Easter (24)
  1. The Light of the LORD, Jesus Christ, has risen upon us and set us apart as the chosen people of God.
  2. God has created perfectly. God is in the house and all is right with the world!
  3. This is the feast, the banquet to end all banquets. The LORD God is the maker and provider of this great feast which takes place for the resurrected faithful in the courts of Heaven.
  4. Resurrection is victory. God shall arise! Christ has risen! However, this is not the sum of the LORD’s provision for the people.
  5. Why is there a need to replace Judas? The reason revolves around the number twelve.
  6. Our LORD is identified as the One who provides for our needs, serves us to the point of obedience unto death on a tree so that we who can do nothing are rescued and redeemed by His actions on our behalf.
  7. The Church is called to be Christ-like and that means reaching out in mercy to the widows, orphans and outcasts-the disenfranchised and helpless-like Christ Jesus gave example.
  8. The teaching of the Apostles, the fellowship of believers, the breaking of bread and prayer lay out the components of worship.
  9. In our text we learn that Baptism is in the name of Jesus Christ and grants forgiveness and gives the gift of the Holy Spirit. Faith is worked in the heart.
  10. It is interesting to note how there is no mention of strife, trouble, pain, suffering or sin in this particular psalm. Nothing but praise as the name of the LORD is exalted.
  11. Our text begins with their answer to why they are doing this when they were strictly charged to cease their actions. The answer? “We must obey God rather than men.”
  12. This restoration is understood as a resurrection—restoration/return to the Land is equated with the resurrection to the courts of Heaven.