Pastor Tim’s message for Easter Sunday at Valley Chapel…

LOOKING IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES

On the first day of the week, three days after Christ’s crucifixion, three women ventured to the tomb where Jesus was laid, expecting to find His body lying there. As they approach the tomb, according to Luke 24:5, an angel greeted the women, saying to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead?”

Jesus wasn’t there. They would not be able to find him there. He had risen from the dead. Yet, that’s where they came to find Him.

I am reminded of a country song from back in the 1980’s – “Lookin’ For Love.” The lyrics begin like this –

I was looking for love in all the wrong places
Looking for love in too many faces
Searching your eyes, looking for traces
Of what.. I’m dreaming of…
Hopin’ to find a friend and a lover
God bless the day I discover
Another heart, lookin’ for love

Sounds pretty “sappy” if you ask me! But, the essence of the song is exactly what many folks try to do to this day! They are looking for love in all the wrong places!

Just like the women going to the tomb, they were looking in the wrong place! They were looking for the living among the dead.

Today, people are desperately seeking to find reality, to find meaning to their life, to find the answers to why they are here and what they should do. They are seeking salvation from the banal existence they live in here, and seeking the reality of what lies in eternity.

What are you looking for today? This Sunday – Easter Sunday – this will be the subject, and the title of my message – “Looking in All the Wrong Places!” Be sure to join us, and bring a friend!
 
Join us this Sunday – Easter Sunday – at 11 am!
 
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