Easter: The Reality and Ramifications of the Resurrection

Sermon Notes/Quotes:

Luke 24:36-49.

Without losing a piece of me, How do I get to heaven?
Without changing a part of me, How do I get to heaven?
All my time is wasted, Feeling like my heart's mistaken, oh
So if I'm losing a piece of me, Maybe I don't want heaven?
Troye Sivan

“My death will not be symbolic. It will be real. Therefore, a metaphorical resurrection is no hope for me.” - Jared C. Wilson

“The resurrection, in short, is presented..not as a "happy ending" after an increasingly sad and gloomy tale, but as the event which demonstrated that Jesus's execution really had dealt the death-blow to the dark forces that had stood in the way of God's new world, God's "kingdom" of powerful creative and restorative love, arriving "on earth as in heaven.” - NT Wright

Reading: Colossians 3:1-4

“you believe that Jesus has died to save you—to redirect your eternal trajectory irrevocably toward God. You believe that God has accepted you, for Jesus sake, through an act of supreme grace. You are part of the kingdom of God.” (Timothy Keller)

“You may know a man and have an idea that he is powerful. But to know him and his power over you, is a stage further.” (Charles Spurgeon)