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PRAYER
Our reading this morning comes from 1 Cor 15:51-58.
EVERYTHING IS CHANGED!
We have come to Easter morning and we see it as a massive celebration!
And it is!
Everything has changed.
In history everything changed.
In the lives of the disciples everything changed.
In OUR lives everything has changed.
Up until this point in history death was considered final.
Well, except for a few individuals.
As we study the gospels we know that Jesus raised a 12 year old girl that had died from the dead, and of course we remember Lazarus.
But they too would die again.
In our culture we have forgotten about Holy Week, and we tend to focus only on Easter.
And Easter is HUGE, but you don’t get there without going through the week first.
And the week is filled with such dichotomy.
Pageantry of the Triumphal entry into Jerusalem.
And Jesus wept over the city
Jesus going to the temple for worship - and then overturning the tables of the money changers.
The celebration of the Passover Meal - and finding that one would betray the Lord.
Praying in the garden, such a tranquil spot where the disciples had often gathered for prayer and teaching - Jesus’ arrest
The affirmations of the disciples to never desert Jesus - the scattering of the disciples.
Peter saying he would never deny Jesus - and then denying him three times before morning.
The Messiah has come - and is then is on a cross being put to death.
All who have had a loved one die can relate to the emotional exhaustion of the disciples - all of this happened within a weeks’ time.
Then, early on a morning three days after the teacher was put on a cross and died, the disciples have locked themselves in a room for fear of what would be next for them.
And Mary Magdalene comes and announces to them that the tomb is empty, and that she’d seen the Lord.
EVERYTHING IS CHANGED!
He is Risen!
Jesus is alive!
Everything is changed.
And that is not just a historical fact that is a personal fact.
What do I mean by a personal fact?
First, let’s remember who we are!
God made humankind out of dust.
That’s what the Bible tells us.
At the beginning of the Lenten season we recalled that from dust we were made and to dust we shall return.
And though that is scriptural it sounds rather depressing.
But that’s not the end of the story - God who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion at the day of Jesus Christ! (Philippians 1:6).
The God who made you from dust created you for a purpose!
God’s workmanship!
The Bible says you are fearfully and wonderfully made.
In Genesis in the creation of all things it is not until humankind was created that God said, “It is VERY good!”
We are God’s children.
Created for good works!
- That phrase rings difficult for many.
Many people don’t feel like their works are very good.
And truly that is the beginning.
Because no matter how good you are, you’re not holy.
This is the whole point of Easter.
This is why this is such good news.
This is why we celebrate today.
Sin = death.
The Law and trying to live a good life = death.
Everything has changed!
It is not by anything you have done, it is a gift that God chose to give us.
We all know John 3:16
God loves you, Christ died for you because God sees you as His children.
And I love the verse that follows John 3:16 because it says so much about how we think.
We tend to think about punishment for our lives and that’s a reality, but that’s not why Jesus came to earth.
The next verse after John 3:16 says:
God loved you so much that he sent his son to die in your place
You and I are called to live in a post Friday world.
Jesus is no longer on the cross for us.
Our sins were nailed to the cross with him.
We have been set free from the law of sin and death.
Death is the result of sin, and Jesus paid the price for that sin.
Jesus died for our sins, not for his own.
But that was Friday and now it’s Sunday!
And you and I have been offered an incredible, outlandish, mind blowing gift!
If you know that gift today is an amazing, glorious day!
If you don’t, your being here today is no doubt out of a feeling of duty and you’re still living under the Law.
Jesus Christ went through the most tortuous, agonizing, demeaning, horrific death sentence ever conjured up by man for you to give you a gift.
If you simply receive that gift...
EVERYTHING IS CHANGED!
The apostle Paul wrote
This is a new truth for us.
It changes everything -
You cannot earn God’s love - it’s a gift!
As sinners you cannot be good enough to God - He loves you simply because you’re His creation.
You cannot earn your way to heaven - Jesus has opened the door, all you need to do is follow.
The Apostle Paul wrote the Galatians:
And grace is a gift!
To the Ephesians Paul wrote:
Grace is a gift!
Faith is a gift!
Easter is a gift!
So here is God’s Word to you today:
You and I are perishable in our sinful lives, but we’re invited as a gift to join with Christ, to put on Christ and seek to live for Him.
Then Easter becomes so much more than just another Sunday.
The Easter becomes about life, new life, and everlasting life.
Then, we no longer live looking to death on a Friday.
No, we look to new life, on a Sunday!
He is Risen!
He is Risen indeed!
He is Risen!
He is Risen indeed!
He is Risen!
He is Risen indeed!
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