Why do you seek the living among the dead? (Easter 2025)

Message Listening Guide

The Big Question: Have you ever searched hard—and still come up empty? What if you're chasing something that can’t actually give you life?

The First Easter: What Really Happened?
The women came to honor a corpse. But instead of a body, they got a question (Luke 24:1-5).
The Witnesses were unexpected: In the first century, women couldn’t testify in court. Yet they were the first to see the empty tomb—and the first to be disbelieved. The disciples’ doubt is raw and real. This story isn’t smoothed over (Luke 24:6-11).
The first counter gospel: The claim: the disciples stole the body while the guards were sleeping. If they were asleep, how did they know who took it? Why would the disciples die for something they knew was a lie? Even Jesus’s enemies admitted the tomb was empty—they just tried to spin it (Matthew 28:11-15).
The Risen Jesus sends doubters on mission: Some worshiped. Some doubted. Jesus didn’t send them away—He sent them out. And they changed the world (Matthew 28:16-20).

The Point: This isn’t a question to answer—it’s a call to turn around.

The Challenge: Will you stop looking for the living among the dead, and instead join the mission of Jesus in the world?