Christ Community Olathe
Risen King - 8, 9:30 & 11:00am & ON-DEMAND
Luke 24:1-12 ESV
Title: Risen King
Scripture: Luke 24:1-12
Speaker: Reid Kapple, ReidK@ChristCommunityKC.org
>> Only an empty tomb can fill us with hope
>> The empty tomb demands a response
“Both the meetings [with Jesus] and the empty tomb are therefore necessary if we are to explain the rise of the belief and the writing of the stories as we have them. Neither by itself was sufficient; put them together, though, and they provide a complete and coherent explanation for the rise of the early Christian belief.” -NT Wright, Surprised by Hope
>> The empty tomb explains the story
“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.” -CS Lewis
>> The empty tomb creates something new
“[The resurrection] is not an absurd event within the old world but the symbol and starting point of the new world...Jesus of Nazareth ushers in not simply a new religious possibility, not simply a new ethic or a new way of salvation, but a new creation...The resurrection is, principally, the defining event of the new creation, the world that is being born with Jesus.” -NT Wright, Surprised by Hope
>> The empty tomb can fill you with hope
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