All right, if you wouldn't open
your Bibles back to Luke 24, the passage Brother Eric just
read for us. This morning, I thought I would look at a question regarding
the Lord's resurrection, since more than likely everybody's
here at some point in the past few days has thought about the
Lord's resurrection. So I've titled the message this
morning, Why Seek Ye the Living Among the Dead? Verse one, Luke
24. Now upon the first day of the
week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre,
bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others
with them. And they found the stone rolled
away from the sepulchre, and they entered in and found not
the body of the Lord Jesus. And it came to pass, as they
were much perplexed, thereabout, behold, two men stood by them
in shiny garments, And as they were afraid and bowed down their
faces to the earth, they said unto them, why seek ye the living
among the dead? Now our text this morning gives
us an account of the Savior's resurrection and we'll look at
a couple of the other different accounts in scripture of the
Lord's resurrection. It's what the world calls Easter
Sunday. I think, and I sure hope, everybody
here already knows this. Today is not the anniversary
of the Lord's resurrection. It's not the day of the year
that the Savior was resurrected from the dead. It can't be, can
it? Because Easter is a different day every year. But today is
the day of the week that the Savior rose from the dead. And
that's why the church meets on Sunday. We meet together to worship
the Lord on Sunday because that's the day of the week that the
Lord arose. And really every Sunday, every time the gospel
is preached, the church celebrates the resurrection of Christ. Every
time we preach the gospel, we celebrate the Lord's resurrection
because there's no good news to preach to sinners unless the
Lord arose from the dead. We read that 1 Corinthians 15
to open the service. Our Savior suffered, and he died,
and then he rose from the dead. That's why he wasn't among the
dead when Mary came to the tomb that morning. You're not gonna
find life personified in a graveyard. He's not there. He's risen. And there are six glorious blessings
that believers have because Christ arose from the dead. And I hope
we hear these things and by faith lay hold on these six wonderful
blessings this morning. The first one is this, Christ's
resurrection means he has fulfilled his promise to his people. Verse
six, these angels said, he's not here, but has risen. Remember how he spake unto you
when he was yet in Galilee, saying the son of man must be delivered
into the hands of sinful men and be crucified. And the third
day rise again. and then they remembered his
words. Christ died to fulfill his own
words, his own promise of his death, his burial, and his resurrection
as the substitute for his people. Let me show you that. Look back
at Matthew chapter 16. You know, this was not a one-time thing.
Many times the Lord taught his disciples and told him what he
was going to do. Matthew chapter 16, Verse 21. From that time forth began Jesus
to show unto his disciples how that he must go into Jerusalem
and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and
scribes and be killed and be raised again the third day. Look
over the next chapter, chapter 17, verse 22. And while they abode in Galilee,
Jesus said unto them, the son of man should be betrayed into
the hands of men, and they shall kill him. And the third day he
should be raised again, and they were exceeding sorry. It's like
they didn't hear he said he's gonna be raised again, all they
heard was he's gonna die. He said, but I'll be raised again
the third day, and they were exceeding sorry. They're not listening,
are they? Look over chapter 20 in Matthew,
verse 17. And Jesus going up to Jerusalem
took the 12 disciples apart in the way and said unto them, behold,
we go up to Jerusalem and the son of man shall be betrayed
under the chief priest and under the scribes and they shall condemn
him to death. And they shall deliver him to
the Gentiles to mock and discourage and to crucify him. And the third
day he shall rise again. Now that is an extraordinary
promise for a man to make, isn't it? that I'm gonna be killed,
I'm gonna suffer, I'm gonna die, but I will rise again from the
dead. Now that's an extraordinary promise. You'd think that promise
would stick out in their heads, wouldn't you? Nobody had ever
done it before. Nobody had ever done it since.
But the Savior said he was gonna do it, and he did. He did because
he always keeps his promise. He always keeps his word. There's
nothing you're going to find in this book that you'll ever
find to be untrue. No promise in this book that
you'll find God did not keep. He always keeps his word. So
he must rise again from the dead because he said he was going
to do it. And the Savior will keep every other promise the
same way. Almighty God, as unlikely as
it sounds to us, will keep every single promise of mercy and grace
that he made to his people and his son, every one of them. And the Savior rose again so
that he lives to ensure all those promises will be fulfilled. But there's something else here
that I think it's good for us to remember. True believers,
who have been well-taught are still ignorant about many things.
