Song 1:

Nothing But The Blood

What can wash away my sin
Nothing but the blood of Jesus
What can make me whole again
Nothing but the blood of Jesus

Oh precious is the flow
That makes me white as snow
No other fount I know
Nothing but the blood of Jesus

This is all my hope and peace
Nothing but the blood of Jesus
This is all my righteousness
Nothing but the blood of Jesus

Oh precious is the flow
That makes me white as snow
No other fount I know
Nothing but the blood of Jesus

Oh precious is the flow
That makes me white as snow
No other fount I know
Nothing but the blood of Jesus

Nothing but the blood of Jesus
Nothing but the blood of Jesus

Responsive Reading

Scott Reinemeyer

(based on Luke 24 and 1 Corinthians 15:54-55)

Leader: 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. He is Risen!

Congregation: He is risen indeed!

Leader:  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!

Congregation: He is risen indeed!

Leader:  Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: ’The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’ He is Risen!

Congregation: He is risen indeed!

Leader: Death has been swallowed up in victory.
Men:  Where, O death is your victory?
Women: Where, O death is your sting?
Leader: He is Risen!

Everyone: He is risen indeed!

Song 2:

O Praise The Name

I cast my mind to Calvary, where Jesus bled and died for me
I see His wounds, His hands, His feet; my Savior on that cursed tree

His body bound and drenched in tears, they laid Him down in Joseph’s tomb
The entrance sealed by heavy stone, Messiah still and all alone

O praise the name of the Lord our God, O praise His name forever more
For endless days we will sing Your praise oh Lord, oh Lord our God

Then on the third at break of dawn, the Son of Heaven rose again
O trampled death, where is your sting? The angels roar for Christ the King

O praise the name of the Lord our God, O praise His name forever more
For endless days we will sing Your praise oh Lord, oh Lord our God

He shall return in robes of white, the blazing sun shall pierce the night
And I will rise among the saints, my gaze transfixed on Jesus face

O praise the name of the Lord our God, O praise His name forever more
For endless days we will sing Your praise oh Lord, oh Lord our God (repeat)
Oh Lord, oh Lord our God

Communion

Steve Whitney

Scripture Reading

Mike Osborne

John 20:11-18 (NIV)

(Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene)

¹¹ Mary was standing outside the tomb crying, and as she wept, she stooped and looked in. ¹² She saw two white-robed angels, one sitting at the head and the other at the foot of the place where the body of Jesus had been lying. ¹³ “Dear woman, why are you crying?” the angels asked her. “Because they have taken away my Lord,” she replied, “and I don’t know where they have put him.” ¹⁴ She turned to leave and saw someone standing there. It was Jesus, but she didn’t recognize him. ¹⁵ “Dear woman, why are you crying?” Jesus asked her. “Who are you looking for?” She thought he was the gardener. “Sir,” she said, “if you have taken him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will go and get him.” ¹⁶ “Mary!” Jesus said. She turned to him and cried out, “Rabbi!” (which is Hebrew for “Teacher”). ¹⁷ “Don’t cling to me,” Jesus said, “for I haven’t yet ascended to the Father. But go find my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” ¹⁸ Mary Magdalene found the disciples and told them, “I have seen the Lord!” Then she gave them his message.

Song 3:

Living Hope

How great the chasm that lay between us, how high the mountain I could not climb
In desperation, I turned to heaven and spoke Your name into the night
Then through the darkness, Your loving-kindness tore through the shadows of my soul
The work is finished, the end is written – Jesus Christ, my living hope

Who could imagine so great a mercy? What heart could fathom such boundless grace?
The God of ages stepped down from glory to wear my sin and bear my shame
The cross has spoken, I am forgiven; the King of kings calls me His own
Beautiful Savior, I’m Yours forever – Jesus Christ, my living hope

Hallelujah, praise the One who set me free; Hallelujah, death has lost its grip on me
You have broken every chain, there’s salvation in Your name – Jesus Christ, my living hope (x2)

Then came the morning that sealed the promise, Your buried body began to breathe
Out of the silence, the Roaring Lion declared the grave has no claim on me (repeat)
Jesus, Yours is the victory

Hallelujah, praise the One who set me free; Hallelujah, death has lost its grip on me
You have broken every chain, there’s salvation in Your name – Jesus Christ, my living hope (repeat)

Jesus Christ, my living hope; God You are my living hope

Message

Brent Deffenbacher

Moments Before the Resurrection

John 19:38-42

³⁸ Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Now Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the Jewish leaders. With Pilate’s permission, he came and took the body away. ³⁹ He was accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night. Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.  ⁴⁰ Taking Jesus’ body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen. This was in accordance with Jewish burial customs. ⁴¹ At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid. ⁴² Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.

First Observation = The PEOPLE at the Burial.

•   Joseph of Arimathea & Nicodemus

Second Observation = The DETAILS of the Burial.

•   Washing & Wrapping the Body of Jesus

Third Observation = The SIGNIFICANCE of the Burial.

•   Sins are Removed, Identified through Baptism & New Life in Christ

³ For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, ⁴ that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 (NIV)