That Changes Everything!” Mark 16:1-7 I Peter 1:3-9.

That Changes Everything!”

Mark 16:1-7I Peter 1:3-9

But there is ONE event that is above

all others…

But there is ONE event that is above

all others…

It REALLY DOES change everything!

THE EMPTY TOMB!

He is Risen, just as He

said!

The tomb was empty, the stone was rolled

away, and EVERYTHING IS CHANGED!

Peter writes (remember Peter!)

Peter writes (remember Peter!)

“…He has given us a new birth into a living

hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ…” I Peter 1:3

1. We have a hope, a knowledge that death is not the end

2. Our hope includes a knowledge that death does not win

3. Our hope includes the knowledge that God forgives

Mark 16:7“But go, tell His disciples

and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see Him, just as He told you.’”

We can know that forgiveness too

We can know that forgiveness too

I John 1:9“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will

forgive us our sins and purify us from all

unrighteousness.”

4. Our hope includes the knowledge that new life is an option

4. Our hope includes the knowledge that new life is an option

II Corinthians 5:17“Therefore, if anyone is in

Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has

come!”

5. Our hope includes the promise of a better tomorrow

I Peter 1:3-4“Praise be to the God and

Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In

Hisgreat mercy He has given

us newbirth into a living hope

throughthe resurrection of Jesus

Christ from the dead…” 

I Peter 1:3-4“…and into an

inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade—

kept in heaven for you…”

With a knowledge that death is not the end,

that evil does not win, that God forgives, that we have new life, that

we have a bright tomorrow…

…That changes everything!

He is Risen!Indeed!