There is no joy on Easter Sunday without the sorrow of Good Friday. 

There is no resurrection without the cross. 

And there is no salvation without them both. 

Without the events of Sunday morning the events of Friday afternoon were merely a terrible tragedy.

The cross was necessary, as it was here Christ bore the wrath of God against sin and took the full weight of its punishment so that our debt of sin against God could be paid in full. 

Romans 5:10 says “while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son.”

The Resurrection was necessary, for a dead Savior cannot save anyone. As we read in Romans 4:25, Christ “was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.”

That Christ rose from the dead three days later proves that His sacrifice for sin was accepted by the Father and that Jesus truly has power over both sin and death. The Resurrection proves that Jesus is who Scripture says He is!

Listen to this sermon on Matthew 28 to gain a fuller appreciation for the reality of the Resurrection, the reactions people had and have to this reality, and the right response to the truth that Jesus Christ rose from the dead.

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