The theme of many Easter sermons is, in so many words, “Easter means heaven when you die.” While this is a great and important truth for those who are in Christ, “heaven when you die” is hardly the main message. The main message is this: Christ accomplished everything he set out to accomplish on Good Friday—and the resurrection proves it.

Our scripture comes from John 20:1-18.

Technical note: For the last five minutes of this sermon, I stepped away from the mic through which the recording was made, so the audio quality isn't up to my usual standards. Still very audible, though!