It is truly a privilege to be able to preach on Easter Sunday.
On one hand, it's the easiest Sunday to prepare for because your subject is already laid out for you.
! On the other hand, it's the hardest because it's probably the most important subject out there.
So, with that said, it is a privilege to be up here.
Our text this morning is Acts chapter 2, verse 22 through 24 is kind of where we'll start from.
And then we'll work our way out from there.
Resurrection Sunday.
If you're wondering, the songs that we've just sang are Friday night songs, the cross.
Today is Resurrection Sunday and you don't have Resurrection Sunday without Friday night.
And that's our thought this morning as we sing about the cross.
We sing about what Jesus has done.
And then after the sermon, we'll sing about the victory Sunday morning.
Resurrection Sunday.
Together and celebrate.
Let me pray and we will get started.
Father, what power, what glory, what magnificence have you shown on this morning.
By your word, by your hand, you have defeated death, defeated sin,
and made it possible for us to be adopted as your children,
to call you Father, to approach you all because of Jesus.
So God, we thank you for Jesus.
We thank you that those of us who know you are clothed in his righteousness.
We stand and sit here as if we've not sinned at all because of Christ.
So we thank you for Jesus.
I ask God that as I preach, as I speak,
that you would speak through me,
that my words would be clear,
that I would make your name great,
that my thoughts would be organized.
God, that if there's anything that comes out of my mouth that is not true,
that is not right,
they would fall from our ears to be remembered no more.
We want your will to be done this morning
as we celebrate what you have done.
So I pray this.
I plead all of this in Jesus' name.
Amen.
The Resurrection Sunday is the climax.
It is the culmination of God's plan A.
It is the time,
the moment,
where God's plan A comes together.
And my aim this morning,
what I'm aiming at,
is to prove to you,
is to show you that this Resurrection Sunday
has been God's plan A from the beginning.
We're not going to survey all of Scripture
if you were at secret church like David Platt did Friday night.
because I don't have the mind for that.
But we will,
I pray and I hope,
that I have proved it to you this morning.
There isn't a day more important
that has more of an impact
than Resurrection Sunday.
Our lives can be forever changed
through Resurrection Sunday.
There's no day like it.
It is that important.
And here's two reasons why it's that important.
Turn to 1 Corinthians 15 real quick.
Get your finger in Acts chapter 2,
because that's where we'll come back to.
1 Corinthians 15.
He used the words of Paul
to prove,
just for a moment,
and we'll come back to this verse in a little bit,
just to prove for a moment
the importance of the Resurrection.
In 1 Corinthians 15,
we have Paul's full argument
about the importance of the Resurrection.
I just want to show you a couple verses.
Start reading in verse 13 of chapter 15 of 1 Corinthians.
It says,
But if there is no resurrection of the dead,
then not even Christ has been risen.
And if Christ has not been raised,
then our preaching is in vain,
and your faith is in vain.
Useless.
Pointless.
Like chasing smoke.
We are even found
to be misrepresenting God
because we testified about God
that He raised Christ,
whom He did not raise,
if it is true that the dead are not raised.
For if the dead are not raised,
not even Christ has been raised.
And if Christ has not been raised,
your faith is futile,
and you are still in your sins.
There is no hope for you and I.
If Christ has not been raised.
So we have the words of Paul here
who wrote most of the New Testament.
We also have the words of Jesus.
And we'll find it in Matthew 28, verse 6,
where the angel at the tomb,
where Nathan just read about,
to the kids,
speaks to the women.
The women go to prepare Jesus' body.
And the angel says to them,
He is not here,
for He has risen,
as He said, being Jesus.
Come see the place where He lay.
Now here's why this is important.
Because if the resurrection didn't happen
as Jesus said it happened,
then all of Jesus' teachings are not true.
Then we drop all of Jesus' teachings
because Jesus taught that He would raise again.
Now, this is important also
because Jesus gives us promises in Scripture.
If we can't cling to these promises,
then there's nothing to celebrate
on Resurrection Sunday.
So those two things,
Paul's words and Jesus' words
and Jesus' teachings,
make Resurrection Sunday,
Easter Sunday,
very important.
Now I want to talk about you for a minute.
Some of you guys are here
because you come to Christ Family Church regularly.
Some of you are here
because family has come into town
and you want to take them to church.
Some of you are here
because it's your religious activity
to come to church on Easter Sunday.
Some of you are here
and you don't even know why you're here.
You're just here.
I want you to do one of two things this morning.
I want you to either receive
what I give you this morning.
