Matthew 14, Mark 14, Luke 24, John 3, 6, 13, 20

Easter is the best Sunday of the year to start FOLLOWING Jesus.

We believe that Jesus really did, literally, physically RISE from the dead!

Go back to the moment when Jesus has just been CRUCIFIED.

In this moment the only people at the cross are:

CONFUSED Citizens FRIGHTENED Ex-Disciples

BROKEN HEARTED Women GRIEVING Mother

The center piece of Jesus’ ministry was NOT His TEACHING.

It wasn’t Jesus’ IDEAS that got Him crucified, it was WHO and WHAT He claimed to be.

Matthew 14:1-23 pg. 1,519

v.14 “When Jesus landed and saw the large crowd, He had COMPASSION on them and HEALED their sick.”

“Jesus, knowing that they intended to come and make Him king by FORCE.” John 6:15

v.22 “IMMEDIATELY Jesus MADE the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of Him to the other side, while He dismissed the crowd.”

Everything Jesus said and did would’ve been POINTLESS, if it wasn’t for what happened NEXT:

“Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been ROLLED AWAY from the entrance.” John 20:1

“Finally the other disciple (John) who reached the tomb first also when inside. He SAW and BELIEVED.” John 20:8

The resurrection of Jesus answers the questions:

How does God SEE you? What does God THINK about you? How does God FEEL about you?

“God so LOVED the WORLD that He GAVE His one and only Son, that WHOEVER BE-LIEVES in HIM shall not PERISH but HAVE eternal LIFE.” John 3:16

“Because God did not send His Son (Jesus) into the world to CONDEMN the world, but to SAVE the world through Him) John 3:17