"Resurrected Victory"  I want to explore this morning the idea of victory that we know in Jesus Christ.

There was this little village in Austria that was about to be taken by Napoleon's army. It was Easter morning, and as was their practice, the dawn bells rung out across the countryside. Celebrating that Christ was risen. Napoleon thought those bells were celebrating the arrival of the Austrian army. And, so he retreated. So, instead of Napoleon, peace reigned across the Austrian countryside. They won a victory without fighting a single battle. 

Today bells may ring in churches for a different reason, but most of them are celebrating a risen Christ. We don't have a Napoleon's army threatening us, thankfully. But, we do have some struggles. There are struggles with sin, and death, and life itself. There are struggles within and without. There are struggles that can make us feel defeated. They can be struggles that would make us feel like those women on Easter morning. They came with their spices and ready prepare their Lord's body. I want you to think a little bit about that mind set of what they were going through. I think it's important. Everything they had hoped for, and looked forward to, in this Messiah, Jesus Christ, died on a cross and laid in that tomb. They came that morning with their spices and nard and all the things to prepare his body in accordance with Hebrew practice. The victory they had expected was gone. 

And now imagine as you came to that tomb, as you got close you realize the covering that would have been over it...was away. It was open. And, as you frantically searched to find out what happened to his body - because you're not thinking spiritually, right? You're thinking somebody took the body - be it animal or somebody. And, these two dazzling people...angels... Worship Video HERE.

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