Game Changer

An event, idea, person, statement, decision or procedure that effects a radical / significant shift in the current situation, or way of doing and thinking about something

Game Changer

Sports – Arsenal vs Reading Sports – Jackie RobinsonMovie – Lord of the Rings

Game Changer

Sports – Arsenal vs Reading Sports – Jackie RobinsonMovie – Lord of the RingsBusiness

Game Changer

Sports – Arsenal vs Reading Sports – Jackie RobinsonMovie – Lord of the RingsBusinessWar

But there is one GAME CHANGER that eclipses it all ... ONE ACT that changes everything about life

The Significance of Easter

Easter is a celebration of the resurrection of the Jesus on the 3rd day of his death after his death via crucifixion as documented in the New Testament.

The Significance of Easter

1 Cor 15, 14 And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty. 15Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God, because we have testified of God that He raised up Christ, whom He did not raise up—if in fact the dead do not rise.16 For if the dead do not rise, then Christ is not risen. 17 And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins! 18 Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable.

If Christ has not risen

•Our preaching is useless

If Christ has not risen

•Our preaching is useless•Our Faith is useless

If Christ has not risen

•Our preaching is useless•Our Faith is useless•We are False witnesses

If Christ has not risen

•Our preaching is useless•Our Faith is useless•We are False witnesses •Our Faith is in vain/ futile

If Christ has not risen

•Our preaching is useless•Our Faith is useless•We are False witnesses •Our Faith is in vain/ futile •We are still in our sins

If Christ has not risen

•Our preaching is useless•Our Faith is useless•We are False witnesses •Our Faith is in vain/ futile •We are still in our sins •The dead in Christ are lost / perished

If Christ has not risen

•Our preaching is useless•Our Faith is useless•We are False witnesses •Our Faith is in vain/ futile •We are still in our sins •The dead in Christ are lost / perished•We are the most pitied of all men

The pyramids of Egypt are famous because they contain the mummified bodies of ancient Egyptian

kings. Westminster Abbey is noted because within its walls there are contained the remains of many nobles and notables. Muhammad’s tomb is visited because

of the stone coffin and the bones there. Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D. C. is revered because it is a resting place for many outstanding

Americans. But, the Garden Tomb of Jesus is famous because it is empty!

The BIG question we need to ask is “IS IT TRUE?”

•The wrong tomb theory

The BIG question we need to ask is “IS IT TRUE?”

•The wrong tomb theory•The stolen body theory

The BIG question we need to ask is “IS IT TRUE?”

•The wrong tomb theory•The stolen body theory •Hallucination theory

The BIG question we need to ask is “IS IT TRUE?”

•The wrong tomb theory•The stolen body theory •Hallucination theory •The Swoon theory

“After more than 700 hours of studying this subject, I have come to the conclusion that the resurrection of Jesus Christ is either one of the most wicked, vicious, heartless hoaxes ever foisted on the minds of human beings--or it is the most remarkable fact of history.”

"For a very simple reason," I answered. "I am not able to explain away an event in history--the resurrection of

Jesus Christ." – Josh McDowell

15Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you

stand, 2by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.3For I

delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, 5and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the

twelve. 6After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain to the present, but some have fallen asleep. 7After that He was seen by James, then by all the apostles. 8Then last of all He was seen by me

also, as by one born out of due time.

Why His Resurrection is such a GAME CHANGER to life

Rom 6, 5 For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, 6 knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. 7 For he who has died has been freed from sin. 8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him,9 knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him

1. Christ conquered Sin a. Its powerb. Its potencyc. Its penalty

1. Christ conquered Sin a. Its powerb. Its potencyc. Its penalty

Conclusion: We are no longer slaves to Sin

2. Christ conquered Death a. Its fearb. Its fatec. Its force

2. Christ conquered Death a. Its fearb. Its fatec. Its force

Conclusion: We have eternal life

2 Changes •Change From•Change To

1 Peter 2:24, who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed.