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Prince of Peace Sermon - Discovering Your Spiritual Gifts: A Way of LifeDiscovering
Your Spiritual Gifts:
A Way of Life
John 20:19-31
2nd Sunday of Easter - 4~/6~/97
Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, Palatine, IL
Rev. Michael W. Newman
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"Again Jesus said, 'Peace be with you!
As the Father has sent me, I am
sending you.'
And with that he breathed on them and said, 'Receive the
Holy Spirit.'"(John
20:21-22)
EASTER LIFE! SO, WHAT NOW?
What news story has been making the headlines lately?
39 cult members take
their own lives so they could join a space ship that they believe is
following the Hale-Bopp Comet.
The only way to something better, they
believed, was by hurting themselves and escaping from themselves.
What a ontrast to the Easter message!
Jesus said in John 10, "The thief
comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have
life, and have it to the full"(vs.10).
Jesus came to bring life,
restoration, and healing.
Jesus healed the sick.
He raised Lazarus from
the dead.
He was for life!
Even death cannot stop the gift of eternal life
that He gives.
"These things are written that you may believe that Jesus
is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in
his name"(John 20:31).
That's God's plan.
That's the truth.
And that's the
Easter message--far better than what people can dream up or figure out.
That Easter life is what we still celebrate this Sunday after Easter.
The question that comes next is: "So, what now?"
What does Easter life
mean for you?
Does it mean anything or do you simply walk out of church
today with a nice thought, and that's it?
The first point today is: THE LIFE JESUS GIVES IS MUCH MORE THAN A NICE
THOUGHT.
If I tell my kids, "Let's go and see a movie," they get excited.
They talk about the popcorn.
They can't wait to go!
As they're waiting at
the door, what if I told them, "I just wanted you to have a nice thought."
There would not be peace in our house, friends.
Jesus said, "I have come
to give you life."
That means He gets some living going on!
It's so important for you and me not only to celebrate the gift of life
from Jesus, but to see how the LIVING GOES ON! Easter is a way of life for
you.
Let's see how.
RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT
In John 20 you heard that Jesus appeared to His disciples after He rose
from the dead.
He showed them His hands and side.
It was really Him.
Sin
and death had been defeated.
The gift of life was won.
And Jesus said,
"'Peace be with you!
As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.' And
with that he breathed on [His disciples] and said, 'Receive the Holy
Spirit.'"
(vss.21-22)
"Receive the Holy Spirit."
Throughout the book of John you can read how
Jesus promised His disciples the Holy Spirit.
Jesus called Him the
Comforter, the One who would remind them of Jesus' words, the One who
would bring the truth.
In John 20 we hear that the Holy Spirit brings
forgiveness, faith and life.
The second point today is: THE HOLY SPIRIT
BRINGS YOU AND ACTIVATES THE LIFE WON BY JESUS.
A few weeks ago we colored Easter eggs at home.
We got the 101 Dalmatians
Easter Egg Coloring Kit.
Inside the box was everything you needed to color
the eggs--including those little tablets for the different colors of dye.
My wife put each of those little tablets into cups, and, in order to get
the colored dye, she had to pour some vinegar and water into the cups.
The
liquid ACTIVATED the tablets.
Those things fizzed and melted into
beautiful-colored egg dye.
The Holy Spirit brings you and ACTIVATES the
life that Jesus won.
The Holy Spirit melts forgiveness and new life into
your life.
Jesus gave the Holy Spirit to get the Easter life going.
SPIRITUAL GIFTS--EASTER LIFE IN ACTION
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