My Grandfather was shot in the neck in France as a soldier in World War 1. He survived, came home to Pontiac, MI, took a job at the post office and raised six children. He gave me his pocket watch. I still have it.
But he gave me something better. Years before he had purchased a large school bell at an auction and mounted it on the roof of his large garage. The upstairs attic became a training center for young men. I still have his business card … “Attention, all Young Men” That group became a bible study which became a church. What a great gift for me as his grandchild.
My Dad was like his Dad. As a supervisor in a power company he looked and found opportunities to integrate God’s truth into the lives of those around him. When our youngest of four children was entering fourth grade, my parents moved to our area and became active in our church.
One year I showed the ten part film series by Dr. Francis Scheaffer entitled, “How Should We Then Live?” In this series Schaeffer used the word WORLDVIEW. My Dad had never heard this word and he asked me if I thought he had a worldview? I laughed and said, “Dad I never remember a time when you did not have a Biblical Worldview. You relate God’s Word all the time. He smiled and said, Oh!
Today we stand on the shoulders of great people who wrestled with everyday life and with the cultural issues of the day.
INTRODUCTION:
“Martha said to Jesus, “I know that (My brother Lazarus) will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.” Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live”
In Blade 3 as we open the DOOR we find a Good Shepherd looking at us. He turns and motions us to follow him. We follow him to a unique cemetery where all the graves are open and empty. We understand that he conquered death. The fear of death begins to fade away.
We enter into this great VICTORY over death because of our Lord’s death and resurrection. We follow The Good Shepherd who leads us into an understanding that HE is the Resurrection and the LIfe. The greatest event in the history of mankind is the resurrection.
