From Womb To The Tomb

Here we are with one of the greatest weekends that the church gets to celebrate each year.

If it were not for this weekend’s event taking place, there would be no gospel nor a message of Good News!

I am always humbled delivering this message of hope on this weekend because there are many who attend this weekend that normally do not attend church.

The message must be clear & understandable by everyone in the room.

You may be wondering what does “From Womb to Tomb” have to do with the Easter message.

Easter didn’t just show up as a holiday on the calendar. There was a journey that had to be walked out before Easter could be celebrated.

I want to take on that journey so that we may connect with the fullness of Easter & the incredible value it has brought to all who truly accept the Good News gospel.

I. Womb, Jesus had to Come First…

Isaiah 9:6 NLT For a child is born to us, a Son is given to us.

The government will rest on His shoulders. And He will be called:

Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

This was made clear as to how the journey would start.

It was a very critical part for it would begin setting the stage for where God would have Him end up in this journey.

John 1:29 NLT The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him & said, “Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

Jesus came for the purpose of all of us were born in sin & had no way to get out from under the curse of it.

Psalm 51:5 NLT For I was born a sinner—yes, from the moment my mother conceived me.

But Jesus came knowing that there were several things that must happen to bring God’s purpose to its fullness.

Hebrews 9:22-23 TPT Actually, nearly everything under the law was purified with blood, since forgiveness only comes through an outpouring of blood. And so it was necessary for all the earthly symbols of the heavenly realities to be purified with these animal sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves required a superior sacrifice than these.

For the necessary blood, something or someone had to die.

II. The Sacrifice on the Journey…

Matthew 26:1-2 TPT After Jesus had completed His teachings, He said to His disciples, “You know that the Feast of the Passover begins in two more days. That’s when the Son of Man will be betrayed & handed over to be crucified.”

It is important to always keep in mind that Jesus wasn’t going into this journey without knowing that it was one that had some very difficult days attached to it.

What would your state of mind been when you were in the garden praying about the thing you were about to go thru…

Death was right in front of you…& it was not necessary for you, it was to redeem all those lost.

Think about how you would have felt if you had asked some people close to you to be in prayer right now with you because you had some life altering things to face that day.

But then you came back to check with them & they were all asleep.

It would cross your mind to wonder if they even really cared!

The heaviness that He must have felt was probably beyond anything we could imagine.

Imagine how it makes Him reflect back on that day when He sees people who really have no passion or even desire to pray concerning the difficult days ahead.

Matthew 26:38-46 TPT And He said to them, “My heart is overwhelmed & crushed with grief. It feels as though I’m dying. Stay here & keep watch with Me.”

Then He walked a short distance away, & overcome with grief, He threw Himself facedown on the ground & prayed, “My Father, if there is any way you can deliver Me from this suffering, please take it from Me. Yet what I want is not important, for I only desire to fulfill Your plan for Me.” Then an angel from heaven appeared to strengthen Him.

Later, He came back to His three disciples & found them all sound asleep. He awakened Peter & said to him, “Could you not stay awake with Me for even one hour? Keep alert & pray that you’ll be spared from this time of testing. Your spirit is eager enough, but your humanity is weak.”

Then He left them for a second time to pray in solitude. He said to God, “My Father, if there is not a way that You can deliver Me from this suffering, then Your will must be done.”

He came back to the disciples & found them sound asleep, for they couldn’t keep their eyes open.