April 19, 2014 - Church at Worship

Sermon: "He Goes Through Life Before You" - Randy Roberts

Pastoral Welcome: Dustin Aho

Baptism: Chloe Marie Hegstad - Doug Mace

Scripture Reading Matthew 28:1–7, Psalm 24:7–10 - Richard and Teri, Blum-Johnston

Note: Child Dedications and Baptisms are on the extras section of the dvd.

Sermon Notes:

This weekend, Christians around the world celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. The apostle Paul, writing to the believers in Corinth, said: “if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith…. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost. If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all others. But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep” (1 Cor. 15:14, 18–20, TNIV). And since he has been raised, we celebrate that life-changing event with joy!

Consider a modern-day psalm celebrating his resurrection.

Christ died and rose and lives.
Laugh like a woman who holds her first baby.
Our enemy death will soon be destroyed.
Laugh like a man who finds he doesn’t have cancer, or he does, but now there’s a cure.
Christ opened wide the door of heaven.
Laugh like children at Disneyland’s gates.
This world is owned by God, and he’ll return to rule.
Laugh like a man who walks away uninjured from a wreck in which his car was totaled.
Laugh as if all the people in the whole world were invited to a picnic and then invite them.
— Joseph Bayly, Psalms of My Life

Christ the Lord is risen! He is risen, indeed.

Randy Roberts
Senior Pastor