Easter Morning 2018
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A Message of Resurrection
A Message of Resurrection
Sometimes a failure isn’t really a failure
Eric, share a message like the caterpillar one from Providence UMC
When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they could go and anoint Jesus’ dead body. Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they came to the tomb. They were saying to each other, “Who’s going to roll the stone away from the entrance for us?” When they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away. (And it was a very large stone!) Going into the tomb, they saw a young man in a white robe seated on the right side; and they were startled. But he said to them, “Don’t be alarmed! You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has been raised. He isn’t here. Look, here’s the place where they laid him. Go, tell his disciples, especially Peter, that he is going ahead of you into Galilee. You will see him there, just as he told you.” Overcome with terror and dread, they fled from the tomb. They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.
You’ve needed this message!
You’ve needed this message!
In the midst of death you might have life.
This is a message of hope for today as well as a hope for tomorrow
Jesus came to invest all of himself into all of humanity
Jesus came to invest all of himself into all of humanity
That’s why the challenging
That’s why the new people
That’s both the appeal and the struggle
Greater love
Greater love
John ends things with this message
No one has greater love than to give up one’s life for one’s friends.
Ultimately this is how Jesus shows us the relationship to us and God. God loves us so much that he would give up himself for our lives. Most of us want this kind of love. Many of us struggle with ever knowing it and fewer still express it so well.