S8E50: Raised on the Third Day (Living the Resurrection pt. 1)

Sermon #438

Easter Sunday is the day when we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, and so it seems fitting to focus on the resurrection of Jesus throughout the Easter Season.  The resurrection is what gives our faith validity.  Without the resurrection, Jesus was merely a good teacher (although how good could he be, since he claimed to be the Son of God?).  The resurrection is the receipt for the debt that Jesus paid for us on the cross.  It puts the final stamp of approval on his ministry, and proves to the world who he is - the second person of the Trinity and seated at the right hand of God the Father.  Jesus' death and resurrection is the good news, and as Paul tells us in his letter to the church in Corinth, we can believe in the resurrection because there were so many eyewitnesses.  Ours is indeed a faith based in evidence.

1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Recorded at Hudson UMC Cemetery on April 4, 2021 (Originally published on April 6, 2021)

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