“A Mass, Open Casket Resurrection”

Sunday Sermon: July 16th, 2017

“You may feel and say, as many do, ‘I was converted and became a Christian.  I’ve grown.  I’ve grown in knowledge, I’ve been reading books, I’ve been listening to sermons.  But I’ve arrived now at a sort of peak, and all I do is maintain that.  For the rest of my life I will just go on like this.’ My friend, you must get rid of that attitude; you must get rid of it once and forever.  That is religion. It is not Christianity. This is Christianity: the Lord appears! Suddenly, in the midst of the drudgery and the routine and the sameness and the dullness and the drabness, unexpectedly, surprisingly, he meets with you, and he says something to you that changes the whole of your life and your outlook and lifts you to a level that you had never conceived was possible for you. . .  There is always this glorious possibility of meeting with him in a new and a dynamic way.” Martyn Lloyd-Jones

1. We cannot ignore death: Israel’s, our neighbors, our own, Ezekiel 37:1-2; Matthew 9:36-38; Luke 19:10, 41-44; John 19:21.

2. We have no power over death, Ezekiel 37:3; Titus 3:5.

3. God is the only giver of life, Ezekiel 37:6, 12; John 17:3; Ephesians 2:1-10; 1 Peter 3:18; Acts 4:12.

4. He gives life when we speak the truth of the Word of God, Ezekiel 37:4, 7; 1 Peter 1:22-25; Romans 10:13-17.

5. He gives life when we pray for the Holy Spirit to come and give life, Ezekiel 37:9-10, 14; Romans 8:8-17; Romans 9:1.