Main Point:
The resurrection of Jesus Christ is of first importance because it validates the gospel we received, confirms we are justified by grace and dead to sin, and empowers us to abound in the work of the LORD.

Thesis: Inseparably bound in Christ by Grace in his death and resurrection; we are dead to sin, and We are activated to righteousness.

Main Point:

Because of God's grace we are counted as righteous by faith, where Christ's righteousness is applied to us. Now we can rejoice in hope as we live at peace with Him.

We can trust our bible that we hold today because God has divinely preserved it throuugh an overwhelmig abundance of manuscripts, enabling us to verify its accuracy, resolve variants, and experience its transformative power as it points us to Jesus Christ, the incarnte Word.

We can know that we have eternal life, that we are heard favorably by God, we can protect one another by prayer, and we can stay away from idols by our firm belief in Jesus as the Truth.

John calls us to obey the commands of God because we can, and because our obedience, empowered by the Spirit, demonstrates that we truly know God and love Him.