Pulpit Message Introduction for Mar. 23

Pulpit Message Introduction for Easter Sunday
On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: ‘The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’”
From this passage we know Jesus really died and really came back to life. His death and resurrection are not there for remembrance only once in a year. They are there to be the blue prints for our daily living. We have to die with Christ and live with Christ every day. Death must occur before the bondage of sin can be broken. Resurrection must occur before abundant life in God’s kingdom can be realized. We have been Christians for quite a while now. Have we really been dying and living with Jesus Christ our Lord. I pray the Holy Spirit to help us not to look for the living among the dead any more.
講壇信息介紹
七日的頭一日，黎明的時候，那些婦女帶著所預備的香料來到墳墓前，看見石頭已經從墳墓滾開了，她們就進去，只是不見主耶穌的身體。正在猜疑之間，忽然又兩個人站在旁邊，衣服放光。婦女們驚怕，將臉伏地。那兩個人就對他們說：“為甚麼在死人中找活人呢？他不在這裏，已經復活了。當紀念他還在加利利的時候怎樣告訴你們，說：‘人子必須被交在罪人手裏，釘在十字架上，第三日復活。’”
從這段經文，可以知道耶穌真真正正的死了，又真真正正的復活。祂的受死與復活，並非只叫我們每年紀念一次就算了，乃是要做我們的榜樣，叫我們與他同死同復活。因為必定要死，才可以脫離罪惡的綑綁；必定要復活，才可以享受天堂的永福。我們做了基督徒的人，曾否與耶穌同死同復活呢？聖靈幫助我們不再在死人中找活人啊。