Ephesians 1:19 and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power 20 which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,

The Apostle Paul prayed this would be part of the understanding the Ephesians would possess.

God exhibited the exceeding greatness of His power towards us when He raised Jesus from the dead!

We need to grasp this according to the work of His mighty power which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand.

Resurrection is more than just a good story; it is meant to empower us!

Acts 4:33 And with great power the apostles gave witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And great grace was upon them all.

By saying Christ was raised from the dead after saying that all the sin of the world was put upon Him at the cross and He took it with Him into the grave, we are saying that when He came out of the grave, the sin He carried with Him into the grave was no longer with Him coming out!

He was truly victorious over sin, which gave Him authority to take away the keys of hell and death from satan!

Revelation 1:17…………….“Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last. 18 I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.

According to Romans 6, when Jesus died, we died with Him, and when Jesus rose from the dead, we were raised in newness of life with Him!  When Christ was seated at the right hand, we were seated with Him!  His story is now our story.  He has included us by placing us in Him!

At the cross, the sin of the world came upon Jesus, and He took it with Him into the grave.  When Jesus arose, sin was left behind in the grave, and He emerged from the grave in righteousness and true holiness.  When Paul speaks of our being in the likeness of His resurrection, this is what he is speaking about!

Because His story is now our story, His victory has become our victory! We are not victorious because of what we have done to make ourselves righteous. We are victorious because He has imputed to us His victory and righteousness.

Resurrection proves that the power of sin has been broken for you and me. Just as Jesus was raised righteous and holy from the grave, so we who have believed have been raised in righteousness and true holiness.

1 Corinthians 15:56 The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law.

Jesus took the law out of the way for us when He brought us into His New Covenant!

Colossians 2:13 And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, 14 having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. 15 Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.

Resurrection life is intended to be our daily reality!  Rejoice today and always in the life you have been given in Him!