Today, we reflect on the transformative power of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The early followers of Jesus, like us, grappled with questions and uncertainties about His resurrection and its implications for their lives. As we delve into the Gospel of John, we witness Mary Magdalene's discovery of the empty tomb and the subsequent encounters of the disciples with the risen Christ. These events mark the beginning of a profound change, not just in the lives of the disciples but in the course of history.

The resurrection of Jesus is more than a historical event; it is a catalyst for change. It altered the lives of individuals like Paul, who went from persecuting Christians to becoming a fervent apostle, spreading the message of Jesus across the Mediterranean. The early Christians, inspired by the resurrection, lived radically different lives, prioritizing community, compassion, and service over power and wealth. They stayed behind during plagues to care for the sick, embodying the love and sacrifice of Christ.

In our own Methodist tradition, the resurrection has inspired acts of service and education, leading to the establishment of hospitals and universities. This legacy of transformation continues as we strive to live out the message of Jesus in our communities.

The resurrection challenges us to embrace the "oddness" of God, who values forgiveness, humility, and love over power and prestige. Jesus' life and resurrection invite us to be part of a church that welcomes the marginalized and broken, offering healing and hope. We are called to go beyond our comfort zones, to share the love and grace of Jesus with others, and to be agents of change in the world.

Personally, I have experienced the transformative power of Jesus. From a place of rejection and insecurity, Jesus extended His hand to me, inviting me to follow Him and find purpose in His service. This journey has led me to become a pastor, sharing the love and grace of Jesus with others. Despite my scars and insecurities, Jesus has changed me, and He continues to change each of us, inviting us to step into the light of His victory over death.

Key Takeaways:

- The resurrection of Jesus is a transformative event that changed the lives of His early followers and continues to change lives today. It calls us to live differently, prioritizing love, service, and community over power and wealth. [03:34]

- The story of Paul and the early Christians demonstrates the radical change that the resurrection brings. They lived lives of sacrifice and service, embodying the love of Christ in their actions and communities. [11:07]

- Embracing the "oddness" of God means valuing forgiveness, humility, and love over worldly power and prestige. Jesus' life and resurrection challenge us to be part of a church that welcomes the marginalized and broken. [16:34]

- Personal transformation through Jesus is possible for everyone. Despite our wounds and insecurities, Jesus invites us to follow Him and find purpose in His service, offering healing and hope. [19:46]

- The resurrection is not just a historical event but a call to action. We are invited to be agents of change, sharing the love and grace of Jesus with others and living out His message in our communities. [19:46]

Youtube Chapters:

[00:00] - Welcome
[03:34] - The Resurrection's Impact
[06:12] - Transformation of Paul
[08:45] - Early Christians' Radical Lives
[11:07] - Embracing God's Oddness
[13:29] - The Church's Unique Mission
[16:34] - Personal Transformation
[19:46] - My Journey with Jesus
[22:18] - Invitation to Change
[24:50] - Living in the Light of Jesus
[27:12] - Closing Prayer

### Bible Study Discussion Guide

#### Bible Reading
- John 20:1-9
- John 20:19-23

#### Observation Questions
1. What was Mary Magdalene's initial reaction upon discovering the empty tomb, and how did she respond? [03:34]
2. How did the disciples react when Jesus appeared to them after His resurrection? What did Jesus say to them? [03:34]
3. What transformation did Paul undergo after encountering the risen Jesus, according to the sermon? [11:07]
4. How did the early Christians demonstrate their faith in the resurrection through their actions during plagues? [11:07]

#### Interpretation Questions
1. How does the resurrection of Jesus challenge traditional views of power and prestige, as discussed in the sermon? [16:34]
2. In what ways did the early Christians' actions reflect the "oddness" of God, as described in the sermon? [16:34]
3. How does the personal transformation of individuals like Paul and Thomas illustrate the impact of the resurrection? [19:46]
4. What does the sermon suggest about the role of the church in welcoming and supporting marginalized individuals? [16:34]

