2. Luke 24:1-8: On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen!

3. Luke 24:1-8 (cont): Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: ‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’ ” Then they remembered his words.

4. Don’t Be Surprised…Stand Amazed!

5. Don’t Be Surprised…Stand Amazed Luke 24, Isaiah 53, Jeremiah 33, Romans 10

6. Don’t Be Surprised…Stand Amazed Luke 24, Isaiah 53, Jeremiah 33, Romans 10 God created mankind to be in close relationship with Him

7. Don’t Be Surprised…Stand Amazed Luke 24, Isaiah 53, Jeremiah 33, Romans 10 God created mankind to be in close relationship with Him Genesis 5:1-2: When God created mankind, he made them in the likeness of God. He created them male and female and blessed them.

8. Don’t Be Surprised…Stand Amazed Luke 24, Isaiah 53, Jeremiah 33, Romans 10 God created mankind to be in close relationship with Him The effect of sin is that mankind is separated from God

9. Don’t Be Surprised…Stand Amazed Luke 24, Isaiah 53, Jeremiah 33, Romans 10 God created mankind to be in close relationship with Him The effect of sin is that mankind is separated from God Romans 3:23: For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

10. Don’t Be Surprised…Stand Amazed Luke 24, Isaiah 53, Jeremiah 33, Romans 10 God created mankind to be in close relationship with Him The effect of sin is that mankind is separated from God Genesis 12:1-3: The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.”

11. Don’t Be Surprised…Stand Amazed Luke 24, Isaiah 53, Jeremiah 33, Romans 10 God created mankind to be in close relationship with Him The effect of sin is that mankind is separated from God God longs to deliver His people from trouble and calamity

12. Don’t Be Surprised…Stand Amazed Luke 24, Isaiah 53, Jeremiah 33, Romans 10 God created mankind to be in close relationship with Him The effect of sin is that mankind is separated from God God longs to deliver His people from trouble and calamity Isaiah 53:4-5: Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.

13. Don’t Be Surprised…Stand Amazed Luke 24, Isaiah 53, Jeremiah 33, Romans 10 God created mankind to be in close relationship with Him The effect of sin is that mankind is separated from God God longs to deliver His people from trouble and calamity Jeremiah 31:33-34: “This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel after that time,” declares the Lord. “I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people…

14. Don’t Be Surprised…Stand Amazed Luke 24, Isaiah 53, Jeremiah 33, Romans 10 God created mankind to be in close relationship with Him The effect of sin is that mankind is separated from God God longs to deliver His people from trouble and calamity Jeremiah 31:33-34 (cont): “No longer will they teach their neighbor, or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest,” declares the Lord. “For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.”

15. Don’t Be Surprised…Stand Amazed Luke 24, Isaiah 53, Jeremiah 33, Romans 10 God created mankind to be in close relationship with Him The effect of sin is that mankind is separated from God God longs to deliver His people from trouble and calamity Jesus Christ took the punishment of separation from God, for us

16. Don’t Be Surprised…Stand Amazed Luke 24, Isaiah 53, Jeremiah 33, Romans 10 God created mankind to be in close relationship with Him The effect of sin is that mankind is separated from God God longs to deliver His people from trouble and calamity Jesus Christ took the punishment of separation from God, for us God the Father raised Jesus Christ from the dead

17. Don’t Be Surprised…Stand Amazed Luke 24, Isaiah 53, Jeremiah 33, Romans 10 So what do we do?

18. Don’t Be Surprised…Stand Amazed Luke 24, Isaiah 53, Jeremiah 33, Romans 10 Romans 10:9-10: If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. So what do we do?

19. Don’t Be Surprised…Stand Amazed Luke 24, Isaiah 53, Jeremiah 33, Romans 10 God created mankind to be in close relationship with Him The effect of sin is that mankind is separated from God God longs to deliver His people from trouble and calamity Jesus Christ took the punishment of separation from God, for us God the Father raised Jesus Christ from the dead Everyone responds to Jesus