Receive the Word of God.
Receive the truth of God.
Receive the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Or reject it.
Those are your only two choices this morning.
You can only receive it
or you can only reject it.
Now, of course,
I want you to receive it.
I want you to receive the truth of God this morning.
But whether you have been a Christian for 50 years
or you're not a Christian at all,
you have a choice to make.
And I want you to receive the truth of God.
You cannot be neutral this morning.
You cannot avoid the truth of God this morning.
You cannot ignore Resurrection Sunday this morning.
So receive it.
Receive it this morning,
the truth of God,
as we walk through Scripture.
And to be honest with you,
if this is your first time here,
if this is the first time being at church on Easter Sunday,
I want you to come back.
I don't want you to come back
to Christ Family Church necessarily,
but I want you to come back
because the Holy Spirit spoke to you.
Because the Holy Spirit opened your eyes
to the truth of God's Word.
That's what we want to see happen.
So I want you to receive
the truth of God's Word this morning.
In my studying this week,
I learned that the resurrection,
the doctrine of resurrection,
the teaching of Resurrection Sunday,
is a greatly ignored truth.
It's a greatly ignored truth.
We talk about the cross.
We sing about the wonderful cross.
We talk about Jesus taking our sins
and paying it all for us.
We talk about us being made righteous
because of Christ.
But what we miss is we miss the resurrection
that makes all of that possible.
And so it's a doctrine that gets missed.
And I pray that that's not the case here.
I pray that we lift up Jesus,
the victory over death,
Easter Sunday,
but the truth is,
it gets ignored often.
So as we study,
as we go through here,
celebrate the truth of God's Word.
If you are a Christian,
I'm not going to tell you anything new.
I'm not going to tell you anything you haven't heard.
If you've read Scripture at all,
it'll be right out of Scripture.
Celebrate.
Revel in it.
Soak in it this morning.
And if you don't know Jesus,
if you're not a child of God,
hear,
listen,
and ask God to speak.
Acts chapter 2.
We're going to read verse 22 through 24.
And then we'll just kind of dig through it.
Verse 22.
Now, a little background here real quick.
This is Peter preaching his first sermon at Pentecost.
Days after Jesus ascended into heaven.
Weeks after Jesus died on the cross.
So here's Peter.
In verse 22.
Men of Israel,
hear these words.
Jesus of Nazareth,
a man attested to you by God
with mighty works
and wonders and signs
that God did through Him in your midst.
As you yourselves know,
this Jesus
delivered up according to the definite plan
and foreknowledge of God.
Plan A.
You crucified and killed
by the hands of lawless men.
Let me just stop there for a second.
Now, the reason why I told you
this is days after the ascension
and weeks after the resurrection
is this is the same Peter
who denied Jesus three times
and one of the same disciples
who fled and hid after Jesus died.
After He was buried.
Okay?
And now,
He is poking at the religious leaders of Israel
and saying,
this Jesus whom you crucified.
He's making a statement to them.
He's being bold
because the Word of God
and because of the Holy Spirit moving.
Verse 24.
And here's our Sunday morning.
Resurrection Sunday.
God raised Him up.
Loosing the pangs of death
because it was not possible for Him
to be held by it.
Now,
in verse 22,
it starts with men of Israel.
And,
Peter,
preaching to the religious leaders in Jerusalem,
just because it says men of Israel
does not mean it's not true for you and for me.
Okay?
Just because Peter is speaking
to the religious leaders in Israel
2,000 years ago
does not make it less true for you and I.
Okay?
I want to make sure
I'm not going to dig through Scripture
any more than,
any deeper than that.
But I want you to understand
just because it says men of Israel
does not mean
it does not apply
to you and to me.
I want you to look at
look at this language
in verse 23.
This language,
it says,
this Jesus delivered up
according to the definite plan
and foreknowledge of God.
Definite plan
and foreknowledge of God.
Now,
some would teach
that foreknowledge
is God
looking down
the chasm of time
and seeing what happens
and then backing up
and saying,
okay,
I need to do this
and I need to do this.
Kind of like a DVR.
You know,
Jesus is sitting on his sofa
or God is sitting on his sofa
and he's like,
let's see what those guys
in Dahlonega do in 2012.
Bloop, bloop, bloop, bloop, bloop.
Oh,
well,
I've got to make a plan.
I've got to put some things
together for them.
That is not the case.
Foreknowledge here
is an intimate knowledge
basically birthed out of God.
So we have the definite plan
of God here.
God making plan A.
And plan A starts with creation.