You know, I would like to think we're well-taught in the scriptures
after all these many years, but you still find this. True believers,
even though they've been well-taught, are often ignorant of many things.
Repeatedly, the Savior told his disciples, I'm gonna suffer and
die and rise again the third day. I mean, they've been well-taught.
They've been taught by Christ himself. And when it happened,
they were all shocked. They were shocked when Mary came
and told the 11 that the Savior had risen. They didn't believe
her. They were shocked like they'd never been taught. This is what's
gonna happen. This is why I'm here. When they
saw the Lord's body was not in the tomb on the third day, you
would think, they would automatically think the Lord's risen just like
he promised he would. But they didn't think that. It's
because they didn't hear. They didn't really hear what
the Lord said. They didn't remember what they
had heard. And that's a common ailment,
isn't it? While we're in this flesh, we
don't remember what we've heard. But here's the thing. They did
remember when the angel reminded them. They did remember. See, there's a difference between
head knowledge and what we really believe in the heart. What we
really believe in the heart is what the Lord's made us experience.
It's what he made us experience. I believe grace when I've experienced
grace. I believe mercy when I've experienced
God's mercy. And the point of this is that
there's still a whole lot of unbelief and ignorance left in
believers, even well-taught believers, aren't there? Because we're still
in this flesh. This flesh is such a horrible anchor to carry
around with us. But that's why we keep preaching
the same gospel over and over and over and over and over again.
God's preachers keep repeating themselves over and over and
over again. And you hear him say, yeah, I remember that. Yeah,
yeah, I remember. That's why we do that, because
we need it, don't we? Okay, here's the second thing.
The empty tomb tells us that the law has been put away. Verse one, back in our text,
Matthew 24. Now upon the first day of the week, very early in
the morning, they came unto the sepulcher, bringing the spices
which they had prepared, and certain others with them. Now
up to the death of Christ, the law of Moses had been in full
effect. Our Savior obeyed the law of Moses all throughout his
earthly ministry. But now, Christ is risen, and
all of that law is finished. It's put away. Our Lord showed
us that very vividly. When he cried, it is finished.
Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit, and he gave up the
ghost. You know what he did? He tore that veil in the temple
from top to bottom. Tore it wide open, showing us
the way to God is now wide open to any sinner that will come
to God by Christ. You don't need the high priest
to do that for you one day here. You can come anytime you want,
as long as you come in Christ. Now, before Christ died, before
that veil the temple was torn into, if you try to come in there,
God will kill you. Now, you can come boldly anytime
you want, anytime you have need, as long as you come in Christ,
because the law has been put away. When Mary showed up here
to the tomb that morning, she saw the end of the legal Sabbath. This is the end of it. There's
no more legal Sabbath. There's no more Sabbath days
ever required by the law again. Now, Mary sees the beginning
of the Sabbath of faith. Now we don't rest physically.
It's spiritual rest, resting in Christ by faith. We rest in
Christ because we believe him, because we trust him to be everything
that I need. Now, the old law, the law of
the Sabbath, forbid these ladies to walk to the tomb on Saturday.
They couldn't take that many steps. They couldn't do that
kind of work on Saturday. So they obey the law. They rested
throughout the Sabbath day. But as soon as that Sabbath day
was over, as soon as they could, Luke says early in the morning,
early in the morning, they got up and they came to the tomb
to finish preparing the Lord's body for burial. They didn't
have time to finish that before the Sabbath day started. So when
they got there with all these spices and ready to put them
however they did with the Savior's body, they found his body wasn't
there. That tomb was plum empty. the
reign of the law was over. The fear of the law was over. Now the Sabbath law has ended,
and just like that veil in the temple torn in two, they're free
to come to God anytime they want. They walk anywhere they want
on Saturday now. They can go pick up as many sticks as they
need on a Saturday, anytime they want. Nothing, nothing that the
law forbids, nothing is forbid to them. They're free from the
law. Christ's death and his resurrection
made them free from the law. They already died to the law
in Christ. The law can't demean anything
else of them. They're free from the law. And now they don't rest
on Saturday. They rest every day. Spiritually,
they rest in Christ and the risen savior. See, that Sabbath day
that required physical rest on the Sabbath day, that had just
been a picture of Christ. I bet you nobody saw it until
Christ was risen. Then they understood. Then they
understood. It's a picture of Christ. Now
we have the real thing. Now I can rest in Christ. I can
rest from trying to keep the law. I can rest from that burden
of law. I can shuck that burden of the
law off of me because Christ already kept it for me. He already
bore that burden for me. And now I can rest from fear
of condemnation. I mean, isn't living with fear
a horrible, horrible thing? I mean, you can't escape it.
