Title: All the Way-The Story of Easter
Author: Mike Stone
Text: 1 Corinthians 15:3-25
I recently read the story of a man who accidentally ran over the Easter Bunny and killed him. A lady stopped to help. She took out a spray can and slowly emptied its contents all over the Easter Bunny. The rabbit got up and hopped 5 feet, turned to wave, hopped 5 more feet, turned to wave, hopped five more feet, turned to wave...and repeated this until he was out of sight.
The can said, "Restore life to dead hair. Adds permanent wave."
Well, for those who know me, you know I don't care for corny humor. At least I hope you know that about me. But I tell that silly little joke because it makes a point. For a lot of people, their understanding of Easter hardly goes beyond Peter Cottontail, colored eggs, and chocolate bunnies. Their knowledge of all this day means hardly goes beyond a silly story about a woman with a magic spray can.
But here in 1 Corinthians 15, arguably the greatest chapter in the Bible on the resurrection, Paul wants us to know that the real story of Easter involves a lot more than marshmallow Peeps, plastic grass, and a new outfit.
The resurrection is the centerpiece of our faith. A risen Savior is the thing that separates Christianity from all other religions. Abraham was the central figure of Judaism. But Father Abraham died and was buried. Buddha is the founder of Buddhism, Mohammed is the founder of Islam, and Confucius is the founder of Confucianism. But each of those men died and stayed in a cold dark grave.
Joseph Smith founded Mormonism and when he died, he stayed dead. Hinduism has no single founder, but each of its prominent leaders have died and every one of them stayed physically dead.
Only Biblical Christianity claims to have a leader that died for the sins of His people and was buried in a borrowed grave only to be bodily raised from the dead. That's why we sing, "UP from the grave He arose with a mighty triumph o'er His foes! ...
Author: Mike Stone
Text: 1 Corinthians 15:3-25
I recently read the story of a man who accidentally ran over the Easter Bunny and killed him. A lady stopped to help. She took out a spray can and slowly emptied its contents all over the Easter Bunny. The rabbit got up and hopped 5 feet, turned to wave, hopped 5 more feet, turned to wave, hopped five more feet, turned to wave...and repeated this until he was out of sight.
The can said, "Restore life to dead hair. Adds permanent wave."
Well, for those who know me, you know I don't care for corny humor. At least I hope you know that about me. But I tell that silly little joke because it makes a point. For a lot of people, their understanding of Easter hardly goes beyond Peter Cottontail, colored eggs, and chocolate bunnies. Their knowledge of all this day means hardly goes beyond a silly story about a woman with a magic spray can.
But here in 1 Corinthians 15, arguably the greatest chapter in the Bible on the resurrection, Paul wants us to know that the real story of Easter involves a lot more than marshmallow Peeps, plastic grass, and a new outfit.
The resurrection is the centerpiece of our faith. A risen Savior is the thing that separates Christianity from all other religions. Abraham was the central figure of Judaism. But Father Abraham died and was buried. Buddha is the founder of Buddhism, Mohammed is the founder of Islam, and Confucius is the founder of Confucianism. But each of those men died and stayed in a cold dark grave.
Joseph Smith founded Mormonism and when he died, he stayed dead. Hinduism has no single founder, but each of its prominent leaders have died and every one of them stayed physically dead.
Only Biblical Christianity claims to have a leader that died for the sins of His people and was buried in a borrowed grave only to be bodily raised from the dead. That's why we sing, "UP from the grave He arose with a mighty triumph o'er His foes! ...
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