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Lord Series
Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Nov 28, 2017 (message contributor)
Summary: The Church has called Him "Lord" for the past two millennia; largely the secular world passes that off with an arrogant sniff, asking, "who’s really in charge?"
The lesson for you and me is obvious. This woman had placed her hope in another human being who she sincerely thought would be able to save her -- but he went to his grave and ended up taking her with him.
I told you at the outset of this message there would be an invitation. You see, this Jesus who really was resurrected from the dead has the power to give you that life as well.
The question for each of us in this life is, what will we do about that? We all know one day we will be placed in a box like the woman in the story. When they put us in that box ¡V with us will be placed all our hopes, all our dreams, and just a few yards of material on our backs ¡V nothing else. If you choose anything other than Jesus to accompany you in that box it will be like choosing to have a dead old man for a companion.
The resurrection is true¡Kand then also ¡V because the lesser is always contained in the greater ¡V it is true that we are sinners and Jesus, only Jesus can forgive sins and give eternal life. Only Jesus has the power to save; only He is Lord! Only believe in an empty tomb, and the Lord of the cross.
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ENDNOTES
[1] Lee Strobel in "Jesus is Alive -- True or False?" a sermon on SermonCentral.com
[2] Lionel Alfred Luckhoo & John Thompson, The Silent Witness, (Thomas Nelson; March 1995)
[3] The Library Journal
[4] Lee Strobel, Jesus Is Alive ¡V True or False?, a sermon on SermonCentral.com
[5] Ibid.
[6] Ibid.
[7] David Jeremiah, as quoted by Lee Strobel on SermonCentral.com.