Easter 2026: The Upper Story Breaks into Ours

On this Easter Sunday, the stone didn't roll away just so Jesus could get out. It rolled away so we could get in on the upper story to see that through Christ, no matter how bad and repetitive the world gets, God has won, and God will win in the end. That there is something better than this. We shouldn't live in guilt anymore, but share the freedom we feel with everyone because we have the freedom to share it with them. [00:20:29] (40 seconds)  #EasterFreedom

But the first thing that Jesus does is he breaks out from the heart problem, the smuggled sin problem. In the Old Testament, we saw that there were floods where God tried to be a flood, that God tried to reset the whole world and its sin problem. But that didn't quite work out because the problem of sin was still on that boat and was smuggled inside in the passengers. The resurrection isn't just one more external washing that we do, but it's actually an internal life infusion, much like a blood infusion when we desperately need it, of what God truly wanted for us since the beginning. [00:09:17] (49 seconds)  #InnerResurrection

The empty tomb proves that there is no scarcity in God's kingdom. If God can provide life where there was only death, he can provide manna in the desert. There's enough grace to share with everyone. Jesus didn't run out of grace right after he saved you or I. He still has more. In Romans eight eleven, it says, the spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you. And the challenge that is given to us because of that is to stop living like a grasshopper. As the Israelites were entering into the promised land, they became scared to enter what God had promised them [00:15:37] (54 seconds)  #AbundantGrace

And this Easter, as us, as Christ's body, we have to answer the question, is that true? Did Jesus sacrifice on the cross, was that done only for us? And is that something that we should hoard for only us? Or did he do that that grace and the peace that he offered the disciples that Easter morning be shared freely as it was freely given to us? The empty tomb proves that there is no scarcity in God's kingdom. [00:15:05] (38 seconds)  #ShareTheGrace

As you go through the Old Testament, you see that human kings like Saul, then David, then Solomon, and on and on, all failed because their hearts were divided. They they wanted the world's applause. Even David, who God described as a man after his own heart, was denied the right to build the temple because he had too much blood on his hands. These earthly leaders need to be put in their correct category so that we, on this Easter, can return to the true king, the king of kings. [00:17:20] (41 seconds)  #ReturnToTheKing

And they began to say, we are just grasshoppers. The resurrection is the end of wandering. Now we are sent with purpose. We aren't just freed from death. We weren't just saved for our own selfish intents. We were finally free to join Christ in God's mission. The last thing that I think Easter shows us that we've been going over is that it frees us and helps us to break out of the repetitive cycle of earthly leadership. [00:16:39] (41 seconds)  #SentWithPurpose

Stop ignoring the warning lights that are all over your dashboard that says there's a problem and acknowledge a unique God that warns us sometimes out of love and directs us into a better life in Christ and return to the risen king. And then he also says, go. Don't just admire the empty tomb. Run. Go tell those in modern slavery, those in addiction, despair. All the people were living in the lie that maybe this is all there is. Go and tell them, no, there's something better. [00:21:32] (41 seconds)  #GoTellTheLost

And how do we do the how of this? How do we get there? Jesus gives us instructions that are pretty straightforward. The first thing he tells us is repent. And this doesn't matter if you are someone that is new to Christianity or if it's someone that has found a new compartment of their heart as a Christian that they need to give up to the Lord. Jesus says, repent. Stop ignoring the warning lights that are all over your dashboard that says there's a problem [00:21:09] (30 seconds)  #HeedTheWarnings