Easter Sermon: A God who does what other gods can only imagine.

Various ancient myths related to pagan gods are quite similar to the story of Jesus. Mithra, the Iranian god, was said to have been crucified and resurrected after three days. The story of Mithra was in circulation hundreds of years before Jesus was born. How do we make sense of this? Is the story of Jesus and His resurrection just a similar myth? Or....

Did Jesus potentially fulfill the myths created by men in previous generations to prove to the world once and for all who the real God was? The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the reason, and only reason why Christianity exists. Christianity is not some random belief, it is a belief based on historical fact, the fact of an empty tomb.

In this talk you will hear that Jesus was crucified because he promised to be resurrected. Many have tried to provide alternative theories to explain the empty tomb and the resurrection appearances. But nothing suffices. Jesus did rise from the grave, and proved through the resurrection that he is God, because everyone from every pagan religion that was ever created knows that only "gods can raise the dead".