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Easter Eggs Score! when the last pieces come into play

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final installment in the E12 sermon series at Tabernacle Baptist, Easter Sunday 2012

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Easter Eggs

Score!

when the last pieces come into play

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Easter EggsPassion Puzzle

Last SupperGethsemane

Betrayal

Denial

Trials

CrucifixionMatthew

Mark

Luke John

Surrender

Prayer

PatienceLordship

SOVEREIGNTYCHOICE

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Easter EggsIntroduction

• Sovereignty is the truth that God is in charge of the universe and its inhabitants

• We often attempt to usurp that position– Our feeble attempts at sovereignty always fall

short. We are not omni-anything.– We must rely on God to supply the final pieces if

we are to have success.

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Easter EggsA Bitter End

The Burial of Christ, Carl Heinrich BlochThe Crucifixion, Carl Heinrich Bloch

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Easter EggsThe Missing Piece

Miracles are the pieces that only God holds.

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Easter EggsThe Missing Piece

The resurrection was a “miracle”.

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Easter EggsA Victorious End

“For He must reign until He has put all

his enemies under His feet. The last enemy

to be destroyed is death.” 1 Cor 15:25-26

The Resurrection, Carl Heinrich Bloch

Score!

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Easter EggsThe Missing Piece

• A miracle is a demonstration of God’s sovereignty over “normal” conditions– When things happen that you couldn’t possibly

control– When you see connections, understand things

that you never understood before– When your faith is established or strengthened

• A miracle is a “God thing” and must be credited to Him

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Easter EggsThe Missing Piece

The gospel is a “miracle”.

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Easter EggsThe Missing Piece

“Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which

what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again.”

Dag Hammarskjold

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Easter EggsA Victorious End

“But thanks be to God, who gives us the

victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”

1 Cor 15:57

The Resurrection, Carl Heinrich Bloch

Score!

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Easter EggsThe Missing Piece

Do you need a miracle?

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Easter EggsEaster Pieces

• Trace God’s miracles in the past• Believe that God is still actively performing

miracles• Having done all that you can, pray for a

miracle and wait• Celebrate God’s miraculous work in your life • Watch for ways that this miracle feeds the

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