Empty Tomb and Open Curtain

One sin separates every one of us from the righteousness of God. One sin. And if we sin one time and we live the rest of our lives perfectly, which never happens, but hypothetically, we have still sinned one time and separated ourselves from God the father. Without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness of sins and Jesus has shed his blood and risen from the grave to demonstrate that it's enough. [00:33:12] (32 seconds)  #SinSeparatesJesusSaves

And so the stone wasn't rolled away on Sunday mornings just to let Jesus out of it. Jesus didn't actually need a stone to be rolled away to get out of the tomb, obviously. It was rolled away to let you in. Now, not into a grave, of course, not into a tomb, but to let you in to eternal life with God through Jesus Christ through repentance and faith. Right? The resurrection is not just an add on to the cross. [00:05:59] (33 seconds)  #ResurrectionInvitesYou

In resurrection life, he lives to personally apply the healing that he achieved on your behalf and on mine. And so the empty tomb is the great amen, hallelujah, to Friday's sacrifice. God is entirely satisfied with the exactness of the price that is paid, of the offering that was given, which means if you're tethered to Christ, that's the key, if you're tethered to Christ, he is entirely satisfied with you because God looks down, if you will, and what he sees is the righteousness of his one and only begotten son. [00:13:05] (49 seconds)  #TetheredToChrist

And so what do we do? Well, in the old testament, we have this picture of a curtain. There was a there was a very tall, very ornate, very beautiful, very heavy curtain that separated the the holy place from the most holy place. And we stay outside the curtain forgetting that when Jesus rose from the grave, actually, when Jesus died on the cross, that curtain was torn from top to bottom. [00:20:20] (28 seconds)  #CurtainTornAccessGranted

We pull out key after key and we stand at the front door on the porch and we are trying to open the door of God's favor and God's grace, it no longer becomes grace and it's a fruitless errand. We think, oh, maybe if I just stay away from the Lord for a while, his anger will dissipate and then he'll let me back in. This will not free your conscience. Do you know why? Because he says, the door's open. Come on in. [00:19:13] (31 seconds)  #DoorIsOpenComeIn

So you're not trying to attain your own healing. You're going to the physician of souls, the only true heart surgeon who could bring true healing to you through his word, through the people of God according to the help of the Holy Spirit. Draw an ear. Walk in. You're home. [00:33:45] (31 seconds)  #TheSoulPhysician

He made it with a word, And he does not just offer you access. He is your access through his flesh. He's the great shepherd, John chapter 10 tells us. So, light of this, think about what we get to do in verse 22. Let us draw near with a true heart and full assurance of faith with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Listen, friend. If you are trusting in Jesus Christ alone for the forgiveness of your sins, your heart has been sprinkled clean by his blood and your healing is eternally secure in Christ. [00:25:30] (63 seconds)  #DrawNearWithFaith

We live for one of the many manifestations of what ends up being an idol of approval. Living for the approval of other people, ultimately living for the approval of God, thinking, wrongly thinking that our performance before the Lord will be the ultimate thing to secure our peace with him. And that's a lie from the enemy. It's often well intended. Sometimes it's well motivated, but it is wrongly motivated. [00:16:45] (39 seconds)  #StopChasingApproval