Sermon Tone Analysis

Easter

There are three aspects to this day that I wish to touch on Easter as an event, Communion and the truth or not of Gods plan.

Here we are again facing one of the great and profound mysteries of all time, that Jesus as the Son of God has not only suffered the Despair of the crucifixion, but wait there is more he is discovered alive and in the garden.

We have the wonderful historical knowledge of this event and as the bible supports our knowledge that not only he is risen, he appeared to many in a variety of ways

Lets spare a thought for he disciples, there had been the amazing 3 year journey of miracles and aching and fellowship and the triumphal entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday.

then within four days all this hope and promise had been ripped away and the events of Thursday and Friday had destroyed the sense of promise that they held.

There was betrayal, denial, and a frightened bunch of others who fled and hid.

Even the two disciples walking the road to Emmaus where so filled with despair they could not recognize Jesus

Yet 1000 years before David had written in ,, ,

This was years before Crucifixion had been thought off and if we place this alongside the gospel narrative it dovetails perfectly.

As difficult as it seems it was Gods plan as Isaiah records

The second aspect is

Communion

For the Jew Passover is an important event in their religious calendar and although Jesus introduces the communion at the last supper he changes the parameters forever by bringing into the midst of the event those unique words

Do this in remembrance of me

The Passover is a reenactment of the sacrifice of the lamb as an exchange for the first born male Communion is the first born of God becoming the sacrifice as well as at the same time becoming the messiah

God brings a relationship focus to us in communion.

There is more to it than just the symbols, there is a sense of a special connection with Jesus as we both remember and look forward to at the same time to the coming return of Jesus.

Albert Henry Ross He is best known today for writing the book Who Moved the Stone?,[3] under the pseudonym Frank Morison.

First published in 1930, the book analyses texts about the events related to the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth.

He began with the premise that the story was a piece of fixton and set out to disprove the biblical events In compiling his notes, he came to be convinced of the truth of the resurrection, and set out his reasoning in the book Who moved the stone?.

Many people have become Christian after reading the book, and some have used the work as a reference for more work on the subject.

Fact or not

Paul picks up in

Paul states it clearly if we have no belief in the ressurection then we have been conned by the most successful con ever created and we are all idiots, however if it is true then those who disbelieve will be called into quetion

I believe, and like many others i dont care what others think, for me Gods promise is true and that is all that matters.