended on high!".

Terry Virgo - "The King has Come!" - Session 1 - Stoneleigh Bible Week 2000

Rob Rufus on our glory through the cross and resurrection

"There’s no height in the Father’s glory and the Father’s love that you cannot ascend to, because there was no depth into darkness and depravity that Jesus refused to descend to on your behalf. And at the cross Jesus identified with you at your worst so that you can be identified with Him at His best. And it was through the blood of the everlasting covenant that the Spirit of God raised Jesus from the dead because His sacrifice was greater than the judgement. There is therefore now no condemnation to those that are in Christ Jesus."

Rob Rufus - Introductory Remarks - "Grace and Glory Conference", Hong Kong - 23 October 2007

Rob Rufus on Resurrection

"Resurrection is more than a doctrine - but victory of life!".

Rob Rufus - "Pharisees and Legalists" - "Grace and Glory Conference" - Wednesday 24th- Hong Kong, October 2007

Rick Joyner on the "Spirit of Religion"

"For some people it seems easier to "die for the Lord" than to live for Him. Those who have a perverted understanding of the Cross glory more in death than they do in life. They fail to see that the point of the Cross is resurrection, not the grave".

Rick Joyner - "Combating the Spirit of Religion" in "Freedom from the Religious Spirit" - C Peter Wagner (ed) - Regal Books, California (2005) - (pp44-45).

Richard Gaffin on Ignoring the Resurrection

"In fact only by virtue of His resurrection is His death, a dying to sin. A soteriology structured so it moves directly from the death of Christ to the application to others of the benefits purchased by that death, substantially short-circuits Paul's own point of view".

Richard B Gaffin Jr - "The Centrality of the Resurrection - A Study in Paul's Soteriology" - Baker Biblical Monograph, Grand Rapids, Michigan (1978) - (pp116-117).

Richard Gaffin on Christ's Cross and Resurrection

"Strictly speaking not Christ's death but His resurrection (that is His exaltation) marks the completion of the once-for-all accomplishment of redemption".

Richard B Gaffin Jr - "The Centrality of the Resurrection - A Study in Paul's Soteriology" - Baker Biblical Monograph, Grand Rapids, Michigan (1978) - (p116).

Richard Gaffin on the Centrality of Christ's Resurrection

"This does not imply that Paul compromises the absolute necessity and intrinsic efficacy of Christ's death (as an atonement). It does mean however that he does not confuse the ransom price, no matter how sublime and precious with what is secured by it's payment".

Richard B Gaffin Jr - "The Centrality of the Resurrection - A Study in Paul's Soteriology" - Baker Biblical Monograph, Grand Rapids, Michigan (1978) - (p116).

Richard Gaffin on the Resurrection of Christ

"The resurrection is the salvation of Jesus as the last Adam; it and no other event in His experience is the point of His transition from wrath to grace".

Richard B Gaffin Jr - "The Centrality of the Resurrection - A Study in Paul's Soteriology" - Baker Biblical Monograph, Grand Rapids, Michigan (1978) - (p116).

Richard Gaffin on the Resurrection as Part of Gospel

"The resurrection is not an aspect or component of the death. Rather ... each has a meaning of its own which is supressed at the risk of seriously distorting Paul's Gospel".

Richard B Gaffin Jr - "The Centrality of the Resurrection - A Study in Paul's Soteriology" - Baker Biblical Monograph, Grand Rapids, Michigan (1978) - (p115).

Richard Gaffin on Resurrection and New Creation

"Resurrection is here nothing less than the counterpart of creation. The resurrection of Christ is the beginning of the new and final world-order; an order described as spiritual and heavenly. It is the dawn of the new creation, the start of the eschatological age ... the commencement of the age to come".

Richard B Gaffin Jr - "The Centrality of the Resurrection - A Study in Paul's Soteriology" - Baker Biblical Monograph, Grand Rapids, Michigan (1978) - (p89).

Richard Gaffin on Resurrected Christ

"The resurrected Christ is the life-giving Christ. The plain implication is that the last Adam became life-giving Spirit at His resurrection".

Richard B Gaffin Jr - "The Centrality of the Resurrection - A Study in Paul's Soteriology" - Baker Biblical Monograph, Grand Rapids, Michigan (1978) - (p88).