north point youth

This week at Home Groups we watched this video and did a little bit of discussion about it. Don’t get distracted by the music, the lights, the colors, or the weird way he moves. Listen to what he says. Watch it twice. Watch it twenty times. Be overcome with the power and joy and rescue that is the resurrection.

This Easter, don’t gloss over the resurrection. Don’t let it be drowned in truckloads of chocolate bunnies, pastel eggs, and Easter church clothes. What is this thing we’re supposedly celebrating on Easter? What does it mean? What do we do about it? Because if Christ did not rise from the dead, our faith is futile, our preaching is useless, and we should be pitied more than anyone (1 Corinthians 15:12-19). Do you believe it?

Overwhelmed with the awesomeness that is the resurrection? Dive in:

• John 2:18-20 (also see Matthew 26:61)
• Matthew 27:55 (talking about those who witnessed Jesus’ death)
• Matthew 19:28, Acts 3:21, Colossians 1:20 (talking about God’s redemption of the world through Jesus)
• 1 Corinthians 15, 2 Timothy 1:10 (Resurrection proclaims that death does not belong!)
• 1 Corinthians 2, 2 Corinthians 12:9, Romans 8:26 (The mysterious presence that comes to us in our weakest moments…)
• John 11, especially John 11:25 (“Do you believe this?”)
• Matthew 28, Mark 16, Luke 24, John 20 (Jesus has risen, and nothing can ever be the same)