{"id":1591,"date":"2016-03-25T22:56:35","date_gmt":"2016-03-25T22:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faithfamilyfellowship.church\/?p=1591"},"modified":"2016-03-25T23:04:50","modified_gmt":"2016-03-25T23:04:50","slug":"sermon-synopsis-for-327-easter-sunday-why-do-you-look-for-the-living-among-the-dead-lu-245","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithfamilyfellowship.church\/?p=1591","title":{"rendered":"Sermon Synopsis for 3\/27 (Easter Sunday): Why do you look for the living among the dead? Lu. 24:5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you want to savor a good Mexican dinner, then don&#8217;t go to Giuseppe&#8217;s Restaurant. If want to read a good piece of literary achievement, I recommend you don&#8217;t turn to Dr. Seuss. If you wish to enjoy some quality acting, then visit the State Theater in Easton or the Zoellner Arts Center at Lehigh University &#8211; or simply turn on your TV and watch the current Presidential debates &#8211; either party. If you love to laugh from comedic entertainment, go to an Eagles game. If you love to cry, go to an Eagles game.<\/p>\n<p>There are certain places you can go where you know what you&#8217;re going to see. You go to a zoo, you&#8217;ll see animals. You go to the Metropolitan Opera, you&#8217;ll see vocal and instrumental virtuosos. If you happen to come upon a massive interstate pile-up, you observe a parade of police cars, ambulances, EMTs and lawyers.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, if you attend a funeral, you expect to see a coffin or an urn. If you go to a cemetery, you expect to see grave markers.<\/p>\n<p>Almost 2,000 yrs. ago, on an otherwise normal Sunday morn, three otherwise obscure women approached what they presumed to be a carefully-guarded, sealed tomb. They were hoping to gain entrance so they could show their love and respect to a recently deceased friend by applying the usual body perfumes. This would be like laying flowers on a grave today.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faithfamilyfellowship.church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/The_Empty_Tomb001.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-575\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-575 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/faithfamilyfellowship.church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/The_Empty_Tomb001.jpg\" alt=\"The_Empty_Tomb001\" width=\"263\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faithfamilyfellowship.church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/The_Empty_Tomb001.jpg 400w, https:\/\/faithfamilyfellowship.church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/The_Empty_Tomb001-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><\/a>But what they expected to see upon arrival far exceeded anything they could&#8217;ve possibly imagined! Please consider spending your Easter morning with us as we unpack some of the mystery behind history&#8217;s greatest event, that singular distinctive that caused Christianity to burst onto the human stage, the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you want to savor a good Mexican dinner, then don&#8217;t go to Giuseppe&#8217;s Restaurant. If want to read a good piece of literary achievement, I recommend you don&#8217;t turn to Dr. Seuss. 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