Big Moments in your life that are memorable they may be good, riding a two wheeler, first girlfriend or boyfriend, you won something, you learned something that made life easier, you got your drivers license, your wedding day, the birth of your first child for some it may even be the birth of your grandchild.
-These are the type of moments that sometimes bring tears of joy and great comfort and happiness to your heart
Sometimes those moments may be bad, falling off your first two wheeler, getting dumped by your girlfriend, you lost something important to you, you found out something that made life harder, you got into your first car accident, you got a divorce, someone you love passed away.
-These are the types of moments that bring tears of sadness and leave an emptiness and a pit in your heart and stomach
Big moment good or bad can be very defining of who we are and what we choose to do with our lives.
This reminds of an e-mail story that my dad sent me about a high school freshmen
A terrible story that ended in something amazing
The biggest moment in history starts with a terrible and brutal murder of Jesus, imagine the pit in the stomach and hurt in the hearts of those who followed Jesus when they saw the nasty event happen
But the story does not end there
Resurrection facts from 1 Corinthians 15
Vrs 3-4 This is the Good News in entirety about Jesus. “According to the Scriptures” Prophesy, The Life death and resurrection is what the Scriptures foretold.
Vrs 5-7 The ones who saw Him, when Paul wrote this these people were living and could be questioned about the facts. It never fails every year around this time Archeologists and scientists try to say Jesus did not rise from the dead.
Vrs 14-15 Paul is saying that if this seemingly unbelievable miracle did not happen we have nothing to hang our hat on.
Vrs 17-19 Paul is saying if Jesus was not risen we are not forgiven of our sins and pathetic for believing what we believe.
Vrs 20-26 Jesus’ resurrection is a prototype of what will happen to us
Through Adam we all sin and deserve spiritual separation from God, but through trusting in Jesus we can live. Not only can we live but the future promise we have will be no more death
Vrs 32 and the purposelessness of life apart from a risen Savior named Jesus because we have nothing to look forward to. That is why people don’t care what they do in life because they have no hope and think this is all life is, eat drink and be merry.
A Muslim who became a Christian in Africa. "Some of his friends asked him, 'Why have you become a Christian?' He answered, 'Well, its like this. Suppose you were going down the road and suddenly the road forked in two directions, and you didn't know which way to go, and there at the fork in the road were two men, one dead and one alive--which one would you ask which way to go?'"
This is the “biggest moment of a person’s life” So for direction, purpose and salvation who would you ask? Ask Jesus
Challenge for the believers
Vrs 34 Wake up, there are people around that don’t know Jesus, tell them about Him and His love for them. “I say this to your shame”
By telling someone about Jesus you can be a part of the “Biggest moment of their life” The moment they pass from death to life
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