Thank you for joining Dr. Michael Youssef for this special edition of Leading the Way.

Hello, my friends, and welcome to Resurrection Sunday, the day that changed the world,

and the day that set Christianity apart from all those other religions because it is the resurrection power

of Jesus Christ that gives us hope not only in this life but for all of eternity that we're

going to be with him, the resurrected Jesus, forever and ever.

Glad you joined us.

Today Dr. Youssef brings encouragement and hope by placing

you face to face with the reality and the power of the resurrection of Jesus through the

words found in Matthew chapter 28. Listen along with me as Dr. Michael Youssef begins his message, the imperatives of the resurrection.

Matthew 28, verses 1 to 10, I want you to imagine with me how those women, when they heard the words of the angel,

how those words were imprinted in their memory banks, in the cortex of their memories,

and how they would not only remember the words, but for the rest of their lives, they can

keep talking about those words, and they can literally repeat them verbatim.

The angel said, the angel said, and these events and these words

become indelible in their minds and hearts, and they must have talked about them many, many times,

and through the years, and these words and events became all their consuming passion, not just for years,

but for decades.

And they were talk about them.

That's why I'm calling this message the imperatives of the resurrection.

I'm going to explain that as we go along.

There are some things you and I must never forget, must never forget, that these women were not expecting

to see a resurrection. You read all the accounts of all the eyewitnesses and compare them together.

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