#### Application Questions
1. Reflect on a time when you felt uncertain or confused about your faith. How can the story of Mary Magdalene and the disciples encourage you in those moments? [03:34]
2. The sermon highlights the transformative power of Jesus' resurrection. How have you experienced personal transformation in your own life through your faith? [19:46]
3. The early Christians prioritized community and service over power and wealth. How can you incorporate these values into your daily life and interactions with others? [11:07]
4. Consider the "oddness" of God, who values forgiveness and humility. How can you embrace these values in your relationships and decision-making? [16:34]
5. The sermon calls us to be agents of change in the world. What specific actions can you take this week to share the love and grace of Jesus with someone in your community? [19:46]
6. Reflect on the pastor's personal story of transformation. How can you overcome your own insecurities and scars to serve others and share your faith? [19:46]
7. How can you actively participate in creating a church environment that welcomes and supports those who are marginalized or broken? [16:34]

Day 1: The Resurrection as a Catalyst for Change
The resurrection of Jesus Christ is not merely a historical event but a transformative force that continues to impact lives today. It calls individuals to live differently, prioritizing love, service, and community over power and wealth. The early followers of Jesus, like Paul, experienced radical transformations, shifting from lives of persecution to lives of service and spreading the message of Jesus. This change is not limited to the past; it is a call to action for believers today to embody the love and grace of Jesus in their communities. [03:34]

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come." (2 Corinthians 5:17, ESV)

Reflection: Identify one area in your life where you can prioritize love and service over personal gain. How can you take a step today to live out this change?


Day 2: Radical Transformation Through the Resurrection
The story of Paul and the early Christians exemplifies the radical change that the resurrection of Jesus brings. Paul, once a persecutor of Christians, became a fervent apostle, spreading the message of Jesus across the Mediterranean. The early Christians, inspired by the resurrection, lived lives of sacrifice and service, embodying the love of Christ in their actions and communities. This transformation challenges believers to live lives marked by compassion and service, reflecting the love of Christ to those around them. [11:07]

"And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh." (Ezekiel 36:26, ESV)

Reflection: Consider a way you can serve someone in your community this week. How can you embody the love of Christ in this act of service?


Day 3: Embracing the Oddness of God
Embracing the "oddness" of God means valuing forgiveness, humility, and love over worldly power and prestige. Jesus' life and resurrection challenge believers to be part of a church that welcomes the marginalized and broken, offering healing and hope. This call invites individuals to step beyond their comfort zones and share the love and grace of Jesus with others, becoming agents of change in the world. [16:34]

"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord." (Isaiah 55:8, ESV)

Reflection: Think of someone who is marginalized or broken in your community. How can you extend God's love and grace to them today?


Day 4: Personal Transformation Through Jesus
Personal transformation through Jesus is possible for everyone. Despite wounds and insecurities, Jesus invites individuals to follow Him and find purpose in His service, offering healing and hope. This journey of transformation is ongoing, as Jesus continues to change each person, inviting them to step into the light of His victory over death. Believers are encouraged to embrace this transformation and share the love and grace of Jesus with others. [19:46]

"And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another." (2 Corinthians 3:18, ESV)

Reflection: Reflect on a personal insecurity or wound. How can you invite Jesus into this area of your life for healing and transformation?


Day 5: The Resurrection as a Call to Action
The resurrection is not just a historical event but a call to action. Believers are invited to be agents of change, sharing the love and grace of Jesus with others and living out His message in their communities. This call challenges individuals to go beyond their comfort zones and actively participate in the mission of the church, welcoming the marginalized and offering healing and hope. [19:46]

"Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect." (Romans 12:2, ESV)

Reflection: What is one specific action you can take this week to share the love and grace of Jesus with someone in your community? How can you step out of your comfort zone to be an agent of change?

``Today, in our Bible reading, we encounter the risen Jesus along with his faithful followers. How many of us have questions for Jesus just as they did? How many of us are confused or uncertain about what is happening with Jesus and what it means in our lives? The early followers did have all the answers, and we are still looking for understanding today. Let us listen to God's word and open our hearts and minds for God's guidance today. [00:00:00]

When we look through church history, there are people who seem to be different because they encountered the risen Jesus. When we look at St. Paul, he was a guy who grew up as a good Jewish boy. He did all the things he was supposed to do. He did the correct offerings. He had the correct worship. He went to all the right schools. He grew up to become a Pharisee, one of the respected Jewish authorities. And when these crazy people who believed in Jesus started creating trouble, he was very good at going after them. [00:04:13] (41 seconds) Edit Clip


When we look at the lives of the early believers, the lives of the early early church, they don't seem to be the same either. They seem to be different. They go around setting up communities of believers all over the place. They're not worried about building big fancy temples. They're not worried about which empire they are a part of. They just go talking from person to person, spreading the news. And when plagues showed up in their villages, when people would abandon villages in order to avoid getting sick and dying, these early Christians would stay behind. [00:05:43] (44 seconds) Edit Clip


They had this crazy idea from Jesus that they were supposed to stay and try to heal people, to stay and be with people who were suffering. They stayed, and sometimes they brought healing, and people lived. Sometimes what they offered was that no one would die alone these believers were changed they behaved differently they did things differently than their neighbors what was going on what was this change in our own Methodist tradition we were changed by the message of Jesus Christ we believed that we should be doing things to make lives better for people. [00:06:26] (52 seconds) Edit Clip


So what is it that changed with the resurrection and why is Easter about more than bunnies and hams and fancy hats and what is the meaning of the end of Jesus life we have been talking about how we have needed to become at one with God again the fancy theological term for this is atonement how do we become holy in our relationship with God again going all way back to Adam and Eve we have had free will and we have used our free will to sometimes make bad choices to sin and screw up the world. [00:07:51] (48 seconds) Edit Clip


What is the real change of the story of Jesus? What is the real meaning of his life to us today? I think it is that our God is an odd God. He has strange ideas about what is important in the world, and I think the story of Jesus and the story of Easter is that we need to change and embrace the oddness of our God. So what are the ways that God is odd and wants us to change? [00:11:41] (36 seconds) Edit Clip


First of all, most gods want to be connected with powerful empires. When you look at all the gods of Egypt and all the gods of Assyria, the gods of Roman Greece, our God, instead of aligning with powerful empires, has this ragtag group of people living in an area called Israel. These are not wealthy people. These are not powerful people. It's a stretch of land that has very few natural resources. It has no great and mighty rivers like the Tigris, the Euphrates, or the Nile. [00:12:19] (44 seconds) Edit Clip


God doesn't set up powerful kings and generals. God doesn't set up powerful empires. God does not believe in vengeance, an eye for an eye, but instead says, I want you to forgive. I want you to turn the other cheek. I want you to give your coat to someone who is cold. I want you to love your enemy. Our God has odd ideas about what's important about life on earth here. And reflecting that, our God, through Jesus, sets up a church that is also odd. [00:13:14] (38 seconds) Edit Clip


Sometimes we have the strangest people that get welcomed into the church, people whose lives are seriously messed up, people who've been addicted or corrupt, people who've been prostitutes, people who have been powerless, people who've been sick, mentally and physically, people who've been living with disabilities. Our God welcomes all of these people in and creates a church that creates a church. where we're supposed to encourage and support each other and not judge each other to welcome people who are lost and lonely. [00:13:49] (40 seconds) Edit Clip


When we think about this church Jesus doesn't tell us to go build fancy ritzy powerful expensive buildings Jesus tells us to go talk to each other to share the message of Jesus with each other to heal each other Jesus says to believe and be saved to go and do what he did in our reading he says the father sent me I am sending you to go not just to sit around and feel comfortable but to go and to share Jesus with others to share the love and grace and salvation of Jesus with others. [00:14:51] (47 seconds) Edit Clip


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Today, in our Bible reading, we encounter the risen Jesus along with his faithful followers. How many of us have questions for Jesus just as they did? How many of us are confused or uncertain about what is happening with Jesus and what it means in our lives? The early followers did not have all the answers, and we are still looking for understanding today.

Let us listen to God's word and open our hearts and minds for God's guidance today. We read from the 20th chapter of the Gospel of John.

Early in the morning of the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. She ran to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said, "They have taken our Lord from the tomb, and we don't know where they've put him."

Peter and the other disciple left to go to the tomb. They were running together, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and was the first to arrive. Bending down to take a look, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he didn't go in. Following him, Simon Peter entered the tomb and saw the linen cloths lying there. He also saw the face cloth that had been on Jesus' head. It wasn't with the other clothes, but was folded up in its own place.