You and I were created
in the image of God.
We were created
as image bearers of God.
As worshippers of God.
That was our main intention.
That was our purpose
for being on earth.
Was to bring glory
and honor to God.
That was Adam and Eve's
main purpose.
God did not make them
because He was lonely.
God did not make them
because He needed them.
God created man
to bring glory to Himself.
And here's the truth.
The darkest chapter
in all of Scripture
is Genesis chapter 3.
It's where the fall occurs.
It's where Adam and Eve
and you know the story,
the kind of cartoon story
of Eve eating the apple
and passing it on to Adam
and they eat the apple,
they disobey God.
Well, that little story there
is a story of truth.
The impact, though,
ripples through time
and through eternity.
We have been cursed
because of the choice
of Adam and Eve
because Adam and Eve
chose to worship,
not God,
but worship themselves.
To make a decision
for themselves
instead of a decision
for God.
So this ripple effect
changed them
and changed us.
We no longer
can worship God
on our own.
We no longer
can be image bearers
of God
and reflect His glory.
We no longer
can do any of that
because of the ripple effect
of sin
and the choice
of Adam and Eve.
We now
are worshipers
of ourselves.
Ephesians chapter 2
We
go to Ephesians chapter 2
quite often
and Ephesians chapter 2
tells us
some of us
it reminds us
of who we are
who we were
before
Jesus Christ
entered
our lives.
Some of you
here this morning
this may be you
right now.
In Ephesians chapter 2
verse 1 it says
and you were dead
in the trespasses
and sins
in which you once walked
following the course
of this world
following the prince
of the power of the air
the spirit that is
now at work
in the sons
of disobedience
among whom
we all once lived
in the passions
of our flesh
carrying out
the desires
of the body
and the mind
and were by nature
children of wrath
like the rest
of mankind.
This idea
of dead
isn't just
you're not just
sick
you just don't
have a problem
you just don't
have an issue
you're dead
we were dead
before Christ
we were
I read a sermon
this week
from Charles Spurgeon
if you don't know
who he is
look him up
he's a pretty
incredible guy
he's dead
of course
a little dead guy
they call him
one of the greatest
preachers who ever
lived
this is this guy
and I am not
articulate as he is
I am not
as well of a literary
mind as he is
so he's describing
this dead
he's using these
adjectives
and I'm like
oh my gosh
I couldn't stand up
there and say
any of this
he's just painting
the picture for you
this dead
is dead
smelly stinky
dead
that's as far
as I get
dead
we are dead
in our sins
before Christ
which means
that because of sin
we can't do anything
on our own
you don't see a dead man
walking around
you don't see a dead man
getting water to drink
or getting dressed
that's the picture
that Paul is trying
to paint here
that he does nothing
we can do nothing
to help
ourselves
help our souls
okay
so that's
that's
that's the New Testament
describing
who we are
well the Old Testament
we have the fall
we have creation
we have fall
we have the Old Testament
pointing
to Jesus
we have the Old Testament
pointing
to not
to us
not to what we're
going to do
but what Jesus
is going to do
we have the law
that God
puts in place
for his people
the people of Israel
the people that he's
setting apart
making a nation
set apart
from the world
to
be the illustration
of the church
the illustration
of God's people
he sets them apart
he says
follow these laws
follow these rules
do these things
and what happens
it's a law
written that they
could not follow
it's a law
written that
that they could not
keep
and the purpose
of that
purpose of that
was not to
not to be mean
and not to be this
cruel God
who's just
up there
pointing his finger
and moving
chest pieces
the purpose
was to point
to someone
who could
follow the law
the purpose
was to point
to Jesus
if you know
anything about
scripture
you know that
Jesus lived
a perfect
sinless life
he fulfilled
the law
he kept
the law
to a T
we cannot
do it
we also have
the prophets
in the Old Testament
pointing to Jesus
we have Jonah
you know the story
of Jonah
who stayed in a
whale for three
days
