Acts #99 A Non-Easter Resurrection Sermon

We address the centrality of Christ’s glorious resurrection in Paul’s testimony before King Agrippa today, not because today is Easter Sunday (a day not appointed as a holy day in God’s Word), but because today is the Lord’s Day (a day appointed as the only holy day in the New Testament wherein we celebrate the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ 52 Lord’s Days a year).

Christ’s resurrection is not only central to Paul’s testimony, it is central to all of history. All the purposes of God for this world and in your life will be realized because Jesus Christ was raised from the dead. All of God’s plans and purposes for you, His people, hinged upon the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Had Jesus remained in that grave, all hope of redemption, all hope of God’s victory over every enemy, all hope of God working good out of evil, all hope of eternal life would be gone. But praise God, He is alive! His tomb is empty. He has overcome sin, death, and Satan for you. All His and your enemies are defeated and all your needs are met in the resurrected Lord Jesus Christ.

This Lord’s Day (not Easter Day), let us consider the centrality of Christ’s resurrection in Paul’s testimony before Agrippa. The main points are these: (1) The Resurrected Christ Appears to Paul (Acts 26:1-15); (2) The Resurrected Christ Commissions Paul (Acts 26:16-18).