Sierra Vista Community Church
Resurrection Sunday
1 Corinthians 15:3-8 HCSB
His crazy love gives me Hope because ...
• … I have been completely forgiven.
“We have redemption in Him through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace …” (Ephesians 1:7)
“He was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.” (Romans 4:25)
• … I no longer have to fear death.
“Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in Me, even if he dies, will live.” (John 11:25)
“After He had suffered, He also presented Himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them during 40 days and speaking about the kingdom of God.” (Acts 1:3)
• … I have the Comforter, God’s Spirit, living within me.
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” (Acts 1:8)
• … I have the assurance that God will never stop loving me.
“(God) I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore, I have continued to extend faithful love to you.” (Jeremiah 31:3)
“For God loved the world in this way: He gave His One and Only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.” (John 3:16)
• … I have an eternal home waiting for me in heaven.
“If you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.” (Romans 10:9)
“Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. According to His great mercy, He has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead and into an inheritance that is imperishable, uncorrupted, and unfading, kept in heaven for you.” (1 Peter 1:3-4)