An Easter morning sermon opening and an Easter poem
Since Easter is April 15th, I thought I would share a sermon opening that anyone is welcomed to use in their Easter morning service. And an Easter poem.
Listen; it is Easter!! 'What do you hear? Listen to the sounds of spring, what do you hear? Listen to the sounds of the organ, the music, the piano, what do you hear? Listen, God's voice is speaking to you this morning, what do you hear? Listen, what do you hear this morning, this Easter morning?
Listen: I hear terrible Captain Sepulcher and his standard bearer Corruption talking over the situation on the night that Jesus Christ was buried.
Listen: Corruption says to Sepulcher,"Hold fast to that Man in Joseph's tomb. There is a rumor that He proposes to break forth, break out from the grave; do not let Him go until I can securely lay a hold of Him.
But Corruption fails to touch Him during all those hours in the tomb.
Listen: Hell cries out, "Hold fast to that Man. Hold Him, if he comes out He will make a hole in the walls of death through which all prisoners of Hell will escape. Hold him Captain Sepulcher, if you let this man go, you are not Satan's friend. Listen: I hear the seal break, I hear the watch of death slip away ! I hear the grip of death breaking it's hold. I hear the door of the tomb open.
Listen: I hear terrible Captain Sepulcher try to tighten his grip upon this man , but he cries out in vain, "I cannot hold him, I cannot hold him. "
Listen: I hear a rustling, a moving, I hear the sounds of new life, I hear the sounds of death moved aside for the eternal sounds of life, wholeness. I hear the sounds of the Easter Resurrection, I hear, I see, I am convinced that Jesus is alive.
JESUS CHRIST IS RISEN.....HE IS RISEN INDEED!!
And I am sharing a poem written by a lady in one of my congregations. She is no longer with us, but has given her permission to share her writing.
It is a Easter poem about the women at the tomb.
"The sun was rising and all was still.
In the distance stood the empty cross upon the hill.
But where was the mob that tortured Jesus that day?
Where was the group that tore his clothes and taunted him in every way?
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