Resurrection Sunday 2012

Major points I want to make this week:

1.      Jesus is ALIVE!

2.      If the Resurrection is not true, we don’t have Christianity.

3.      We can GO because He CAME!

4.      We can OVERCOME because He OVERCAME!

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1.  Jesus is ALIVE!

(Mark 16:1-6 NIV)  When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Solome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus’ body.  Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb and they asked each other, “Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?”  But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away.  As they entered the tomb, they saw a young many dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.  “Don’t be alarmed,” he said.  “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified.  He has risen!  He is not here.  See the place where they laid him.

a.  This is the truth that changes everything.

b.  Jesus is the only historical religious figure who is still alive!

c.  You can be a Muslim without ever meeting Muhammad, you can be a Buddhist without ever meeting Buddha, but if you are going to be a Christ, you have to meet Jesus the Christ for yourself!

2.  If the Resurrection is not true, we don’t have Christianity

(1 Cor 15:12-14,20)  But tell me this-since we preach that Christ rose from the dead, why are some of you saying there will be no resurrection of the dead?  For if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised either.  And if Christ has not been raised, then all our preaching is useless, and your faith is useless… But in fact, Christ has been raised from the dead. He is the first of a great harvest of all who have died.

a.  This is the most important event in History.

b.  Jesus conquered death so that we could do the same.

c.  We shall LIVE FOREVER!

3.  We can GO because He CAME! (The Great Commission)

(Mat 28:18-20)  And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.  Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

a.  Jesus gained ALL POWER and based upon that, He told us to GO!

b.  We don’t have to be afraid, but we MUST share the Gospel with the LOST!

4.  We can OVERCOME because He OVERCAME!

a.  Jesus overcame satan.

b.  Jesus took the sting out of death.

c.  Jesus now offers us everlasting and abundant life!