April 4-5, 2015 TODAY'S MESSAGE #JESUS #victory

---

April 4-5, 2015 TODAY’S MESSAGE

Want to keep in touch with The Bible Chapel? Here’s how! Subscribe to our email newsletters at www.biblechapel.org.

#JESUS #victory Luke 24

Friend Ron on Facebook or become a fan of The Bible Chapel. Follow Ron on Twitter at ron_moore or The Bible Chapel at biblechapelsh. Join Ron on The Journey throughout the week on his blog, www.ronmoore.org. Download The Bible Chapel app. Available on iTunes and Google Play. Missed something in the weekend sermon? See previous sermons online and catch up on the sermon notes at www.biblechapel.org under resources.

IRREVERSIBLE Luke 24:1-12 On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: ‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’ ” Then they remembered his words. When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others. It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles. But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense. Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened. Luke 24:36-44 While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost. He said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds? Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.” When he had said this, he showed them his hands and feet. And while they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement, he asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?” They gave him a piece of broiled fish, and he took it and ate it in their presence. He said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.” He can finally bring peace to your confusion. He can finally bring calm to your anxiety. He can finally bring confidence to your fears. And he—the one who had reversed the irreversible - can give you victory over death itself.

1. We are in a helpless and desperate state. Romans 3:23 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. 2. Because of our sin we deserve death. Romans 6:23 The wages of sin is death. 3. Jesus died for your sin and rose from the dead. 1 Peter 2:22-24 “He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth.” When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly. “He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.” Acts 2:22-24 Fellow Israelites, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know. This man was handed over to you by God’s deliberate plan and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men, put him to death by nailing him to the cross. But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him. 4. You can have a personal relationship with the living God based on the work of Jesus—his death and resurrection. Romans 10:9 If you confess with your mouth that “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in you heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Knowledge Agreement Need Trust 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. According to the Lord’s word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. Therefore encourage one another with these words. God will not let death win. He reverses the irreversible. Will you allow him to reverse your life and eternity? Where will you spend your forever?