Today on Summit Life with J.D. Greer.

No matter how much addiction you feel of sin has destroyed your body, your sin has destroyed

your relationships.

It means that if you call on the name of Jesus, he can release a power that can restore

what sin has broken.

And it means, hallelujah, addiction does not have the last word in your life.

Thank you. Hallelujah. Addiction does not have the last word in your life. Hey, thanks for joining us here on Summit Life with Pastor J.D. Greer of the Summit Church

in Raleigh, North Carolina. As always, I'm your host, Molly Vitovich.

Guys, we're finally here. We have arrived at the joy of the resurrection in our teaching

series titled Instead of Me. And if you're like me, this has been a pretty heavy teaching

series, but today we find Jesus alive. And he's not just alive. He's alive for a purpose. And that purpose is you and me.

What great news is we head towards the finish line of this series. Now, if you've missed any programs on this

journey or if you'd like to share it with others, you'll want to visit us online at jd.grier.com.

But for now, let's not waste any time and jump right into God's Word.

So we come now at the end of this series to the final chapter in Matthew,

where Matthew recounts the story of the resurrection.

Matthew 28.

After the Sabbath day, as the first day of the week was dawning,

Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to view the tomb. There was a violent earthquake because an angel the Lord descended from heaven and approached

the tomb. He rolled back the stone and he was sitting on it. His appearance was like lightning and his

clothing was as white as snow. The guards were so shaken by the fear of him that they became like dead

men. Then the angel told the women,

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