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He is Risen! Now we proclaim, “He is Risen Indeed!” 1 Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. 2 And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone…

Introduction He has risen, he has risen indeed! This is the phrase we use each year, I wonder why we do not start each service with this. When I was in a ministry in Calgary, preaching every Sunday, I needed to supplement my income and God led me to become a tent maker. Not literally making tents, but…

Pastoral Prayer Good morning, Gateway Chapel! Announcements Prep Baptism New Community Group Christmas Party Scripture 2023 is almost over, ladies and gentlemen! And that means we have almost come to the close of Matthew’s gospel. We’ve studied so many great words from Matthew like, “The kingdom is near!”…

HE IS RISEN! Good morning to all of you! I have some awesome news for you this morning, HE IS RISEN! (He is risen indeed!) I love that. Let’s try that one more time… HE IS RISEN! That is a greeting that has been in the church of Jesus Christ since the earliest days. It is based upon this verse in the…

1 Now after the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. 2 And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat on it. 3 His countenance was…

He Is Risen 1 Now on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they, and certain other women with them, came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared. 2 But they found the stone rolled away from the tomb. 3 Then they went in and did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 And…

Jesus had been beaten, whipped, spat-on, and nailed to a cross. After hours of constant, excruciating pain and suffocation, Jesus died right before the Passover and Sabbath. He had been pierced by a Roman spear that opened his vital organs as proof of his death. They took him down from the cross so as…

How does that effect us? 1 Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. 2 So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken…

Call to Worship Song: Christ the Lord is Risen Today( He is not Dead) Announcements Focus on the Cross & Death Song: How Deep the Father’s Love for Us Song: When I surveyed the Wondrous Cross Meditation This morning’s celebration we are going through three stages as we reflect upon the Easter Story.…

Now after the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat on it. His countenance was like…

—Alleluia! Christ is risen! —He is risen indeed! Alleluia! Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. A very blessed Easter to each of you! What a wonderful day to come together and to see all that God has done for us in Christ: the forgiveness He offers; the salvation…

Good morning! It’s always good to see you and be with you and sing with you, but especially on Easter. If we haven’t met before my name is Chris, I’m the pastor of Gateway Chapel, we’re a church on mission to plant churches and make disciples who hear, love, and obey Jesus. And a little something about…

Luke 24:1-12 v.5 Why do you seek the living among the dead? An interesting question. Why would you go to an area of death, and expect to find the living? You wouldn’t! Clearly, they didn’t believe that he would be living. They approached the area, expecting to find someone dead. After all the time they…

Announcements Are there any announcements? Our church directory needs updating and this is a great ministry opportunity for the right person. So, please pray and if the Lord leads you to take this on, please see Pastor John... Introduction He Has Risen! He has Risen, Indeed!!! Good morning and welcome…

Spiritual Diversity of a Unified Church Eph.4:7-12 I. The Giving of the Gifts A. The People Receiving the Gifts Redeemed, born again, believers. gifts are not given to people that will waste them or heap them upon themselves. Gifts are given to those that will bring God the glory B. The Person Giving…

Paul has been addressing a hypothesis: Christ has not risen from the dead. That hypothesis leads to some difficult conclusions: Faith is vain or meaningless. See 1 Corinthians 15.14 14 And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain. Faith is vain or meaningless.…

Does everybody know who Joseph Smith is? He is the founder of the Mormon Faith is buried at the Smith Family Cemetery in Nauvoo Illinois. You can visit it if you wish. L Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology is dead, but he chose to be cremated and had his ashes spread over the pacific ocean. I am…

TEXT: PHILIPPIANS 3:10 | DO YOU KNOW HIM? INTRO ILLUSTRATION : 3 Years ago, we had the opportunity to go to Orlando, FL. We met my family there and all stayed in one big house together. It was a fun experience. One night, we went to a section of Kissimmee that has a small park with some rides in it.…

HE IS RISEN! L: He is Risen! P: He is Risen Indeed! Early in the morning, that refrain echoes from the mountains and throughout the valleys as the women run back from the empty tomb…Jesus is risen, He wasn’t there! What more do we really need to say about this story? I mean, for all intents and purposes,…

Resurrection Reality “Without the Resurrection Faith Is Futile” (OUR VICTORY OVER DEATH IS GUARANTEED) It would not be productive to look for help in a cemetery. A corpse can do only one thing—rot. This is the source of the crushing sorrow Jesus’ followers felt. He was the one in whom they had placed…

I hope I didn’t promise that we would finish Luke this Sunday… because we’re not. Introduction So this Tuesday is Halloween. And I would argue that the text that we are looking at today hits on some really important halloween themes. For many people the first thing that they think of when they think…

20 Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, 21 equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever…

Does it surprise you that those who knew Jesus best responded to the Good News from the Angel as they did? He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. If you had been there to witness the final week of Jesus’ life, when Jesus came in to Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, Watch him cleanse…

The out-of-placeness and the feeling that something is not quite right about stay-at-home Easter 2020 might actually give us a closer glimpse of what that very first Easter Sunday was like.