like a tomb
like Jesus
who stayed in a
tomb for three
days
Jonah
pointing
to Jesus
turn to
Isaiah 53
we have another
prophet
named Isaiah
this is written
hundreds of years
before Jesus
hundreds of years
before Jesus
by the guidance
of the Holy Spirit
in Isaiah 53
starting in verse 2
it says
for he grew up
before him
like a young
plant
and like a root
out of dry
ground
he had no
form or majesty
that we should
look at him
and no beauty
that we should
desire him
he was despised
and rejected
by men
a man of
sorrows
and acquainted
with grief
and as one
from whom
men hide
their faces
he was despised
and we were
esteemed
and we esteemed
him not
surely
he has
borne
our griefs
and carried
our
sorrows
yet
we esteemed
him
stricken
smitten
by God
and afflicted
but he was
wounded
for our
transgressions
he was
crushed
for our
iniquities
upon him
was the
chastisement
that brought
us
peace
and with
his
strife
we are
healed
all we
like
sheep
have
gone
astray
we
have
turned
everyone
to his
own
way
we
have
worshipped
ourselves
and the
Lord
has laid
on him
the iniquity
of us
all
this is
Jesus
he is
talking
about
he is
writing
about
hundreds
of years
before
Jesus
even
comes
to earth
born
as a
baby
see the
Old Testament
points
to Jesus
so now
we have
Jesus
is here
100%
man
100%
God
he
lived
a
perfect
sinless
life
those
moments
where you
nail your
thumb
with a
hammer
and
thoughts
and words
come out
didn't
happen
to
Jesus
guys
those
moments
when you
see a
beautiful
woman
and
thoughts
jump
in your
head
didn't
happen
to
Jesus
those
moments
when he
was
wronged
or when
you
are
wronged
by
someone
and
you
just
hate
you
are
just
angry
with
hate
didn't
happen
to
Jesus
lived
a
perfect
sinless
life
why
for
God's
plan
A
in
verse
23
of
Acts
chapter
2
this
Jesus
delivered
up
according
to the
definite
plan
and
foreknowledge
of
God
Jesus
is
delivered
up
for
us
a
perfect
sacrifice
for
you
and
for
me
now
this
delivered
up
is
not
this
presentation
like
I
don't
know
like
you
take
your
kid
to
summer
camp
and
you
say
here's
my
son
it's
not
like
that
it's
not
a
present
wrapped
up
and
God
just
this
delivered
up
here
is
the
most
horrific
vulgar
excruciating
death
that you
can
imagine
Jesus'
face
was
unrecognizable
when they
got done
beating
him
and it
gets worse
it's worse
than anything
you can
think of
in Mark
chapter
14
Mark
gives us
an account
of Jesus'
prayer
in the
garden
of
Gethsemane
the
night
of
his
betrayal
and
Jesus
takes
three
disciples
with
him
Peter
James
and
John
and
he
says
sit
here
I
must
go
and
pray
sit
here
and
wait
for
me
and
he
goes
and
he
says
my
soul
is
very
sorrowful
even
to
death
he
tells
them
and
says
remain
here
and
watch
and
in
verse
35
and
going
a little
farther
he
fell
on the
ground
and
prayed
that
if
it
were
possible
the
hour
might
pass
from
him
that
what
was
to
come
might
pass
and
he
says
Abba
father
daddy
father
all
things
all
things
are
possible
for
you
remove
this
cup
from
me
right
this
is
this
is
pre
friday
night
Jesus
knows
what's
about
to
occur
he
knows
what's
going
to
happen
and
he's
not
worried
about
the
pain
he's
not
worried
about
the
suffering
because
Jesus
words
tells
us
to
suffer
with
joy
he's
not
he's
not
worried
about
the
mocking
he
tells
us
that
people
will
mock
you
because
of
me
because
of
him
because
of
Jesus
not
because
of
this
guy
he's
not
overwhelmed
and wants
this cup
to pass
because
he's
worried
about
what
other
people
are
going
to
say
when
he's
up
there
Jesus
wants
this
cup
to
pass
because
Jesus
is
going
to
bear
the
full
wrath
of
God
for
our
sins
for
the
sins
of
the
world
the
full
wrath
the
full
anger
the
full
hatred
that
magnitude
that
we
deserve
Jesus
bears
on
the
cross
and
that's
why
Jesus
says
let
this
cup
pass
before
me
because
Jesus
is
innocent
he
is
sinless
he
is
perfect
we
are
the
guilty
ones
nonetheless
he
ends
that
by
saying
your
will
be
done
God
father
whatever
you
decide
to
do
is
okay
by
me
I
will
obey
Jesus
willingly
laid
his
life
down
for
you
this
is
why
in
Acts
chapter
2
he
was
delivered
up
for
us
he
was
delivered
up
for
us
in
a
definite
plan
and
foreknowledge
of
God
turn
to
2nd
Corinthians
chapter
5
around
here
a
very
familiar
verse
this
is
God's
plan
a
as
well
this
illustrates
God's
plan
a
verse
21
of
chapter
5
