Message Notes

Yes!

Easter Sunday
April 20, 2003

Why is Easter such a big deal?

  1. The resurrection is the                                                    of the Christian faith
    I passed on to you what was most important and what had also been passed on to me that Christ died for our sins, just as the Scriptures said. He was buried, and he was raised from the dead on the third day, as the Scriptures said.
    1 Corinthians 15:3-4

  2. Because of what it means for us

    • Death gives way to                                         
      Death has been swallowed up in victory ... But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
      1 Corinthians 15:54, 56

    • Fear gives way to                     
      Jesus said, ... Don't be afraid. Just trust me.
      Mark 5:36

    • Loneliness gives way to                                         
      I am with you always, to the very end of the age. Matthew 28:20

    • Guilt gives way to                                                        
      If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
      1 John 1:9

    • Earthly bodies give way to                                                                                       
      But let me tell you a wonderful secret God has revealed to us. Not all of us will die, but we will all be transformed. It will happen in a moment, in the blinking of an eye, when the last trumpet is blown. For when the trumpet sounds, the Christians who have died will be raised with transformed bodies. And then we who are living will be transformed so that we will never die. For our perishable earthly bodies must be transformed into heavenly bodies that will never die.
      1 Corinthians 15:51-53

Want it?  Then, say . . .
Yes!