Have You Seen God Series

People question every day about what God is doing

Some even say that God is no longer alive for lack of words

But let me tell you this one thing that I am sure of

and that Not only is God alive he is also real

but so is the Devil.

So to understand the importance of this day we have to understand the devil as well

The Devil walks with everyone of us at whatever level we are with God

The Devil thought he had defeated Jesus on the cross

But he woke up 3 days later to find out the King had concurred death

Not only for himself

but for everyone who will call on his name.

Satan knows the real Jesus

And his game is to cause issues to happen in our lives to interfere with our relationship

Not only with Jesus but also with each other

The devils goal is to just cause enough issues that we will miss everything that Jesus has done for us

Things that started Friday and ended on Sunday Morning

The grave he tomb is empty

The devil wants our souls

we must never settle for what the world calls normal.

We have been chosen by the creator of the universe to be with him in eternity.

We have been sinners since birth

We are rebellious in everything that we do by trying to have a relationship with Jesus

But also trying to live by the standards of this world.

The father knew what would happen

So from the start of creation he planned to give us a way to make it even though

We don’t deserve it

And never can earn it,,

Because of this we have tarnished religion

Religion on its own is not bad,

But because of our human hearts we have allowed corruption to enter and destroy the church.

We fight against each other instead of supporting

We know the price that Jesus paid to make away for us

I just don’t think that we understand what all of this really means

John 3:16

16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.

But yet with all of this we spend our lives idolizing things and people of this world

The standards of this world are broken

We find away to divide ourselves on every topic

We again look for ways to attack our brothers and sisters

We tell lies and change the truth to make our beliefs sound correct

We seek to lift up gossip

Because it makes us feel better about ourselves

We understand what is wrong and problems are really clear

But we do not want to do anything about changing them because

If we except that Gods standards are real

We then have to except that we are doing things to hurt the one that was willing to give his life for us on that cross

We watch movies and play games that desensitize us from the truth

We enjoy other people pain

And some even do thing to cause people even more pain..

Friends our God has created a beautiful world for us to live in

We just have to just open our eyes to see what we are missing

Oh we run to God when bad times hit us.

But when things are going good we turn and run from his grace

That’s what I have done

It’s about time that we turn back to Gods truth

I pray that you keep your faith

That we as a church remember that because of Jesus

We are free from the wages of sin

See today the tomb is empty

Why was the stone rolled away

Was it to let Jesus out

Or was it so that we could see in

Jesus has defeated death and sin

We have been set free

So when the devil stands before God

We now can understand that Jesus paid the price for every sin that we have ever done and will ever do

But the world does not want to back down against what God has done

The world has taken God out of our work place

Out of or schools

Out of our families

And for some even out of or churches

Yes some of our churches have lost it

Church has become about power, greed, money and division..

But not today..

We are taking this back today because the tomb is empty..

Jesus defeated death,

Jesus was

pierced for our transgressions,

he was crushed for our iniquities;

the punishment that brought us peace was on him,