It's just constantly on you. The fear of dying and appearing
before God, before his throne of justice, guilty in my own
self, that ought to fill me with fear. And to carry that fear
out with you all the time, I mean, how can you function? That fear
just make you not be able to function, wouldn't it? Now you
can rest from that fear of condemnation. Christ has already condemned
for you. And he rose from the grave to show us that the price
had been paid. Now that's the message of the
empty tomb. How soon she saw it all, but that's the message
of the empty tomb Mary saw that morning. That's the message to
us too. The law is over for you. The
law has no more hold on you. The law can't demand anything
else of you. as long as you trust Christ.
As long as you trust him who has finished the work for you.
If he's finished the work, you can rest, can't you? You can
rest. Now rest in him. All right, thirdly,
look at Mark chapter 16. Christ's resurrection means that
the sin of his people is forgiven. Mark 16, verse 5. And entering into the sepulcher,
they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in
a long white garment, and they were affrighted. And he saith
unto them, Be not affrighted, ye see Jesus of Nazareth, which
was crucified. He's risen, he's not here, behold
the place where they laid him. But go your way and tell his
disciples and Peter. that he goes before you into
Galilee. There shall you see him as he said unto you." Now, since the Lord arose from
the grave, we have good news to preach. And our good news
is to weak, sinful, weak faith people like poor old Peter. Peter, our Lord said, tell my
disciples how Peter's included in those disciples. But the Lord
said specifically, you tell Peter, tell Peter, your sin is forgiven
by the sacrifice of Christ. The resurrection of Christ means
all of that sin that was laid on him, your sin that was laid
on him, it's gone, put away under his precious blood. The father
would never have raised his son from the dead if there was even
a hint of sin left on him. But his blood purged all that
sin away. His blood paid the debt for all of that sin. And everyone, every poor, weak,
sinful Peter who believes on Christ, they shall be saved. They must be saved because the
blood of Christ put their sin away. And the proof of it is
his resurrection. Christ bore our sins, he suffered
and died, and the proof he put that sin away is he's raised
from the dead. Aren't you glad we don't just celebrate that
one day a year? This is the heart of the gospel
in every message we preach, isn't it? The resurrection of Christ
encourages and comforts the hearts of God's people. And boy, we
need that, don't we? We need that as we go through
this world, we drag this dead old nature along with us everywhere.
We need some comfort. We need some encouragement. Well,
here it is. The resurrection of Christ is
proof positive. He put the sin of his people
away. Now you think about poor old Peter up to this point. All
Peter knew for sure right now is his Lord had suffered and
died. And Peter knew he had denied
even knowing the Lord. Peter knew Judas betrayed the
Lord when I hung himself. And Peter, I'm sure, thought
this, there's no difference between me and Judas. Judas betrayed
the Lord. I denied the Lord. There's no
more hope for me than there was for Judas. That's all Peter knew
at this point. But here's what Peter didn't
know. This is what Mary and Martha and those ladies went to tell
him. The Lord is raised from the dead, Peter. Since the Lord
has raised from the dead, all those good things he promised
his people are gonna be given to him because his death, burial,
and resurrection. And the Savior says specifically,
go tell Peter. And I'm telling all these Peters
right here this morning. People who don't have any hope
in themselves. People that say, I look at myself and there's
no reason God would have mercy on me. There's no reason God
would forgive my sin. There is no evidence at all that
I look at myself. I could possibly be saved. There's
just no possible way. I'm just as vile as people that
I know have lived and died and gone straight to hell. There's
no difference. There's no more hope for me than
there is for them. That's Peter. If that's you, I got good news
for you. Your sin is gone. You see it, but God doesn't.
