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<DIV><FONT size=4>Easter Day Sermon </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
size=4> John 20:1-18 – <B>Why I
Believe in the Resurrection</B></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
size=4>_________________________________________</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>John 20:1-18, the sermon titled
"Why I Believe in the Resurrection" </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>You probably do not remember the
name Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin. During his day he was as powerful a man as
there was on earth. A Russian Communist leader he took part in the Bolshevik
Revolution 1917, was editor of the Soviet newspaper Pravda (which by the way
means truth), and was a full member of the Politburo. His works on economics and
political science are still read today. There is a story told about a journey he
took from Moscow to Kiev in 1930 to address a huge assembly on the subject of
atheism. Addressing the crowd he aimed his heavy artillery at Christianity
hurling insult, argument, and proof against it.<BR><BR>An hour later he was
finished. He looked out at what seemed to be the smoldering ashes of men's
faith. "Are there any questions?" Bukharin demanded. Deafening silence filled
the auditorium but then one man approached the platform and mounted the lectern
standing near the communist leader. He surveyed the crowd first to the left then
to the right. Finally he shouted the ancient greeting known well in the Russian
Orthodox Church: "CHRIST IS RISEN!" En masse the crowd arose as one man and the
response came crashing like the sound of thunder: "HE IS RISEN INDEED!"<BR><BR>I
say to you this morning: CHRIST IS RISEN! (congregational response should be: HE
IS RISEN INDEED!). I am convinced! I have faith that Christ was dead and he was
buried. That I believe. But, this too I accept as true: He rose from the dead
and will come again in glory.<BR><BR>This is Easter. And to stand here on this
day in this pulpit and proclaim this word. . . I cannot begin to tell you how
this defines all that I am.<BR><BR>But, you will say to me, how do you know that
the resurrection is real? How do you know that it is really valid?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>1. I believe in resurrection
because somebody told me about it.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>2. I believe in the
resurrection because it has stood the test of time.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>3. I believe in the
resurrection, because I have experienced it.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>The rest of this sermon following
the outline above can be obtained by joining </FONT><A
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