Then the other disciple, the one who arrived at the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed. They didn't yet understand the scripture that Jesus must rise from the dead.

It was still the first day of the week. That evening, while the disciples were behind closed doors because they were afraid of the Jewish authorities, Jesus came and stood among them. He said, "Peace be with you." After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. When the disciples saw the Lord, they were filled with joy.

Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father sent me, so I am sending you." Then he breathed on them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit."

Jesus did many other miraculous signs in the presence of his disciples, signs that aren't recorded in this scroll. But these things are written so that you will believe that Jesus is the Christ, God's Son, and that by believing you will have life in his name.

Here ends our reading. The word of God, the word of life. Amen.

Let us pray. Show us your ways, Lord. Teach us your paths. Guide us in your truth, for you are God our Savior, and our hope is in you all day long. Amen.

This Easter, as we celebrate this holy day, this day of victory, I have a question for us. Did the resurrection of Jesus change the world? A lot of us know that we celebrate Easter every day. In fact, we changed the holy day of our week, the Sabbath, from Saturday to Sunday, so that we remember every single week that Jesus rose on a Sunday, that Jesus rose from the dead and offered new life to us.

So we changed our week. We also changed our calendar. A government official long ago decided to renumber the years based on the birth of Jesus. So you could say there are ways that Jesus changed the world, but these seem superficial.

In my guess, if Jesus were here, he could really care less about which day of the week is the beginning of the week or how we number the years. For all we know, some government official could come and change how we count the years at any time in the future.

So what really matters from the resurrection? What changed that brings meaning to our lives? When we look through church history, there are people who seem to be different because they encountered the risen Jesus.

When we look at St. Paul, he was a guy who grew up as a good Jewish boy. He did all the things he was supposed to do. He did the correct offerings. He had the correct worship. He went to all the right schools. He grew up to become a Pharisee, one of the respected Jewish authorities.

And when these crazy people who believed in Jesus started creating trouble, he was very good at going after them. He was trying to do this by going to Damascus in Syria to go after some of these crazy Jesus followers. And along the way, Jesus shows up. Jesus appears to Paul, and Paul is never the same. He leaves his job. He becomes an itinerant preacher. He wanders around from town to town all around the eastern Mediterranean telling people about Jesus.

Paul was never the same after the resurrection and his encounter with Jesus. When we look at the lives of the early believers, the lives of the early church, they don't seem to be the same either. They seem to be different. They go around setting up communities of believers all over the place. They're not worried about building big fancy temples. They're not worried about which empire they are a part of. They just go talking from person to person, spreading the news.

And when plagues showed up in their villages, when people would abandon villages in order to avoid getting sick and dying, these early Christians would stay behind. They had this crazy idea from Jesus that they were supposed to stay and try to heal people, to stay and be with people who were suffering. They stayed, and sometimes they brought healing, and people lived. Sometimes what they offered was that no one would die alone.

These believers were changed. They behaved differently. They did things differently than their neighbors. What was going on? What was this change?

In our own Methodist tradition, we were changed by the message of Jesus Christ. We believed that we should be doing things to make lives better for people. So we believe that we should heal like Jesus healed, and we started building clinics and hospitals. In fact, I gave birth to my first child in a Methodist hospital in Indianapolis. Methodists started schools; they trained people to teach others how to read. They started universities. We still have prominent universities in the United States with Methodist connections: Southern Methodist University, Boston College, Emory, and Drew University.

So what is it that changed with the resurrection, and why is Easter about more than bunnies and hams and fancy hats? What is the meaning of the end of Jesus' life?

We have been talking about how we have needed to become at one with God again. The fancy theological term for this is atonement. How do we become holy in our relationship with God again? Going all the way back to Adam and Eve, we have had free will, and we have used our free will to sometimes make bad choices, to sin and screw up the world.

Jesus was the final step in a huge plan that God has. As we go all the way through the Hebrew Bible, the Old Testament, we see time and time again God tried to turn his people back to a right relationship with himself. God sent prophets. God sent judges. Eventually, God sent kings. That didn't always work out very well, but God repeatedly tried to turn the people back into a right relationship to be one with God again. And time after time, we wandered off.

