What If There Had Been No Easter

If there is no Easter, I’m wasting my time preaching and you are wasting your time listening.

If Christ is still in the grave- you are serving a dead God like all other religions of the world.

Jesus being alive separates Him from all the rest.

That Christ died for our sins,

that He was buried,

That He was raised on the third day.

That is the gospel!

No preacher can preach the gospel unless he preaches the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Heard a preacher say, Jesus body remains in the tomb, and His Spirit marches onward. Do you know what that man ought to do? Shut up! And give up that pulpit. Get another job. You don’t believe in the resurrection, your preaching is vain and empty.

II. Our faith would be foolish

“And your faith is also vain”

That means we put your faith in something that doesn’t deserve your trust.

Who wants to put their faith in Jesus if Jesus is dead!

Bible says

Believe in your heart the Lord Jesus,

confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus,

believe in thy heart that God raised Him from the dead, then thou shall be saved.

Other founders of religions

They lived. They died. They are dead.

Jesus lived. Jesus died. Jesus rose again and lives for evermore!

We do not serve a dead savior. A dead savior is nobody’s savior. Repeat!

Jesus Christ is alive!

My faith is in a risen savior!

My faith is not foolish because my faith is anchored in Jesus Christ.

III. Sin still has a hold of you

“and if Christ be not raised , your faith is vain, you are yet in your sins.”

If Christ is still in the grave. God did not accept payment for your sins. You are lost and helpless.

But because God raised Jesus, it is proof that Jesus paid the price in full.

“He was delivered up for our offenses, and was raised again for our justification.” Rom. 4:25

If Christ be not risen, the disciples bled, suffered, and died for a lie. They were false prophets.

A man may live for a lie, but few will die for a lie.

Last thing this morning,

IV. Death would control us

“Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ perish”

It means …mothers, fathers, loved ones, children who died in Christ we would not see again.

This is all there is. That would be disappointing!

That would steal our joy and hope of a future.

Death is a monster and it would win.

It would mean as hard as Satan worked to get Jesus to the cross, he would have won.

Death gets the victory instead of Jesus Christ.

I’m winding down, please listen closely,

“For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness, but unto us which are saved it is the power of God”

you know what I am talking about is true, because God’s Spirit is speaking to you this morning.

Telling you that this is the truth of God.

If there is no Easter, there is no resurrection. If there is no resurrection, it means we are still in our sins. We have no way out!

Good news!

He is risen! He is alive! He is alive forever more!

Because He lives, We can live also! Death has no hold on us!

Everyone of us has a moment of decision, a moment that is special before God.