Dead or Alive

The Final Week
April 5, 2026

KEY POINTS

Apart from Christ, people are spiritually dead even while physically alive.
Jesus did not come to improve life but to give true life through His death and resurrection.
The cross was necessary because sin brings death and separates us from God.
The resurrection proves that Jesus is God and that death has been defeated.
Real life—abundant and eternal—is found only in Jesus Christ.
Salvation is not earned; it is received by believing in the finished work of Christ.
Passing from death to life happens the moment a person truly believes in Jesus.
Abundant life begins with dying to self and living by faith in Christ.
Many people continue seeking life in things that only produce death.
Forgiveness, repentance, and surrender are pathways into experiencing real life in Christ.

DISCUSSION

Pastor Bob described being “alive on the outside but dead on the inside.” Have you ever experienced that tension? What did it look like?
Why is the resurrection essential to the Christian faith, not just the cross?
What are some ways you “seek the living among the dead” in everyday life?
What does it practically look like to “die to self” and live by faith in Christ?
How does forgiveness, both receiving it and giving it, connect to experiencing abundant life?
Jesus says we pass from death to life through belief. What does genuine belief look like beyond just intellectual agreement?
If someone asked you today, “Are you truly alive?” how would you answer, and why?