2nd
Corinthians
for
our
sake
for
us
for
our
sake
he
made
him
to
be
sin
who
knew
no
sin
so
that
in
him
we
might
become
the
righteousness
of
God
he
was
delivered
up
for
us
now
see
this
what
I
mentioned
at the
introduction
about
the
resurrection
kind
of
being
missed
and
ignored
and
neglected
a
little
bit
sometimes
we
want
to
end
in
verse
23
we
just
want
to
say
Jesus
bore
our
sins
we
became
righteous
because
of
Jesus
we
bear
righteousness
we
be
able
to
stand
as
Hebrew
said
we
are
able
to
approach
the
throne
with
boldness
because
of
Jesus
but
if
you
go
back
to
Acts
chapter
2
God's
plan
A
continues
and we
get
verse
24
we
get
Friday
night
that's
happened
and we
get to
celebrate
Sunday
morning
verse
24
God
raised
him
up
loosing
the
plan
the
pangs
of
death
because
it
was
not
possible
for
him
to
be
held
by
it
so
God
raised
him
up
Jesus
didn't
raise
himself
up
God
raised
him
up
only
God
can
raise
him
up
Jesus
died
on
the
cross
hung
died
he
buried
he
was
buried
to
be
raised
up
now
if
somebody
is
raised
up
that
means
they
got
to
be
down
they
got
to
be
dead
right
Jesus
died
and he
was
raised
he
was
resurrected
he
wasn't
he
wasn't
brought
back
to life
like
Lazarus
was
Lazarus
was
brought
back
to
life
in
order
to
die
again
he
was
going
to
die
again
see
Jesus
in
resurrection
teaches
in
the
bible
that
Jesus
was
brought
back
to
life
to
live
forever
so he
wasn't
just
revived
he
wasn't
just
brought
back
to
life
just
as
a
normal
human
being
maybe
no
he
was
brought
back
to
life
to
live
forever
!
forever
to
defeat
death
and
sin
look at
this
in
verse
24
loosing
the
pangs
of
death
the
agony
the
anguish
of
death
now
that
does
not
mean
that
does
not
mean
that
there's
not
going
to
be
sorrow
here
on
this
side
of
eternity
it
does
not
mean
that
there's
not
going
to
be
sadness
what
it
does
mean
is
that
we
through
Jesus
if
you
know
Jesus
if
your
faith
is
in
Jesus
that
we
are
no
longer
separated
from
God
we
will
no
longer
be
separated
from
God
we
will
be
able
to
stand
eternity
with
God
and
not
separated
from
him
see
in
the
garden
of
Eden
we
talked
about
the
fall
what
happened
was
that
God
separated
them
from
his
presence
God
removed
them
from
the
garden
forever
!
And
that
was
to
signify
for
us
as we
!
the
story
that
we
are
separated
from
God
we
no
longer
have
fellowship
with
him
apart
from
Christ
the
pangs
of
death
the
anguish
and the
agony
no
longer
being
separated
from
God
is
you
yours
and my
possibility
through
Jesus
so we
can say
because of
Jesus
resurrection
death
no
longer
has
power
because
we
know
that
we
will
no
longer
be
separated
from
God
now
here's
the
trick
death
no
longer
has
sting
only
if
you
know
Jesus
only
if
your
faith
is
in
Jesus
only
if
you
have
trusted
in
Jesus
now
to do
that
is
simple
repent
of
your
sins
admit
that
Ephesians
chapter 2
being
dead
in
your
trespasses
and
sins
is
who
you
are
turn
from
that
and
believe
and
put
your
faith
in
Jesus
trusting
him
as
Lord
and
Savior
that
is
when
death
no
longer
has
sting
and
only
Jesus
and
only
God
can
make
you
alive
can
give
you
a
new
life
can
make
what
was
dead
alive
Lazarus
did
not
assist
Jesus
in
coming
back
to
life
it
was
a
one
man
show
Jesus
walked
up
Lazarus
has
been
in
the
tomb
three
days
I
think
stinky
smelly
rotten
disgusting
the
ladies
even
said
don't
go
near
that
he
smells
he's
dead
and
Jesus
walks
and
says
Lazarus
come
forth
and
Lazarus
comes
out
it
wasn't
Lazarus
saying
hey
Jesus
call
me
out
buddy
I'd
like
to
come
out
I'm
feeling
better
no
it
was
a
one
man
show
and
like
Lazarus
not
assisting
God
we
cannot
assist
God
in
making
us
alive
so
coming
to
church
once
or
twice
a
year
or
trying
to
be
a
good
person
or
trying
to
love
people
or
saying
you
believe
Jesus
died
for your
sins
with your
head
and not
with your
heart
none
of
that
loosens
the
pangs
of death
none
of that
removes
the
sting
of
death
it's
God
opening
your
eyes
revealing
the
truth
of
God's
word
revealing
that
you
were
and
are
dead
and
asking
him
to
save
you
that
the
one
man
show
in
John
14
6
Jesus
words
he
says
I
am
the
way
the
truth
and
the
life
no
one
comes
to
the
father
except
through
me
God's
plan
a
Jesus
Acts
4
12
says
there
is
no
salvation
in
no
one
else
for
there
is
no
other
name
under
heaven
given
among
men
by
whom
we
must
!
