The Road to Calvary

Why the World Needs the Easter Message

Luke 9:51–56

Galatians 3:23-4:8

How Would You Describe Easter?

Easter ________?

Easter!

Easter - A Little Help Please

Would You include these events and emotions when describing Easter?

Shame - Disciples Slept, denied Him, betrayed Him

Scared- Disciples Scattered Night He Was Arrested

Sorrow – Jesus died

Suicide – Judas Iscariot took His own life

Salvation – Plan of God fulfilled / Salvation accomplished

Sin – We see the awfulness of our sin in the suffering of the Savior on the Cross

1. The Easter Story Didn't Happen, It Was The Plan of God

vs. 51

Luke 9:22, 31

Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

Psalm 22:1, 13-15

Genesis 22:8

Isaiah 7:14

Matthew 1:21

2. The Easter Story Demands a Response.

vs. 52-53

3. The Easter Story Matters More Than We May Think

1. Christmas is Really About Easter.
2. You - messy, sinful you - Matter to God.
3. Sin is not a small flaw, it is what separates you from God.
4. Easter lets us know why “Good Works” Don't Work.
5. It Reveals the Heart and Plan of God .

“The “Prince of Preachers,” Charles Spurgeon, said, “We need to be ashamed at the bare suspicion of unconcern.”

A Christian cannot be apathetic about the salvation of the world. The love of God in him will motivate him to seek and save that which is lost. Remember that you have the sobering responsibility of speaking to other peoples’ loved ones. Perhaps another Christian has prayed earnestly that God would use a faithful witness to speak to his beloved mom or dad, and you are the answer to that prayer. You are the true and faithful witness God wants to use.

Keep the fate of the ungodly before your eyes. Too many of us settle down on a padded pew and become introverted. Our world becomes a monastery without walls. Our friends are confined solely to those within the Church, when Jesus was the “friend of sinners.” So take the time to deliberately befriend the lost for the sake of their salvation.

Remember that each and every person who dies in his sins has an appointment with the Judge of the Universe. Hell opens wide its terrible jaws. There is no more sobering task than to be entrusted with the gospel of salvation—working with God for the eternal well-being of dying humanity.”

Ray Comfort