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Risen: 50 Reasons Why the Resurrection Changed Everything from Steven Mathewson

1. Jesus was raised from death to give us eternal life (John 11:25-27).
2. Jesus was raised from death to show His power over death (Acts 2:24; Rom. 6:9).
3. Jesus was raised from death to heal us (Acts 4:10).
4. Jesus was raised from death to receive the blessings promised to David (Acts 13:34).
5. Jesus was raised from death to forgive our sins (Acts 13:37-38; 1 Cor. 15:17).
6. Jesus was raised from death to elevate His power and authority (Rom. 1:4).
7. Jesus was raised from death to justify sinners (Rom. 4:23-25; Acts 13:39).
8. Jesus was raised from death to give us a new way of life (Rom. 6:4, 8-11).
9. Jesus was raised from death to unite us with Him in His resurrection (Rom. 6:5-8).
10. Jesus was raised from death to make us fruitful (Rom. 7:4).
11. Jesus was raised from death to give life to our mortal bodies (Rom. 8:11).
12. Jesus was raised from death to end our obligation to the flesh (Rom. 8:12-13).
13. Jesus was raised from death to provide us with future glory (Rom. 8:18).
14. Jesus was raised from death to set creation free from its bondage (Rom. 8:21-22).
15. Jesus was raised from death to adopt us into God’s family (Rom. 8:23).
16. Jesus was raised from death to intercede for us at God’s right hand (Rom. 8:34; Heb. 7:23-25).
17. Jesus was raised from death to fulfill the Scriptures (1 Cor. 15:4; Luke 24:44-47).
18. Jesus was raised from death to make our faith and preaching worthwhile (1 Cor. 15:14-15).
19. Jesus was raised from death to guarantee our future resurrection (1 Cor. 15:20-23; 1 Thess. 4:14).
20. Jesus was raised from death to destroy all other powers through His reign (1 Cor. 15:24-27).
21. Jesus was raised from death to destroy the enemy of death (1 Cor. 15:26, 54-57; Luke 20:36).
22. Jesus was raised from death to give us a reason to endanger our lives (1 Cor. 15:30-31).
23. Jesus was raised from death to deliver us from self-indulgence (1 Cor. 15:32).
24. Jesus was raised from death to give us heavenly, imperishable bodies (1 Cor. 15:42-48).
25. Jesus was raised from death to clothe us with His image (1 Cor. 15:49).
26. Jesus was raised from death to give us immortality (1 Cor. 15:53).
27. Jesus was raised from death to overcome the power of the Law (1 Cor. 15:56-57).
28. Jesus was raised from death to make serving the Lord worthwhile (1 Cor. 15:58).
29. Jesus was raised from death to give us hope in hard times (2 Cor. 1:8-11).
30. Jesus was raised from death to give us greater purpose in life (2 Cor. 5:15).
31. Jesus was raised from death to let us experience God’s mighty power (Eph. 1:18-20).
32. Jesus was raised from death to display God’s amazing grace (Eph. 2:6-7).
33. Jesus was raised from death to bring victory to our intimacy with Him (Phil. 3:10-11).
34. Jesus was raised from death to make us full in Him (Col. 2:9-12).
35. Jesus was raised from death to reorient our desires (Col. 3:1-2).
36. Jesus was raised from death to let us appear with Him in glory (Col. 3:4; Acts 1:11).
37. Jesus was raised from death to enable us to kill our old way of life (Col. 3:5-10).
38. Jesus was raised from death to rescue us from the coming wrath (1 Thess. 1:10).
39. Jesus was raised from death to serve as our essential shepherd (Heb. 13:20; Rev. 7:17).
40. Jesus was raised from death to give us new birth into a living hope (1 Pet. 1:3; Acts 23:6; 1 Thess. 4:13-14).
41. Jesus was raised from death to glorify the Lamb of God (1 Pet. 1:18-21; Acts 3:13-15).
42. Jesus was raised from death to show us that death does not stop us from living (Matt. 22:30-32; Rom. 14:9).
43. Jesus was raised from death to confirm His words about being raised to life (Matt. 28:5-7).
44. Jesus was raised from death to continue the mission of God (Matt. 28:18-20).
45. Jesus was raised from death to share His presence with His followers until His return (Matt. 28:20).
46. Jesus was raised from death to teach more about the Kingdom of God (Acts 1:3).
47. Jesus was raised from death to prove God’s commitment to judgment (Acts 17:31).
48. Jesus was raised from death to make possible the judgment of the wicked (John 5:28-30; Acts 24:15; Rev. 20:11-15).
49. Jesus was raised from death to give Him more complete supremacy (Col. 1:18; Rev. 1:4-5).
50. Jesus was raised from death to provide life in the unfiltered presence of God (Rev. 21:3-4, 22, 22:1)