Easter

The resurrection provided hope to an ongoing reality

"What oxygen is to the lungs,such is hope to the meaning of life" Emil Brunner

Mark Barton...a man who killed his family in Atlanta. He had no hope

People who are hopeless and don't know it...are people who don't have hope in Christ but the world.

Resurrection hope is:
1. protected..it's kept in heaven and never decays
2. stubborn..even in trials..we still have hope in Christ
God doesn't put us through a trial so He can find out...it's so we can find out
If a trial happens to Jesus, it happens to his disciples
3. Overyoyed...irrepressible
In the final day we have new minds and bodies We will be reengineered to enjoy our ultimate joy