Easter Service - The Foundation Of Our Hope - 4/20/25

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Happy Easter! : He is risen!

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Communion Scripture:

John 11:25-26 (ESV)

"25Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; 26and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”

Matthew 28:5-6 (ESV)

"5The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. 6He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay."

Sermon Notes: The Resurrection – The Foundation of Our Hope​

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1 Corinthians 15:17-20 (KJV):​

“And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first fruits of them that slept.”

The foundation of Christianity​

Without it, faith is in vain – 1 Corinthians 15:17-20

Paul calls it the keystone of the faith​

Alexander Campbell: 'Remove this and all falls into ruin.'​

Romans 4:25 – No justification without the Resurrection​

1 Corinthians 15:26 – Death remains undefeated​

The Resurrection validates Jesus’ words​

Death is defeated, and eternal life is possible

The Resurrection is a historical fact​

Validated by eyewitness testimony and scholarship​

Matthew 28:6 – The tomb was empty​

N.T. Wright: 'Virtually certain that disciples believed it.'​

1 Corinthians 15:5-8 – Paul’s testimony​

J. Warner Wallace: Eyewitness accounts are powerful evidence​

Men do not die for a known lie​

Pascal: 'I believe witnesses who get their throats cut.'​

It’s not just history—it affects your life now!​

Past, present, and future are transformed​

Romans 8:1 – No condemnation in Christ​

​“There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.”​

Romans 8:11 – The same Spirit that raised Jesus lives in you​

“But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.”​

John 11:25​

“Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.”​

Jesus is the Risen Lord​

Your sins are forgiven, your life has power, your eternity is secure​

Revelation 1:18 – 'I am alive forevermore.'​

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