April 11/12, 2020
Patrick Conrad, Lead Pastor

Scripture references:
Matthew 28:1-6 (ESV)

Isaiah 40

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What would you do if you had ALL this power?

• Some would WASTE it foolishly on themselves

• Others might SPEND it on benevolent and honorable causes.

• But NONE of us would GIVE it away in our expression of unconditional love for people who had never demonstrated the same such love to us!

So God sent His ONLY Son to DO what mankind would not, and to BECOME what mankind could not.

You are the object of this amazing love.

Romans 8:38-39

The empty tomb symbolizes a Power that overcame every obstacle in order to demonstrate how much God loves us.

The power that reversed death is not only focused on you, but is available to you!

The empty tomb is conclusive evidence of God’s power over sin and death - therefore, through Christ we can have a clean slate; a fresh start; a new beginning!

Jesus took the sting of death & sin once and for all on the cross so that I don’t have to.

Romans 8:1-2 (NLT), Ephesians 1:19-20 (NLT)

• the very same power that burst out of the grave to defeat sin and death;

• the same power that upset all of human history by bringing Jesus back to life from the dead…

That same power can open doors in your life which you cannot open on your own!