Your sin is gone under the precious blood of Christ. And the proof
of that is the father raised the son from the dead. The gospel,
the gospel that we preach, It irritates the living daylights
out of me when people take the gospel and use it as a club to
beat people up and use it as something to argue and fuss and
fight about. My dear friends, the gospel of Christ is for weak,
sinful people like Peter. The gospel of Christ declares
salvation is by grace. Not your works. Christ did it
for you by his grace. He did that for sinners. Salvation
by grace. That's a message for sinners,
isn't it? That's a message for guilty people. That's a message
for Peter. Now you think about the last
couple days for Peter. Just in the last couple days,
not all the other times Peter popped off, but just in the last
couple days, Peter swore, Lord, I'll die with you. I'll die with
you. And he ran like a scared jackrabbit
the first time trouble came in the form of a teenage girl. Peter
swore to the Lord from all his friends, his fellow disciples,
these others, Lord, I can see, I know what you're saying. They're
gonna desert you. Well, that's obvious isn't it
Lord, but you and me, now this is what we know. I'll not desert
you. And Peter denied three times
he even knew the man. Peter failed miserably, didn't
he? And Peter's heartbroken over
it. He's heartbroken over this. Now, Peter believes God. Peter
trusts Christ. He knows that Christ is the Messiah.
He knows he's the son of God. But Peter also thinks this. Salvation
in Christ can't be for me. I believe Christ is the Messiah.
He's the Son of God. Peter said, we believe this and
we're sure of this. But Peter was probably equally
sure Christ didn't come to save me. I'm too bad. I'm too far
gone. I'm too unworthy. I'm so disappointed
in myself. I can't imagine how disappointed
God is in me. You ever thought that way? You think that way right now?
The Lord said, you'd be sure to tell Peter I've risen. This message of grace is for
those people, those Peters, those sinners. They're too bad, they're
too far gone, they're too unworthy. Is there any Peters here this
morning? Peter, let me tell you, salvation
is by grace. Salvation is by the unearned,
undeserved favor from God. Salvation is by God giving you
what you don't deserve, what you don't deserve. Peter, I know
you see your sin. I know you're disappointed in
yourself, but the blood of Christ has paid for all your sin. His
blood washed it away. Even the sin of discerning the
Lord, even the sin of denying even knowing, Even the sin of
sitting under the sound of the gospel for years and years and
years and never believing, even that sin, the blood of Christ
put it away. Salvation's by grace. It's by
grace. You know why God forgives you
of all your sin? There's nothing for him to charge you with. There's
nothing for him to be angry with you about. The blood of Christ
made your sin not exist. If Christ died for you, it did.
There's no reason for you to fear God condemning you anymore. He already condemned his son
in your place. That's why your sin is forgiven.
Now, Peter, all of us Peters, lay hold on this. Lay hold on
comfort and assurance of salvation in Christ. He was delivered for
our offenses, all of our offenses. And he was raised again for,
because of our justification, because he justified his people
by his death. Now, if you're a Peter, that's
good news, isn't it? The gospel is good news, the resurrection
of Christ. Sin is forgiven because of the
blood of Christ. And he was raised again to prove
it. Now, just let that comfort your heart. All right, fourthly,
Christ's resurrection means that his people have an advocate in
heaven. There, Mark 16, look at verse 19. So after the Lord
had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven. And
I love that there's not a period after that, but a comma. He was
received up into heaven and he sat on the right hand of God. I'm glad the Holy Spirit moved
Mark to put that little detail in there. Not just that he was
received up into heaven, that's glorious enough, but when he
got there, he sat on the right hand of God. Scripture says after 40 days,
after he was resurrected from the dead, he was with his disciples,
appeared unto many for about 40 days, and he ascended back
to heaven. And when he got there, he sat
down. He sat on the throne of heaven. He sat down where he
ever lives, making intercession for his people. Now, if Christ
is gonna make intercession for his sinful people, he's got to
have something to plead with the Father, doesn't he? Isn't
it just obvious? If he's gonna make intercession,
he's got to have something to plead. When Christ makes intercession
for his people, there's only one thing he ever pleads. His
sacrifice. He pleads his precious blood.
That's why his intercession is always successful, because he
always pleads the blood, is able to cleanse us from all of our
sin. You see, when the time came for the sacrifice to be made,
the father made his son sin for all of his elect. He took all
of the sin of all of his people off of them. Brother Henry used
to talk about it being like this book, the Bible, black, black,
horrible sin that you cannot get through. The father took
all that sin and put it on his son. It's all off his people
and it's all on his son. And the death of Christ put that
sin away. He became guilty of all the sin
of all of his people, even though he never committed a sin. The
father made him sin. He didn't make him a sinner now.
