John 20:1-18
Easter
The crucifixion of Christ is great news for you! What Jesus said as he went through the immense suffering of the cross radically transforms our entire lives.
返番去神嘅身邊究竟係咩意思呢？點解我哋要咁做呢？當我哋返到佢身邊，佢又會點樣歡迎我哋呢？誠邀大家一齊嚟聽吓耶穌發人深省嘅答案！
Easter Sunday all-age service
Ephesians 2:11-18 Where can we find peace for our world – in our homes, workplaces, communities, between nations? The Bible claims that the central event of the first Good Friday, the death of Jesus on a cross, is the key to peace. But how? And what kind of peace does it bring?
1 Peter 1:3 Many during the pandemic have felt an increasing sense of hopelessness. But even before then there has been a growing crisis of hope in society, with people no longer believing in a better world for their children – because of tribalism and division, climate change, the rise of religious extremism. Where can we find hope? To have hope for the future we need to turn to the past – to the resurrection of Jesus Christ, through which we are born again to a living hope.
We would all love peace, with others, and with ourselves. Yet we so often look in the wrong place. Only the beautiful cross of Christ, which brings us peace with God, can therefore bring us into peace with ourselves and with others.
Revelation 1:17-18 Keys give you power. They get you out of places. They unlock doors. Without the key you’re trapped. And so death is a prison to which we’re all heading. And none of us has the key to get out of it into life beyond. But Jesus does. His resurrection declares him to be the only keyholder.
John 3:16 If you were watching a performance of the ballet Swan Lake for the first time, and you didn’t have any plot synopsis, you’d be struggling to figure out what was going on. And so with the crucifixion of Jesus. But Jesus himself gives us his interpretation in what is one of the most famous verses in the Bible.
Isaiah 53:4-7 The cross is for Christians what the Golden Arches are for McDonald’s or the Swoosh is for Nike. It’s their logo that they proudly display everywhere. But why? What is the relevance today of a man’s execution 2000 years ago? The answer is found in two animals in an ancient prophecy.