So God sent Jesus. God came as Jesus, a human baby born in a cattle stall, lying on a heap of straw. This first stage of atonement, God became one of us. God came as a powerless infant. Then God grew, and Jesus, as a young man, starts walking and starts collecting followers. For three years, people walk with him, listen to him, get healed by him, and are trained to live as Jesus lived.

Through his teaching and through his life, we start seeing what it might be like to live as one with God again. This week, during Holy Week, we thought about the third stage of Jesus' life: his willingness to go to the cross and die, not because he had made any mistakes or screwed anything up, but he was willing to go and die for our screw-ups, for our mistakes.

So Jesus on the cross is another point where he makes us one with God. He then dies and goes to hell, giving those who have already died another chance to come to know God's love and grace. Today, we get to the final step of this plan: the resurrection, Jesus coming back to life, Jesus conquering death.

Now, as we think about each of these stages of Jesus' life as part of this plan that God has to bring us back into a healthy, complete, whole relationship with God, we have to struggle because we want a conquering God. We want a powerful God, but we want a God like King David, someone with powerful military and political might, someone who can take on the oppressors of the world, someone who can take down empires.

What is the real change of the story of Jesus? What is the real meaning of his life to us today? I think it is that our God is an odd God. He has strange ideas about what is important in the world, and I think the story of Jesus and the story of Easter is that we need to change and embrace the oddness of our God.

So what are the ways that God is odd and wants us to change? First of all, most gods want to be connected with powerful empires. When you look at all the gods of Egypt and all the gods of Assyria, the gods of Roman Greece, our God, instead of aligning with powerful empires, has this ragtag group of people living in an area called Israel.

These are not wealthy people. These are not powerful people. It's a stretch of land that has very few natural resources. It has no great and mighty rivers like the Tigris, the Euphrates, or the Nile. It is land that is hard to make a living on. There are no great expansive areas of fertility to grow tons of crops.

God doesn't set up powerful kings and generals. God doesn't set up powerful empires. God does not believe in vengeance, an eye for an eye, but instead says, "I want you to forgive. I want you to turn the other cheek. I want you to give your coat to someone who is cold. I want you to love your enemy."

Our God has odd ideas about what's important about life on earth. And reflecting that, our God, through Jesus, sets up a church that is also odd. Sometimes we have the strangest people that get welcomed into the church: people whose lives are seriously messed up, people who've been addicted or corrupt, people who've been prostitutes, people who've been powerless, people who've been sick, mentally and physically, people who've been living with disabilities.

Our God welcomes all of these people in and creates a church where we're supposed to encourage and support each other and not judge each other, to welcome people who are lost and lonely. When we think about this church, Jesus doesn't tell us to go build fancy, ritzy, powerful, expensive buildings. Jesus tells us to go talk to each other, to share the message of Jesus with each other, to heal each other.

Jesus says to believe and be saved, to go and do what he did. In our reading, he says, "The Father sent me; I am sending you." To go not just to sit around and feel comfortable, but to go and to share Jesus with others, to share the love and grace and salvation of Jesus with others.

The question is, are we willing to go? Are we willing to be changed? Are we willing to embrace this odd idea that the important stuff is not the money and the power or the government commitment, but rather relationships with God and relationships with each other?

It really seems like Jesus came to change us from wanting power and privilege and comfort and security, and he wants to change us to wanting God's justice and peace and compassion for all people.

I think when we think about the change that Jesus brings, Jesus was willing to be humiliated. Jesus was willing to be weak. I think Jesus was willing to be killed by misguided people so that he could rise from the dead and show the world his wounds.

Jesus took wounds that were meant to humiliate him and demean him and instead made his wounds a source of power and a source of healing. He appeared to his disciples, and they came to believe.

Now, Thomas wasn't there in our reading when we hear that Jesus showed up. And when Thomas comes later, he's like, "You know what? I don't believe you. I'm not going to believe until I can touch the wounds of Jesus."

Thomas then believes and is changed. Thomas sets aside his doubt. Thomas sets aside his fear and despair. Thomas starts walking. Thomas is changed. Thomas accepts Jesus' challenge to be sent just as the Father sent Jesus. Thomas accepted being sent to go and do something he didn't know he was going to do.