He made him sin. And the father poured out his
fury, the wrath of his justice, he poured out upon his son without
any hint of the mixture of mercy or grace. The father put his
son to death in the most painful, humiliating way possible, because
that's what justice demands, death for sin. And when he gave
up the ghost, Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus, they took the
dead body of the savior off that tree. And they wrapped it up. They put some spices in there.
Apparently it wasn't enough. It wasn't everything that Jews
do. That's why the ladies were coming on Sunday morning. But
they wrapped that body and they buried that body in a tomb that
Joseph had prepared for himself. And three days later, the Savior
strolled out of that tomb. He was risen. You know why he
strolled out? Because all of that sin that
was laid on him was gone. under his precious, sinless blood. The Lord Jesus Christ could not
stay dead. See, sin demands death, but where
there is no sin, there can't be any death. Christ's sacrifice
put that sin away and he must live. And he did. That's why
he rose from the tomb. And now when the Savior goes
back to the Father to intercede for his people, he has blood
to plead. He can plead, father, forgive
their sin because justice is satisfied. He's not asking God
to do you a favor. He's pleading with the father.
Justice is satisfied. And that was the apostle John
wrote. If any man sin, we have an advocate with the father,
Jesus Christ, the righteous. He's pleading his righteousness.
He's pleading that he satisfied justice for his people. And get
a hold of this. I love this. The sacrifice of
Christ is so powerful. It's so complete. It's satisfied
justice. It's so complete to completely
satisfy God's justice that when Christ makes intercession for
his people, he just sits there. He never even has to say a word.
Because sitting on the right hand of his father, in full view
of the father are the scars in the body of our living Savior,
our risen Savior. Those scars in his hands, in
his feet, in his head, and in his side, all those scars in
his body are the evidence he was crucified for the sin of
his people. And there those scars are in
the risen living body. of the Lord Jesus Christ. And
the father sees those scars and he says, sacrifice has been made. Justice has been satisfied. And there's peace. Isn't that
something? All right, fifthly, Christ's
resurrection means God's people have peace. Look over the book
of John chapter 20. I'm glad for this point Because
we need peace. Peace, you just, you can't put
a price on it. John chapter 20 and verse 19. Then the same day and evening,
being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut, when
the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus
and stood in the midst and saith unto them, peace. be unto you."
Now, can you imagine the disciples hidden away behind those locked
doors? I mean, they are tore up as a train wreck. They're
full of fears and doubts and worry. They're afraid, first
of all, that they believed Christ in vain. Now that he's dead and
gone, he's not gonna be able to do what he promised he would
do. And now what the disciples on the road to Emmaus told our
Lord, well, we thought this was the Messiah. We thought this
was he who'd come and establish the kingdom, you know? We thought,
we thought, we thought, you know, we thought. And they're full
of fears. They're afraid they've doubted in vain. And they're
hiding in a locked room because they're afraid they're going
to be crucified next. You know, people like this crucifixion
of Jesus so much. Now maybe they're going to want
to go after his disciples. They were worried they're going
to be crucified next. They're full of all these doubts and
all these fears, they're shaken in fear. And suddenly, even though
the door never opened, the door was never unlocked, suddenly
the Savior appears in their midst. And he tells them, peace be unto
you. Now listen, the Lord is not saying,
peace be unto you. It's all gonna be okay. even
though I don't know how it's going to be okay, or what God's
going to do to make it, just don't, it's going to be okay
because God has a plan. I don't know about you, but I couldn't
find real peace in that, somebody telling me that. The Lord, the
Savior, gives a concrete reason to his disciples why they should
have peace. Look at verse 20. And when he
had so said, when he said peace be unto you, he showed them his
hands. and his side. He showed them
the scars of his sacrifice. This is really me. I was crucified. I died, the cursed death on the
tree, and I've been raised from the dead. This is him. Then were
the disciples glad when they saw the Lord. Now they had peace
because you know what the Savior showed them? He showed them the
same scars he shows to his father when he's making intercession
for his people. Those same scars, they put the father at peace
and those same scars put God's people at peace. He was crucified
for me. And I know his sacrifice was
effectual because he was raised from the dead. He made peace
for me with the blood of his cross. So God's not angry anymore. The sacrifice of Christ has removed
