Easter Messages

Easter Messages

Implications of the Resurrection

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 My name is Josh Oedy. I’m one of the pastors here at Grace Church, and it is my joy and really a special privilege for me to be able to open the Word with you on this Resurrection Sunday. This is the day that Christians gather together in churches around the world, and we give special attention to the most significant event in the history of the world, the resurrection of Jesus Christ. On Friday night we…

Jesus Came to Seek and Save the Lost

Luke 19:10 Well, as we come to God’s word this morning and consider the significance of the resurrection for us today, I want to direct your attention to a single verse in Luke’s gospel, which is Luke 19:10. Luke 19:10. You can turn there in your Bibles. And Luke 19:10 says, “The Son of man came to seek and to save the lost.” If you’re visiting here to Grace Church, we’re so glad you’ve joined us on this Easter Sunday,…

The Abiding Power of the Cross

Selected Scriptures Before we come to the Lord’s table tonight, I’d like to take a few minutes to reflect on the power of the cross that we have just sung about, the power of the cross that has saved us from eternal death and hell, separation from God, and think about the abiding power of the cross for us as believers. I realize that on a night like this, on a weekend like this, Good Friday and then Easter Sunday…

Resurrection and the End of Sin

Romans 6:1-11 The Scripture readings foreshadowed what I want to share with you this morning about one of the most significant implications of the Gospel, and one that is in dire need of redressing in our modern day. In the message of the Gospel, we learn that God saves sinners. We learn that God reconciles sinners to himself, not counting their trespasses against them because of the atoning death of Jesus Christ on the cross. All who repent of their…

The Full Message of God’s Salvation

Acts 13:23-41 When all our praise is directed to our God, the Living God who saves us. Who called us to a holy calling and who is alone worthy of all of our glory and honor and praise. Among all of his manifold mercies, are God sent Jesus Christ to live and to die, and to rise again in order to save us from our sins.  Somebody asked me what I planned to preach for resurrection Sunday. We’ve been working…

Why Jesus Endured the Cross

Psalm 22:21-31 We come to our time in God’s Word this morning. I want to invite you to turn in your Bibles to the 22nd Psalm. We’re going to finish what we started last week in Psalm 22 as we consider what Jesus endured on the cross. And you remember as we looked at Psalm 22 in preparation for Passion Week, we looked back at that Psalm because Jesus had intentionally directed us there from the cross. He cried out…

How Jesus Endured the Cross

Psalm 22:1-21 Just by way of introduction, go ahead and turn in your Bibles back to Mark’s Gospel, chapter 14, and follow along as we just make some initial observations in the text.  The writer to the Hebrews called us to “look to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith who for,” it says, “the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.”…
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