Introduction

Good morning everyone! I’m excited about the new series we’re launching today! We are five weeks from celebrating Easter, the most miraculous day in history. So for the next fix weekends I want to prepare us for that great day by learning and recalling all that Jesus did to make it happen.

On Easter, God did what only God could do, In order to do what only God could do. Well, God saw that human beings were racking up sin. We couldn’t make up for the things we were doing wrong, justice needed to be served and we couldn’t pay for it. We were helpless to help ourselves. So God helped in a way only God could: He sent His Son, Jesus, to make a substitutionary payment for our sins: His life for ours.

On Easter, God did what only God could do, In order to do what only God could do.

Survey

Raise your hand if you’ve ever rolled a stop sign... Raise your hand if you’ve ever driven over the speed limit... - If you are over 16 and not raising your hand right now, just about everyone in the room is pretty sure you’re lying. I won’t ask how many of you have ever texted while driving, or used a non-hands-free phone to make a call from your car. The point is...

What if you had to pay a $200 fine every time you broke a traffic law? You would be incapable of paying the price. It would be too high. The Bible says every time you cross a moral line, there’s a price to be paid. Every time we cheat on a test. Every time we fudge on the truth. Every time we take something that isn’t ours. Every time we say something to hurt someone else. Every time we cross a sexual boundary. Every time we… you fill in the blank.

But here’s the deal: we wouldn’t have believed this offer of sin-payment unless God had done something extraordinary to make us sit up and take notice ... View this full sermon with PRO Premium

We will celebrate it on Easter. And I am praying that you will be praying about bringing as many friends as possible to hear the story of the One who loved them, Against All Odds.