Welcome to the In Touch podcast with Charles Stanley for Friday, April 18th.

The same power that raised Christ from the dead strengthens believers every day.

Be encouraged as you listen to Part 2 of the message of the resurrection.

What I'd like to do in this message is simply explain to you what is the real message of the resurrection.

It isn't simply the fact that Jesus died on the cross and somebody placed him in their tomb

and sealed it up and Romans that were there to guard it. And simply the fact that the stone was

rolled away and suddenly his body was not there. That is the event. These are the things that

took place. But what is the message of the resurrection? So whether you're a believer or not,

I want you to listen carefully. The first thing that I understand about the message of the

resurrection is this, that our Christ, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who is our

Savior, and our Lord and our Master, the Son of God is alive. He is not dead. And my friend,

the world needs to hear the truth that the God whom you and I serve, the living God,

the Son of God, the Lord Jesus Christ,

is not buried in a tomb. He is not here. It is his absence, not his presence, but his absence

that causes us to rejoice. The second message of the resurrection is this, that our sins have been

forgiven and we are absolutely eternally

secure in him. If you recall, he says he came to give his life a ransom for many. He came to

seek and to save that which is lost. Look, if you will, in Ephesians chapter one, beginning in this

very first chapter, Paul talks about how we have

been chosen in Christ, and then he says in verse 7, in Him, that is in Christ Jesus, we have

redemption, that is, his death purchased our salvation, through his blood, the forgiveness of our

trespasses, according to the riches of his grace. You'll recall also in 1st Peter chapter 1 when he is

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