The Empty Promises of Easter

I know it is four days since Easter, but I want to share this sermon with you. Pastor Dennis Curell of Faith Wesleyan Church of Midland, Michigan presented it.

Title: The Empty Promises of Easter
Scipture: Luke 24:1-12
1On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. 2They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. 5In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, "Why do you look for the living among the dead? 6He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: 7'The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.' " 8Then they remembered his words.
9When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others. 10It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles. 11But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense. 12Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.

Message: I would like us to think about the promises of Easter. There are three of them. Each promise is marked by something empty. God stands by His Promises.

1. The Empty Cross
A. Because the cross was empty, we have the promise of the forgiveness of sins.
B. The promise of the empty cross is that you and I stand forgiven
2. The Empty Tomb. This means Jesus is alive.
A. For, in the fact of the empty tomb is the truth of the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the promise to every one of us that we too will be raised to eternal life. The grave could not keep Jesus down.
B. And the promise to us is that we too can live even if we die.
3. It is the promise of the empty burial cloths.
A. The promise of the burial clothes Jesus is alive, and want to fellowship with you. We pray to a living Savior.

I pray this encourages you and if you had not thought of these promises you can take them and know you serve a Risen Savior.