every reason the father has to be angry with his people. The
only reason he'd be angry is sin. Christ took the sin of his
people away. The father's not angry anymore. One of my daughter Holly's favorite
Don Fortner stories is Don was preaching right here one time
and Don went like this. He said, you don't have to come
to the father like this, worried he's going to whack you, worried
he's going to beat you up and start whipping you. Don't come
to him. You come to him as a child, coming
to his father who has peace, who has peace with God because
of the blood of Christ. God's wrath is gone. He said,
there's no more fury left in me because I poured all out on
my son. Then what's left for you who believe? Mercy, grace,
forgiveness, and peace. Peace. You have peace of heart,
trusting the sacrifice of Christ. Let me show you that from God's
word. Colossians chapter one. Colossians chapter one. Verse 20. And having made peace through
the blood of his cross by him to reconcile all things unto
himself, by him I say, whether they be things in earth or things
in heaven, and you. and even you. They were sometime
alienated, and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now
hath He reconciled. He made peace for you in the
body of His flesh through death. to present you holy and unblameable
and unapprovable in his sight. Now who's that peace for? For
people who trust Christ. This is for you if you continue
in the faith, grounded and settled and be not moved away from the
hope of the gospel, which you've heard. God's people have peace
with God because he was resurrected from the dead. Nothing left for
no more reason for God to be angry. And then last, look with
me at Mark chapter 16 again. Christ's resurrection means that
we have a gospel to preach to sinners all over the world. Mark
16 verse 15. And he said unto them, go ye
into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved, but he that believeth
not shall be damned. Now if Christ had suffered and
died, but he never did rise from the grave, brethren, we'd have
no gospel to preach. There's no good news for sinners
if Christ is not raised. The only good news we have for
sinners is Christ's sacrifice put your sin away. But he didn't
put your sin away if he's not raised from the dead. But since
Christ is raised from the dead, we have a gospel to preach. And
our Lord has commanded us, go preach it. Now that's not a grievous
commandment, is it? Go preach it. Go tell other sinners
what God's done for you. Go tell them what marvelous things
God has done for you. Go preach this message to sinners. If you trust Christ, all of your
sin is forgiven. It's forgiven. And you have eternal
life. And that's what's represented
by believer's baptism. If somebody believes this gospel,
they believe Christ like that, they'll be baptized. You're not
saved because you're baptized. A person is baptized because
God has saved you. And that's what baptism represents.
When a person is baptized, that person sitting in that water,
now we dunk them under the water, bring them back up out of the
water. That picture's the death, the burial, and the resurrection
of Christ. That person who's being baptized
is publicly confessing this. I believe Christ. The only way
I can be saved is in him. It's by his death, his burial,
his resurrection for me. His death paid the penalty for
my sin. He suffered it as my substitute.
He was buried because he truly died for my sin. He really satisfied
God's justice for me. He died for my sin and he rose
again because his sacrifice put all my sin away and all of my
hope, the only hope I have of salvation is in him. If you believe
Christ like that, you're to be baptized. That's what he says,
you're to be baptized. I believe the only way I can
be saved is in Christ. God, I'm so sinful, he's the
only one who can save me. Now, our Lord has given us this
glorious privilege to preach his gospel to our generation. And brother, I intend to preach
it for all I'm worth. I intend to put my back to it,
my shoulder to it for all I'm worth. How about you? We have this gospel to preach
because Christ died for our sins. He was buried. He died, buried
for our sins. And he rose again because he
justified us. He justified me. Anybody who
believes Christ like that is to be baptized, confessing Christ.
Now listen, it's not going to be perfect faith. It's not going
to be perfect faith. But it's faith. Sometimes it
may be weak. Sometimes it may be strong. But
here's what I know. The only way I can have salvation
is by trusting Christ. That empty tomb tells a real
good story, doesn't it? It's the story of the gospel.
It's the story of grace for sinners. I want to seek the Lord, don't
you? I want to seek Christ, don't you? Well, let's seek Him where
He's found. Not in a graveyard. He's found
on the throne. He's found in his word. If you
wanna know Christ, be where his words preach. That's where he's
found. And he's found his people. For two or three are gathered
together in my name, there I am in the midst of them. That's
where he's found. If you'd seek him, seek him there. All right,
I hope the Lord will bless that to your hearts. Let's bow together.