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I have been looking forward to this day for some time.
Today is the celebration of the single, greatest event that ever happened: the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Millions of people will gather today to remember and celebrate this great event that took place about 2,000 years ago.
Introduction
I have been looking forward to
Easter Sunday
“Why the Resurrection is Important”
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I have been looking forward to this day for some time.
You’ve heard me talk about it over the past few weeks.
Today is the celebration of the single, greatest event that ever happened: the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Millions of people will gather today to remember and celebrate this great event that took place about 2,000 years ago.
This one event is the cornerstone of the Christian faith.
Without this event, we have nothing.
Our hope is in vain, and we are wasting our time.
But with this event taking place, everything has changed.
The Millennial Generation (those born between 1980 and 2000) have about 79 million persons to their generation.
This makes them largest generation in America.
This generation likes to ask the question, “Why?”
We have talked before that this is not a bad question, but one that is seeking to understand the reason behind the things we do and believe.
It is this question that I want to raise this morning.
Why is the resurrection of Jesus Christ so important?
To some that may seem like a silly question, but I truly believe that it is one worth asking and even more important that we answer.
4 Reasons The Resurrection of Jesus is Important
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The resurrection confirms the identity of Jesus.
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In , we have an account of some women coming to the tomb to finish the burial customs of the day.
They would apply spices to the body to honor the person and to keep down on the smell of decay.
When these ladies arrived at the tomb, they found the stone rolled away and the body gone.
In verses 6-8, we see that the angels told the women that Jesus had risen just as He said He would.
They returned to the disciples gathered in Jerusalem and shared the message.
Peter and John ran to check it out and found it just as the women had said.
The resurrection of Jesus was an exclamation point on Jesus’ identity.
He said many times that He was no ordinary person but God the Son, the Messiah.
Some could have just shrugged Him off as another religious nut.
The resurrection causes us to realize that Jesus was exactly who He said He was.
This makes us go back and realize that everything He said was not just a man or good teacher saying statements, but it was God’s word.
2. The resurrection restores hope.
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In , we find two followers of Jesus on a journey to a village called Emmaus.
This could have been their hometown, and they were returning from the Passover celebration that took place in Jerusalem.
Jesus joins these two on their journey and talks with them.
He asks about their apparent “intense discussion.”
They share about what had happened to Jesus.
They wondered if this stranger to them had been under a rock somewhere.
them.
He asks about their apparent “intense discussion.”
They share about what had happened to Jesus.
They wondered if this stranger to them had been under a rock somewhere.
In verse 21, we see that these two travelers had hoped that Jesus was this Messiah they had been waiting for.
The events that had transpired though had shattered their hope.
Life has a way sometimes of shattering our hope.
People that we trust turn around and stab us in the back.
The promising job falls through.
The tests come back with not-so-good results.
We can relate to these two travelers, can’t we?
In verses 25-27, Jesus reminds and teaches them about what the Old Testament shared about the Messiah.
He would to many miracles.
He would have to suffer.
Jesus used the Bible to show these two that everything that God said would happen did happen.
God’s plan, though it might not be the way they wanted it, was still on course.
We can rest assured that God is still sovereign.
He is in complete control.
Though there are times in our eyes that it seems that everything is spinning out of control, they are not.
Everything that God has planned is being carried out fully.
We can find hope in the living word (Jesus) and the written word (the Bible).
Jesus used the Bible to restore these two travelers’ hope.
3. The resurrection renews the fellowship.
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We see in that they had arrived in Emmaus.
Jesus acted as if He was going to continue going on.
The two travelers urged Jesus to stay with them because it was getting late.
This was a sign of hospitality.
Jesus agreed and joined them for a meal.
It was at this meal that Jesus reveals His identity to the travelers.
As they watched Him bless, break, and serve the bread, their eyes were opened to who He was.
The scene that plays out here is strikingly similar to the scene in the upper room the night Jesus was betrayed.
Because Jesus had risen from the dead, He now is at work renewing the fellowship of those who trusted in Him.
The sin in our lives breaks us off from God, but the death and resurrection of Jesus provides a renewing of the fellowship between man and God.
It is only through the work of Jesus on the cross and rising from the grave that makes this possible.
Without the resurrection, there is no way for us to have a relationship with God.
Since the resurrection has happened, that is now available to all who will come to Jesus in faith.
4. The resurrection gives us a message worth sharing.
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After Jesus disappears, the two travelers immediately make the journey back to Jerusalem to share what they had experienced.
They talked about how their hearts burned within their chests as Jesus spoke with them.
The journey back to Jerusalem could have been inconvenient.
They had already gotten home from a long day’s journey.
This did not stop them from sharing the good news that Jesus had indeed risen.
The resurrection of Jesus gives us a message that is worth sharing.
It is the message that hope is alive... God is still in control... we can be with Him!
That is news worth sharing.
It may not always be convenient to share about what Jesus has done, but that is a message that should be shared with everyone.
It is that message that gives hope to the hopeless... peace to the weary... love to the unlovable.
Those of us that have experienced this good news about Jesus should be quick at every opportunity to share it with others.
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The resurrection of Jesus gives us a message that is worth sharing.
It is the message that hope is alive... God is still in control... we can be with Him!
That is news worth sharing.
It may not always be convenient to share about what Jesus has done, but that is a message that should be shared with everyone.
It is that message that gives hope to the hopeless... peace to the weary... love to the unlovable.
Those of us that have experienced this good news about Jesus should be quick at every opportunity to share it with others.
Conclusion
The resurrection of Jesus Christ is not just another event in history.
It is one of, if not the main point, in history.
It is a big deal.
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