April 8, 2012, Easter Sunday

[audio:http://orofino.clclutheran.org/files/2012/04/120408.mp3|titles=120408]

THE FIRST ADDRESS
John 2:18-22 So the Jews answered and said to Him, “What sign do You show to us, since You do these things?” 19 Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” 20 Then the Jews said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?” 21 But He was speaking of the temple of His body. 22 Therefore, when He had risen from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this to them; and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had said.
THE JOY OF BEING SURE
… THAT JESUS IS TRUE GOD.
THE SECOND ADDRESS
Acts 13:29-33, 38-39 “Now when they had fulfilled all that was written concerning Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb. 30 “But God raised Him from the dead. 31 “He was seen for many days by those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are His witnesses to the people. 32 “And we declare to you glad tidings; that promise which was made to the fathers. 33 “God has fulfilled this for us their children, in that He has raised up Jesus. As it is also written in the second Psalm: ‘You are My Son, Today I have begotten You.’ 38 “Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that through this Man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins; 39 “and by Him everyone who believes is justified from all things from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.
THE JOY OF BEING SURE
… THAT JESUS HAS REDEEMED ME
THE THIRD ADDRESS
1 Corinthians 15:19-23 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable. 20 But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive. 23 But each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ’s at His coming.
THE JOY OF BEING SURE
…THAT I TOO WILL RISE TO ETERNAL LIFE!