Remember Jesus Christ, Risen from the Dead - II Timothy 2: 8-13 ( a sermon by nathan lewis)
Resurrection Sunday
“Remember Jesus Christ, Risen from the Dead�
II Timothy 2:8-13
(Resurrection Sunday sermon at Evergreen Presbyterian Church in Beaverton, Oregon)
This Resurrection Sunday, 2006, we follow the command of St. Paul to Timothy, to “remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead.â€? While Paul was yet Saul, the persecutor of the Church, the apostle Peter preached the resurrection of Jesus during the feast of Pentecost. To the crowds gathered in Jerusalem, he said, “Brothers, I may say to you with confidence about the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants on his throne, he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. This Jesus God raised up, and of that we are all witnesses.â€? Continue reading »
