Easter Weekend - "Why an Empty Tomb?" (Luke 24:1-12)

Why an empty tomb? The answer seems obvious. Jesus is risen. But that's not really an answer. Yes, Jesus is risen, but he's not waiting for the disciples to arrive at the tomb. Everyone who goes to the tomb finds it empty. 

Luke’s gospel uniquely explores why the tomb is empty by including words spoken by the angels that are not included in the other gospels. The answer raises other penetrating questions. The answers to these questions offer hope to saints who sin, to skeptics who search, and to lapsed Christians who long to come back to God.

Come, worship with us this Easter, and explore the questions and answers raised by the empty tomb. 

 

10 Tweets on “The Silence of God” (Luke 22:39-46)

1/ Sometimes Sometimes it’s in the silence of God that we can hear God most clearly.

2/ When we or the Bible speak of the silence of God, we mean God feels far away, he fails to give guidance, he refuses to intervene.

3/ Sometimes a "no" answer can feel like no answer. 

4/ We learn from Jesus and the Psalms that it's okay to complain to God.

5/ It's okay to keep asking. Jesus asked three times.

6/ It's okay to stop asking. Jesus stopped after three.

7/ Listen in the silence. "The quieter the room, the more you will hear."

8/ Trust God in the silence. It’s in the deepest silence of all that we hear God’s most intimate words of love. 

9/ The deepest silence is what Jesus experienced for us on the cross. He absorbed the wrath of God for our sins. 

10/ "Embracing our 'Not Yet'"