A Cross, A Key and A Cave
Pastor Kirk Pearson
Part of Return of the King—(Easter Message Series)
April 9, 2023

1. The

(Luke 23:42-43 NLT) Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your Kingdom.” 43 And Jesus replied, “I assure you, today you will be with me in paradise.”

2. The

(Revelation 1:18 NLT) I am the living one. I died, but look — I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and the grave.

(John 10:9 NKJV) I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.

Jesus doesn’t just have the key. He is the key!

3. The

(Luke 24:2-6 NIV) They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3 but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. 5 In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? 6 He is not here; he has risen!

(Matthew 27:37 NKJV) And they put up over His head the accusation written against Him: THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

(Colossians 2:13-14 NLT) You were dead because of your sins and because your sinful nature was not yet cut away. Then God made you alive with Christ, for he forgave all our sins. 14 He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross.

You cannot change what you will not acknowledge!