He is Risen

A. He is Risen! We’ve been spending the the last few weeks looking at the sayings from the cross. Today, we’re looking at the results.

A. He is Risen! We’ve been spending the the last few weeks looking at the sayings from the cross. Today, we’re looking at the results.

1. The priests - rid of the one who spoke with such authority.

2. The pharisees - rid of Him whose life revealed their sin.

3. The authorities - rid of the tumult with the people.

4. Peter - boastful before, but broken now.

5. Joseph of Arimathea - cowardly before, but courageous now.

B. As for the setting and the scene and the impact upon the women...

1. The women make their way to the tomb to embalm the Lord’s body.

2. The first day of the week - the Lord’s day.

3. Very early in the morning, the first sunrise service

4. The stone rolled away, they had worried about the safekeeping of Jesus’ body.

Remember His Words

Luke 24:6–8 NKJV

6 He is not here, but is risen! Remember how He spoke to you when He was still in Galilee, 7 saying, ‘The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.’ ” 8 And they remembered His words.

lk 24.6-8

Luke 24:1–8 NKJV

1 Now on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they, and certain other women with them, came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared. 2 But they found the stone rolled away from the tomb. 3 Then they went in and did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 And it happened, as they were greatly perplexed about this, that behold, two men stood by them in shining garments. 5 Then, as they were afraid and bowed their faces to the earth, they said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead? 6 He is not here, but is risen! Remember how He spoke to you when He was still in Galilee, 7 saying, ‘The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.’ ” 8 And they remembered His words.

A. The question, “Why do you seek the living among the dead?”

1. A good question for today

2. A good question for those with loved ones in heaven

B. He is not here!

1. Don’t look for the Savior in the cemetery

2. He lives. He is risen

Revelation 1:18 NKJV

18 I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.

C. The great injunction: REMEMBER v. 6

There were prophecies concerning His coming death

Matthew 12:40 NKJV

40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Matthew 20:18 NKJV

18 “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes; and they will condemn Him to death,

Matthew 26:2 NKJV

2 “You know that after two days is the Passover, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified.”

D. And they remembered

Do you remember how He first spoke to you about your need of salvation?

Perhaps the most important thing that could happen to you

Return to Joy

Luke 24:9 NKJV

9 Then they returned from the tomb and told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest.

A. How differently they return.

B. Look at the state of their hearts as they arrived

Sad, discouraged, doubtful

Every step had said: He is dead

They came to anoint His body, to do the work of undertakers, but found GOD HAD UNDERTAKEN

C. The change as they return

The quick step, the excited heart

What a difference when you know that He lives!

D. Let’s remember that He’s alive.

Let’s Report it to the World

Luke 24:9 NKJV

9 Then they returned from the tomb and told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest.

A. Imagine the excitement

B. What a change! they went to be morticians, but they returned as missionaries

C. They went to that tomb with their hands full of spices, they returned with their hearts filled with songs and their mouth filled with good news.

D. They went to anoint a body and returned to announce a blessing

E. The greatest message the world has ever heard.

Conclusion

A. The need of those to whom they spoke

Poor backslidden Peter

Heartbroken John, a discouraged, doubting band of disciples

B. The risen Christ will meet your need