Easter Day April 17, 2022 Resurrection of our Lord
Resurrection of our Lord
1 Corinthians 15:51-57
April 17, 2022
“Death is Swallowed Up in Victory”
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Why is Easter Sunday so important? In short, because it gives us the happy ending that we absolutely need. Without Easter, the ending wouldn’t be happy. How many of your favorite movies and books have happy endings? I venture to say most if not all of your top favorites have happy endings. Because we want a happy ending. We want a “happily ever after”.
That is, unless we’re already depressed and want to keep feeling sad about everything. That happens to some of you from time and time. And without Easter morning, that’s where we’d be stuck. Yes, this world of sin certainly has its great share of misery and depression. And without Easter, we’d be in that misery eternally. No happy ending. We’d be stuck with the disciples and women in the upper room in Jerusalem feeling that all was lost. Feeling that there was nothing to hope for or look forward to. We’d be going to the tomb with them all dejected and asking, “Who will roll away the stone from the tomb?”
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