Experience Resurrection Hope | Easter Sermon | Mike Prah

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EXPERIENCE RESURRECTION HOPE
BECAUSE HE LIVES: Easter Series 3 of 3
Easter Sunday, April 17, 2022 - Mike Prah

“Because God raised Christ from the dead and gave Him great glory, your faith and HOPE can be placed CONFIDENTLY in God.”  1 Peter 1:21 (NLT96)

 1. MARY MAGDALENE FELT HOPELESS

 “Mary Magdalene stood CRYING outside the tomb.  While she was still crying, she bent over and looked in the tomb and saw two angels dressed in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had been. They asked her …‘Woman, why are you crying?’ She answered, ‘They’ve taken my Lord away, AND I DON’T KNOW WHERE THEY’VE PUT HIM!’… “Then she turned around and saw Jesus standing there; but she didn’t know that it was Jesus.  ‘Woman, WHY ARE YOU CRYING?’ Jesus asked her.  ‘WHO ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?’ She thought he was the gardener, so she said to him, ‘If you took him away, sir, tell me where you have put him and I will go and get him.’ Jesus simply said to her, ‘Mary!’ She turned toward him and said in Hebrew, ‘Rabboni!’ which means, "Teacher!"… So Mary went and told the disciples with the news: ‘I HAVE SEEN THE LORD!’”  John 20:11-18 (GN+NIV) 

IT’S NEVER TOO LATE FOR A MIRACLE

 “Jesus said, “The things that are impossible for people to do are possible for God to do.” Luke 18:27 (GW)

2. THOMAS FELT HOPELESS

 “My dear friends, don’t believe everything you hear. Carefully weigh and examine what people tell you. Not everyone who talks about God comes from God. There are a lot of lying preachers loose in the world.” 1 John 4:1 (MSG)

 “Eight days later, his disciples were inside again, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” “Then Jesus said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side. DO NOT DISBELIEVE, BUT BELIEVE.” Thomas answered him, “MY LORD AND MY GOD!” John 20:26-28, (ESV)

 Jesus: “Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed” John 20:29 (ESV)

 IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO START BELIEVEING

 HOW MIRACLES HAPPEN: 6 PHASES OF FAITH

DREAM | DECISION | DELAY | DIFFICULTY | DEAD END | DELIVERANCE

 “GOD, who got you started in this spiritual adventure ...  WILL NEVER GIVE UP ON YOU. NEVER FORGET THAT.”  1 Corinthians 1:9 (MSG)

3. SIMON PETER FELT HOPELESS

 “Later Jesus appeared again to the disciples beside the Sea of Galilee… This was the third time Jesus had appeared to his disciples since he had been raised from the dead. After breakfast Jesus asked Simon Peter, ‘Simon, son of Jonas, DO YOU LOVE ME MORE THAN THESE?’ ‘Yes, Lord,’ Peter replied, ‘you know I love you.’ ‘Then feed my lambs,’ Jesus told him. Jesus repeated the question: ‘Simon, son of John, do you love me?’ ‘Yes, Lord,’ Peter said, ‘you know I love you!’ ‘Then take care of my sheep,’ Jesus said.  A third time Jesus asked him, “Simon son of John, DO YOU LOVE ME?” Peter was hurt that Jesus asked the question a third time. He said, “Lord, you know everything. You know that I love you.” Jesus said, “THEN FEED MY SHEEP.” John 21:1-17 (NLT)

 IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO START OVER

 “Because Jesus was raised from the dead, we’ve been given A BRAND-NEW LIFE, and have EVERYTHING TO LIVE FOR, including A FUTURE IN HEAVEN” 1 Peter 1:3–4 (MSG).

 “Everything that we have—right thinking and right living, a clean slate and a fresh start—comes from God by way of Jesus Christ” 1 Corinthians 1:30 (MSG).

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