Live Raised - Resurrection Is A Life We Step Into Everyday
Live Raised - Resurrection Is A Life We Step Into Everyday Part 2, Pastor Marcus Avalos
Resurrection is not something we celebrate once a year—it is a life we step into everyday. Jesus didn’t only rise for us; He raised us with Him. The empty tomb is not the end of the story—it is the beginning of a new way to live. This month calls the church to live awake, renewed, transformed, and sent. Because when Jesus walked out of the grave, He opened a new path for humanity: a resurrected life.
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Marcus Avalos
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MESSAGE TITLE: LIVE RAISED: From Victory, Not For It
BIG IDEA: You don’t fight for victory—you live from it.
CORE TRUTH (HOOK LINE) “When you came to Christ, Heaven issued you a new identity. Not because you earned it… but because Jesus paid for it.” And yet… Some of us are fighting today’s battles wearing yesterday’s name.
IDENTITY QUESTION Who gets to name you? Your past? Your flesh? Your failures? Your emotions? Your wounds? OR…The Christ who died for you and rose again?
WHOEVER NAMES YOU… WILL SHAPE YOU.
SCRIPTURE FOUNDATION 2 Corinthians 5:17 “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation…”
BEFORE & AFTER (IDENTITY SHIFT) Before Christ: I was in Adam Sin defined me Guilt spoke over me I stood on my record
Now in Christ: I am in Christ Grace defines me The Blood speaks for me I stand on His righteousness
UNION WITH CHRIST Galatians 2:20 “I have been crucified with Christ… Christ lives in me.”
Romans 6:4 “Just as Christ was raised… we also should walk in newness of life.”
MAIN LINE STOP TRYING TO LIVE FROM A LIFE GOD ALREADY DELETED.
Colossians 3:1–4 - “You died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.”
POINT: Not everyone gets to speak into who you are—ONLY GOD DOES.
Object Picture: Like noise-canceling headphones → The world is loud → Your past is loud → Your flesh is loud
But truth says: “Turn the volume down on lies… and up on what God already said.”
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE “IN CHRIST”
Principle: You are not: ❌ A slave trying to become free You are: ✅ A son learning to live free
POSITION CHANGES PERSPECTIVE Ephesians 2:6 “Seated with Him in heavenly places…”
You’re not fighting from the ground You’re fighting from the throne
AUTHORITY OVER SIN Romans 6:11“Dead to sin… alive to God.”
You don’t negotiate with sinYou don’t manage it You declare it powerless
PERSPECTIVE SHIFT (CALEB) Numbers 14:24 Same land. Same giants. But Caleb saw differently.
Not from fear…From promise.
LINE: What you see depends on where you’re standing.
NOW REALITY (NOT LATER) 1 John 4:17“As He is, so are we in this world.” Not later. Not in heaven. NOW
DECLARATION He didn’t just change your future… He changed your NOW.
IDENTITY DECLARATION
I was once a man in Adam— bare, blamed, broken, and bound.
But by faith… God placed me in His Son.
Now I stand: clothed in righteousness carried by grace filled with His Spirit
Not a slave crawling for approval…but a son learning to walk in victory.
PRACTICAL APPLICATION
SIMPLE WEEKLY FOCUS: “Pause. Declare. Replace.”
- 🛑 PAUSE & DECLARE
Before you react: “I’m not a slave trying to become free… I’m a son learning to live free.”
Colossians 3:2 - “Set your mind on things above…”
- 🔄 REPLACE (DAILY)
When old patterns show up: anger impatience insecurity negative self-talk
Ask: “What would the free version of me do right now?” Then act on it.
“We are what we repeatedly do.” — Aristotle
TRANSFORMATION PRINCIPLE Change happens through small, repeated obedience
Like a seed in the ground…invisible at first… but unstoppable over time.
CLOSING DECLARATION
TO LIVE RAISED MEANS: You never fight for victory; You learn to live from it
FINAL REFLECTION QUESTIONS Who have I been letting name me? What voice have I been obeying? What would change if I truly believed I’m already free? Where am I still fighting… instead of standing?