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THE EASTER G.O.A.T. – THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME

by Donald Cantrell

Scripture: Matthew 28:1-10


The Easter G.O.A.T. – The Greatest Of All Time
Donald Cantrell
Matthew 28: 1 – 10


I – The Faithful Servants (1)

II – The Frantic Scenario (2 & 3)

III – The Fallen Soldiers (4)

IV – The Fascinating Summons (5 – 6)

V – The Fabulous Story (7 – 8)

VI – The First Sighting (9 – 10)

This sermon has a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points.

Theme: “The greatest story of all time, the story of Easter.”

The Power of the Resurrection

Leonard Ravenhill tells the story of preaching an 8-day crusade in a large church in Glasgow, Scotland starting the first day of World War II. That shattered his meetings and no more than 50 people showed, so they started to meet in a side room instead. Despite this, he preached his heart out every night. One night as he gave the invitation, 3 people came forward and they prayed with them.

Then he looked back and saw a rosy-cheeked boy who was calling Leonard. He went to him and said, "Hello." He said, "My name is...Donald Wilson. Mr. Ravenhill, I am not a Christian. I believe I’m a very good boy but oh, I need Christ." So I said, "Well that’s great. If you know that, it’s a wonderful thing. Do you come from a Christian family?" He said, "No. My father is a communist, and he’s a very, very vicious alcoholic." "What about your mother?" "No, she was a Christian, but she’s backslidden.”

Then the boy asked about salvation and Leonard Ravenhill led him to faith in Jesus Christ, He then told him to go home and say to his Dad, “I’ve become a Christian tonight.” The next night’s meetings didn’t grow in attendance due to the threat of bombing but two nights later a big, burly man showed and when Leonard gave the invitation, this man came forward.

He said he was a communist and that his son had given his life to Christ. And he knocked me for a loop. “Since that time, I didn’t want to drink, and I thought, ‘If my son needed saving, I sure need it.’" This man, who looked like he could have thrown Leonard ...

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