Checkmate
Donald Cantrell
Acts 2: 23 - 24, Revelation 1: 17 - 18
Easter sermon - tying all of the pieces of Easter together.
Act 2:23 KJV - Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
Act 2:24 KJV - Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
Rev 1:17 KJV - And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
Rev 1:18 KJV - I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
I - The Battle and Hardships of Easter (Jesus and Satan in the garden)
II - The Betrayal and Humiliation of Easter (Jesus and Judas)
III - The Beatings and Horror of Easter (His smiting, scourging, beatings)
IV - The Burden and Humanity of Easter (Jesus on the cross)
V - The Blindness and Hopelessness of Easter (Jesus placed in the tomb)
VI - The Brightness and Hero of Easter (Jesus and his resurrection)
Theme: ''On Friday Satan thought he had a checkmate, but the best was yet to come, the King had one more move!!!''
In researching the term ''checkmate'' I came across the following story by writer Don M. Aycock and the story is found in numerous places online and in various publications. The factuality of the story cannot be verified and the odds are high that the story has no true historical validation, though the symbolism of the story is wonderful and useful.
Checkmate!
Menelik II was the Emperor of Ethiopia from 1889 until 1913. News of a successful new means of dispatching criminals reached him. The news was about a device known as an electric chair. The Emperor eagerly ordered one for his country. Unfortunately, no one bothered to warn him that it would never work because Ethiopia at that time had no electricity.
Menelik was ...
Donald Cantrell
Acts 2: 23 - 24, Revelation 1: 17 - 18
Easter sermon - tying all of the pieces of Easter together.
Act 2:23 KJV - Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
Act 2:24 KJV - Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
Rev 1:17 KJV - And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
Rev 1:18 KJV - I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
I - The Battle and Hardships of Easter (Jesus and Satan in the garden)
II - The Betrayal and Humiliation of Easter (Jesus and Judas)
III - The Beatings and Horror of Easter (His smiting, scourging, beatings)
IV - The Burden and Humanity of Easter (Jesus on the cross)
V - The Blindness and Hopelessness of Easter (Jesus placed in the tomb)
VI - The Brightness and Hero of Easter (Jesus and his resurrection)
Theme: ''On Friday Satan thought he had a checkmate, but the best was yet to come, the King had one more move!!!''
In researching the term ''checkmate'' I came across the following story by writer Don M. Aycock and the story is found in numerous places online and in various publications. The factuality of the story cannot be verified and the odds are high that the story has no true historical validation, though the symbolism of the story is wonderful and useful.
Checkmate!
Menelik II was the Emperor of Ethiopia from 1889 until 1913. News of a successful new means of dispatching criminals reached him. The news was about a device known as an electric chair. The Emperor eagerly ordered one for his country. Unfortunately, no one bothered to warn him that it would never work because Ethiopia at that time had no electricity.
Menelik was ...
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