JESUS - The Resurrected Redeemer

John 20:1-18 JESUS: THE RESURRECTED REDEEMERIntro: Today, we celebrate the greatest day in the history of the world. Today we celebrate the great truth that Jesus Christ, who was crucified on a Roman cross and died, arose from the dead just three days later! This one truth is what sets Christianity apart from every other system of belief in the world! All other religious leaders have died. Buddha died! Mohammed died! Confucius died! Every founder of every religion that has ever existed has died. However, only One has risen again from the dead! If we were to strip Christianity of the doctrine of the bodily resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, then our faith would be no more than just another religious system condemning the souls of men to an eternity in Hell! If Jesus did not arise from the dead and is not alive today, then everything He did was in vain, His death was a waste of a life, and all of His teachings are simply the ravings of a madman! If Jesus Christ is not alive, then you have no salvation, there is no hope for the world, and we are all headed to Hell!Now, that having been said, I want to say that HE LIVES! I praise the Lord for this 20th chapter of John's Gospel, for in its verses we are given a portrait of Jesus: The Resurrected Redeemer! We can see in these verses that Jesus is very much alive and well this morning! As we celebrate the truth that Jesus lives this morning, I would like us to take a few minutes to look into these verses and catch a fresh glimpse of the resurrection and what it means to each of us today. Thank God, because we serve a resurrected Redeemer, we have hope in this life, beyond this life, and on into eternity. Let's look together today at Jesus: The Resurrected Redeemer.