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Sermon - Jeff Raines - Death and Life [Matthew 28:1-7]
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Are you in Christ today? And how do you know? Romans 10:9 says that “If you confess with your mouth Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.” That’s how we join in this explosion of life that happens at Easter!
The first word we have from our resurrected Lord is REJOICE! (Matthew 28:8) It’s a word for us today, too. We can have hope even on our worst day, even when we experience tremendous loss. This is the power of resurrection because death does not have the final word in our lives.
The Pharisees show us that when we are comfortable and we are in control, we tend not to want to hear about a new world because we like what we have here thank you very much. Do we care more about control than about truth?
The guards were “like dead men.” They were assigned to guard a corpse and themselves became like corpses. Are we frozen in fear?
Where do you picture yourself in this story? Joining resurrection life is possible for us! You don’t have to be perfect. In fact, it requires that we aren’t perfect and aren’t able to do it on our own. When we are in Christ, we will be raised too. Jesus is ready to welcome you with open arms with a call to rejoice.