be
saved
Jesus
and
real
quickly
here's
a couple
of
reasons
why
resurrection
Sunday
is so
important
in
Romans
chapter
4
flip over
one
book
Romans
chapter
4
verse
23
through
25
and
here
Paul
is
writing
about
justification
he's
talking
about
Abraham
in
verse
23
of
chapter
4
it
says
but
the
words
it
was
counted
to
him
were
not
written
for
his
sake
alone
but
for
ours
also
it
will
be
counted
to
us
who
believe
him
in
him
who
raised
from
the
dead
Jesus
our
Lord
resurrection
Sunday
who
was
delivered
up
for
our
trespasses
and
raised
for
our
justification
see
in
verse
25
we get
that
Jesus
was
delivered
up
for
our
trespass
and
raised
for
our
justification
the
reason
this
is
important
is
we
can
talk
about
Jesus
paying
it
all
we
can
sing
about
Jesus
bearing
our
sin
on
the
cross
we
can
read
2
Corinthians
5
21
that
we
did
10
minutes
ago
but
without
the
resurrection
none
of that
has
power
see
he
was
raised
delivered
for
our
justification
meaning
that
through
the
resurrection
it's
the
gavel
that
hits
the
table
in
the
courtroom
or
the
desk
it's
that
moment
where
Christ's
righteousness
is given
to us
and our
sin is
taken
away
it's
that
moment
where
there
is
power
in
that
great
exchange
here's
what a
professor
at
Southern
says
by
raising
Jesus
from
the
dead
God
approved
the
work
of
Christ
on
the
cross
for
our
sins
God
declared
his
son's
work
complete
the
penalty
for
our
sin
has
been
paid
and
no
guilt
remains
the
gavel
has
hit
the
desk
it
is
done
if
God
did not
raise
Jesus
from
the
dead
it
would
be
as
if
God
was
not
satisfied
with
Jesus
death
and
life
and
death
on
the
cross
for
us
it
would
be
it
would
be
as
if
Paul
as
we
read
at
the
beginning
in
1st
Corinthians
15
that
we
were
still
in
our
sins
and
if
we're
still
in
our
sins
and
there's
no
hope
we
are
unjustified
condemned
and
dead
guilty
in
front
of
a
holy
and
just
God
there's
nothing
to hope
for
in
that
case
do
the
resurrection
Sunday
brings
all of
that
together
binds
it
all
together
and
makes
it
what
it
is
God
did
raise
Jesus
from
the
dead
Sunday
did
happen
and
we
can
celebrate
this
morning
the
work
of
Jesus
on
the
cross
the
work
of
God
on
Sunday
morning
Jesus
resurrecting
from the
grave
because of
the
resurrection
you can
find
purpose
for
your
life
you
can
find
purpose
you
can
do
what
you
created
to
do
worship
God
with
your
life
because
of
the
resurrection
you
can
trust
God
that
he
will
do
what
he
says
because
of
the
resurrection
you
can
know
that
no
matter
what
God
loves
you
because
of
the
resurrection
there
is
no
thing
you
can
do
to
make
God
love
you
any
more
and
no
thing
you
can
do
to
make
God
love
you
any
less
because
of
the
resurrection
you
can
know
that
when
the
loss
of
a
child
occurs
or
cancer
strikes
the
God
who
raised
Jesus
from
the
dead
is
in
control
because
of
the
resurrection
you
can
be
comforted
!
in
your
hardest
of
times
because
of
the
resurrection
you
can
have
peace
in
the
darkest
of
moments
God's
plan
A
is
being
fulfilled
and
the
resurrection
is
the
climax
it
is
the
gavel
striking
the
desk
and
now
we
wait
for
his
return
come
quickly
Lord
Jesus
let's
pray
together
a
ending
a
ending