if he's alive

If he’s not alive . . .

○ We are just playing games when it comes to Christianity.

○ Any spiritual ideas that we might propose are clearly something other than what we find in Scripture.

○ The grave is the final victor.

○ God is lacking in power.

○ Hope is out the window.

○ The central character of human history is something less than his followers have always claimed.

○ There is no purpose or meaning to anything.

○ And we might as well celebrate . . . for nothing else really matters!

BUT . . . if he IS alive . . .

○ Life has meaning.

○ From him flow the power, motivation, and truth we need to navigate this world.

○ There is a basis for our faith.

○ Death has met its match.

○ Hope lives.

○ God has visited our world.

○ The central character of human history is actually whom he claimed to be, the unique Son of God.

○ And we might as well celebrate . . . for everything really matters!

My hope, and the hope of countless others, is that Jesus did what no onew else has, that he overcame our worst enemy for us. “He’s not here . . . he has risen as he said!” With hope and resurrection love, have a wonderful Easter.