OH, HE’S UP!

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

I. UP LITERALLY

1. Up on the Cross He Paid our Debt [John 3:14-16, 12:32-33]

- And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

-And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. This he said, signifying what death he should die.

2. Up From the Grave [Acts 2:24, 10:40, 13:33]

-Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.

-Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly

-God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.

3. Up from the Earth [Acts 1:1-2, 9-11, 22]

-The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, Until the day in which he was taken up,

- And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up , behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.

-Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.

 

II. HIGH AND LIFTED UP [Isaiah 6:1]

In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.

1. He’s Raised Up of God [Acts 3:22, 26; 5:30]

-For Moses truly said unto the fathers , A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.

-Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.

-The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.

2. He’s Up on His Father’s Throne [Mark 16:19, Acts 2:30

-So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.

-Therefore [David] being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;

3. He’s Ascended Up to Heaven [John 3:13]

And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.

 

III. HE’S UP AND AT ‘EM [and I say this reverently]

1. He is the Lifter Up of my Head [Ps. 3:1-3ff.]

LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me. Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah. But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.

2. He is the Upper Taker [John 6:44, 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17]

-No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.

- For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

3. He is Up Against His Enemies [Psalm 68:1]

Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.