Easter Message | Kentwood Campus
Part of CrossWords
April 18, 2019

Surprise!

Various Scripture Texts
Cross Words 06 | Chris Conrad, Regional Superintendent, Great Lakes Region of the Wesleyan Church | first aired 04.21.19

I. The surprising

surrounding Easter can literally our lives!

He was wounded for our wrong-doing…

it was our weaknesses He carried; it was our sorrows that weighed Him down. And we thought His troubles were a punishment from God, a punishment for His own sins! But He was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed. All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own. Yet the LORD laid on Him the sins of us all. —Isaiah 53:4-6 (NLT)

II. Jesus went to the cross to

the of our !

… most people would not be willing to die for an upright person, though someone might perhaps be willing to die for a person who is especially good. But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. —Romans 5:7-8 (NLT)

On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” After He said this, He showed them His hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord. —John 20:19-20 (NIV)

III. The

of Jesus is not

IV. What

does Easter really to us here … now?

… when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us —Romans 5:6-8 (NIV)

If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, God is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. —1 John 1:8-9 (NIV)

I also pray that you will understand the incredible greatness of God’s power for us who believe Him. This is the same mighty power that raised Christ from the dead… —Ephesians 1:19-20 (NLT)

If the Son sets you free, you are truly free. —John 8:36 (NLT)

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