He Has Risen; He Is Not Here

Speaker: Pastor Raleigh Sims


Scripture Focus: Mark 16:1-8


Description: Though Christmas may be our
favorite, Paul reminds us that Easter is of “first importance.”
If Christ had not arisen, our hope would be still locked in the
tomb. Because He is risen, just as He said, we have hope of our
own resurrection from the dead and look forward to the life
everlasting, which death cannot touch. We come here today not
simply to remember an event but to rejoice in the future made
possible for us because of what happened. Before the world we
confess that Jesus’ resurrection is not a hope but a fact
witnessed by more than five hundred and on that fact God has
built a future for us—one we anticipate now even as we wait to
see it fulfilled.