Easter Sunday: A Passion For Living

Sermon Text: Luke 24: 1-12

Easter means our faith isn't futile, our failures aren't fatal, and our death isn't final.

• Faith: Jesus is alive. Our faith isn't futile. If it's false, it's foolish. If it's true, it is the foundation for a life that is powerful and positive and productive forever.
• Failures: We are an Easter people. We follow a living Lord. We believe in the redeeming power of God. Our failures aren't fatal; they are opportunities to learn and grow into the likeness of Christ.
• Death: Easter means that our death isn't final. Jesus was not held by the prison of death, and in his resurrection, he paves the way for those who believe in him to inherit eternal life. Because he died and rose again, so can we.

To Know: Jesus death and resurrection gives us a powerful, positive, productive life forever.

To Feel: Our failures are overcome by Easter

To Do: When you trust that your faith isn't futile, that your failures aren't fatal, and that your death isn't final -- then you can have a passion for living.