THE RESURRECTION IS KIND OF A BIG DEAL
Pastor Steve Lummer
Easter Sunday

And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile 1 Corinthians 15:17

Without the resurrection of Jesus, there is no CHRISTIANITY.

What is resurrection?

You are LIVING then you are DEAD then you are LIVING again.

WE HAVE HOPE AND A FUTURE BECAUSE OF THE RESURRECTION.

1. Jesus went before us into the CAVE of the GRAVE.
And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen shroud  60 and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut in the rock. And he rolled a great stone to the entrance of the tomb and went away.  Matthew 27

2. It changes EVERYTHING now.
Because I live, you also will live. …. … Because I live, you also will live.  John 14

– It changes how I WORSHIP God.
This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do you, as oft as you drink it, in remembrance of me. 26 For as often as you eat this bread, and drink this cup, you do show the Lord’s death till he come. 1 Cor. 11

– It changes how I OBEY God.
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, – Matthew 28

– It changes how I look at FAMILY and FRIENDS.
Jesus answered him, “I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise.” Luke 23

– It changes how I IMAGINE my future.
In my Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. John 14

I like my future. Because He lives I live.