The Moment Everything Changed

Intro:

Most of us don’t wake up expecting our lives to change. We wake up expecting routines—same pressures, same problems, same headlines. We scroll before we pray. We manage stress instead of confronting it. We plan our days assuming tomorrow will feel a lot like yesterday.

And that’s not because we don’t believe God can move—it’s because we’ve learned to live within what feels realistic.

That’s why the resurrection is so disruptive. It didn’t happen in a moment of faith—it happened in a moment of grief. Not when people were believing big, but when they were bracing for loss. And that tells us something important: resurrection doesn’t wait for us to be ready. It interrupts what we think is our day to day.

This is the moment authority shifted—when death lost its sting, fear lost its leverage, and everything we thought was permanent suddenly pointed to a different outcome.

Because when Jesus walked out of that tomb, it wasn’t just proof that He lives. It was proof that some things we still live under, the challenges, the struggle, the pain, the despair, the heartache… no longer have permission to keep us bound.

Scripture:

1 Corinthians 15:4 NIV

4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,

Luke 24:1–8 NIV

1 On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. 2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3 but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. 5 In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? 6 He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: 7 ‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’ ” 8 Then they remembered his words.

Title, Prayer:

The Moment Everything Changed

Application:

Think of all the times when something unexpected happened in your life. Or a time where something happened that changed the trajectory of your life.

Imagine getting to the tomb to see the stone rolled away. The guards were sleep and the stone was heavy. (repeat) You see God doesnt need a lot of commotion to deal with a big obstacle. It was the moment everything changed. Too many times we look for God in the big, the loud, flamboyant, tough, Charismatic...

The guards were sleep and the stone was heavy. God did a mighty move in the quiet. See how we are looking for the big. Just like the disciples, we think God has to show up like an entrance to WrestleMania!

We pray Lord help our nation. We want him to do this big thing. When in fact, we should start with ourselves… the small. Lord, help ME. Too many times we expect the nation to do right, but we don't do right. Why do you think he called the religious leaders, “hypocrites”?! They wanted everybody else to do right… Lord fix them...

Oh yes, we all have someone, something that we ask God to fix. Lord come on back and take care of this person, or that person. Lord fix my struggle. I know you see where the world is going, Lord.

But Jesus didnt come to fix the world. Because the world is not His kingdom.

John 18:36 Jesus said, “My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jewish leaders. But now my kingdom is from another place.”

No, Jesus did not come to fix the world, he came to fix YOU.

And thats the moment everything changed...

Point One: Stop Standing Were Life Used To Be

They went looking for Jesus in a place He no longer was.

And we still do the same thing.

We look for:

peace in old habits

security in how its always been done

identity in who we used to be.

But resurrection says: He is not here.

The tomb is empty. The promise is fulfilled. The story is alive.

When life doesn’t turn out how you prayed, resurrection challenges your expectation of how God works. Remember what the disciples thought Christ was going to do?

Application: Stop limiting God to the outcomes you can imagine.

Point Two: Remember That The Moment Has Already Happened

Verse 6 He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee:

Its not new! Its the truth that Satan tries to get us to forget. You see, the problem isn’t about revelation. Its about memory.

Faith isn’t strengthened by new promises, but by remembering fulfilled ones.

Too many times we let fear control our decisions. We let worse case scenarios dictate where we go in life.

Thing about where you were 10 years ago, 20 years ago and then look at how far you have come since then. Yes, we forget that God has blessed us. We have selective memory where we only remember that last time we were in trouble. We dont even remember that God got us out of it!

But we live in a distracted generation, forgetfulness weakens faith more than doubt. Application: Regularly rehearse what God has done, not just what you want Him to do.

Benediction:

Most of us believe Jesus rose from the dead. The real question is whether we’re living like it or not.

Because it’s possible to believe in resurrection and still let fear run your life. Still let shame narrate your story. Still let old habits, old labels, and old losses take lead in your life.

The tomb is empty—That's the moment everything changed! That means the things you’ve been submitting to... no longer have permission. Not your past. Not your worst moment. Not your anxiety. Not even death itself.

The invitation today is to stop standing where there is no growth. And start walking in the authority resurrection already gave you.

That’s the moment everything changed. The only question left is—will you?