He ends up walking and walking and walking, and he tells everyone he meets about Jesus. He walks all the way to India. He dies in India. You can see his grave to this day. Thomas was changed just as Paul was changed. He left to go and tell others.

How are we changed? I have to say that Jesus changed me. When I was in high school, I graduated from a high school in Watertown, Wisconsin, just as many of us have graduated from high schools.

And the normal thing when you graduate from high school is to have a graduation party. Well, I sent out invitations, and not a single person came. I am a failure at planning parties. I had a graduating class of over 320 people, and not a single classmate came. No one from my church came. None of the neighbors came. No one in town came. Not a single person came to my party. I was utterly rejected by the people in my community, and I felt terrible.

I was 17 years old, and no one came to my party. I was hurt. I was wounded. I didn't believe in myself. I didn't think anyone wanted to be around me. I thought I was useless.

Now, my mom saved the day, at least in that moment, by getting tickets to a Brewers game, and we went and had a lovely day at the ballpark. But that failure that I felt of having a party that no one came to, feeling rejected by the world, that stung and it stayed with me. It wounded me deep inside. I didn't trust myself. I had no confidence. I didn't think anyone liked me. I didn't know what to do with my life.

I went off to college, but I was scared. I was scared of trying to make friends. I was scared of whether anyone would ever like me. I was scared of trying to make friends.

This last weekend, our church had a giant party here called Easter Fest. We had over 160 people come. We had over 30 volunteers. We had a great time. I helped plan that party, and I didn't tell anyone that I am terrible at planning parties. I didn't tell anyone that I was a failure at getting people to come together to do things because since that time when I was 17 and failed socially, Jesus extended a hand of invitation to me.

Jesus said, "Come, follow me. I have something for you to do. You are not a failure. You are not rejected. I love you, and I have something for you to do." It took me a lot of years to start to believe in myself again.

But Jesus had a truly crazy idea. Jesus had this ridiculous idea that someone who at 17 couldn't get a single person to come to a high school graduation party could become a pastor and could invite people to come to church to receive the love and grace of Jesus Christ in their lives.

Now, it took until I was 45 before I accepted the love and grace of Jesus Christ, the full invitation that Jesus gave me to become a pastor. But Jesus healed my wounds, my wounds of social rejection and insecurity.

By working together with a congregation that worked hard to build a great building, working hard with congregational leaders who cared that there were kids in our community that do not know the love and joy of Jesus, we all together, working together, could successfully put together a party filled with laughter and joy where not only did people come to have a good time and see that God loves them, but also that we could come together and do a project like packing personal care kits so that 150 people who have wounds from experiencing a disaster in their life could have a toothbrush and a washcloth to start putting their lives back together again.

Jesus had wounds that healed people. I accepted Jesus' invitation into my life. I was changed so that now I am strong enough to be able to invite the next person, no matter what wounds they may be experiencing. I have the power of Jesus in my life now to be able to help the next person not feel rejected, to help the next person know that Jesus loves them, that Jesus died for them, and Jesus is offering them new life.

Do I still have scars from that time? You sure do. There are times when I still don't believe in myself, and I'm still insecure and unconfident. But Jesus changed me. Jesus changes all of us. Jesus changes us from the inside out.

No one can look at me and understand the wounds that I have inside. No one could look at Thomas or Paul and see the ways that they were hurt and struggling inside. But we all have been changed by Jesus, where we have brought the love of Jesus to other people.

And I believe that is the question for us today. Now that we see how Jesus has changed the world through changing individual lives, the question is not did Jesus change the world through his resurrection, but are we willing to be changed by Jesus and the power of his resurrection, the power of his victory over death?

Are we willing to be changed? Are we willing to start loving as Jesus loved? Are we willing to be changed on the inside? Are we willing to put Jesus before our nation, our family, our comfort? Are we willing to step out of a tomb of sin and screwed-up life choices that we have put ourselves in and walk into the light of Jesus' victory?

Jesus did change the world through his resurrection. Jesus still changes the world today by changing each one of us.

Let us all reach out and accept the hand of Jesus that says, "Come, follow me, and I will give you the gift of eternal life."

Let's walk together in the light of Jesus. Amen.