4/20/25 Jesus Has Authority Over Sin & Death (Acts 2:22-39)

Rev. Andrew Brackmann, Bridges Alliance Church

Jesus has ultimate, universal authority because of His resurrection.

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1. Jesus has authority over sin.

(Ac 2:27; Lk 5:8; 1 Pet 2:22; Heb 4:15; 2 Cor 5:21)

Jesus was sinless…

…so He has authority over sin.

• “You can only serve 1 master” (Mtt 6:24)
• “Anyone who sins is a slave to sin” (Jn 8:34)

Our sin: leash vs. chair (Rom 6:23; 1 Cor 15:55)

1. Jesus has authority over death.

(Ac 2:24, 26-27; Jn 10:18)

• Jesus had authority to choose death, not deserve it unavoidably. (Ac 2:23; Jn 10:18)
• Death rejected the sinless Jesus after he entered it. (Ac 2:24)

• Jesus is free from the trappings of death

• (Ac 2:24, 31) no agony of death
• (Ac 2:27, 31) no decay

• God raised Jesus into eternal life. (Ac 2:24, 31-32)

• He died to fulfill God’s just judgment against sin. (1 Pet 3:18)

Death ‘qualified’ Jesus to save us from the penalty of our sin. His resurrection validates His moral innocence, divine power, and ultimate, universal authority. (Ac 2: 32-33, 36; Rom 8:1-2; 1 Cor 15:17, 55)

• Ps 110:1(most quoted OT passage in NT)- “enemies a footstool”

1. We can thrive in life now and rejoice in life after death. (Ac 2:25-28)

What is your response to Jesus’ authority? (Ac 2:37-39)