The First Resurrection Sermon

Does the resurrection of Jesus Christ really make a difference? In your life? In your family? In your church? Does it?

As Paul said in 1 Corinthians 15, if Christ hasn't been raised, then our faith is in vain, and we Christians are to be pitied more than anyone in the world. Because if Christ hasn't been raised, everything's meaningless.

The great historian, Jaroslav Pelikan, understood this. Pelikan died in 2006. And his last recorded words were these: "If Christ is risen, nothing else matters. If Christ is not risen, nothing else matters."

Well today we're looking at the 2nd chapter of the book of Acts. Now this isn't a resurrection story per se. But we're looking at it today because the resurrection of Jesus really is the central point.

And that is what we want to focus on—how Acts 2 presents the significance of Jesus' resurrection....