Mark 3:27 In fact, no one can enter a strong man's house and carry off his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can rob his house.

1. Christ has ____________ us out of Satan's house that we might be His own!

2. Two blasphemies against Jesus:

a. Blasphemy #1: ____________ Jesus.

b. Blasphemy #2: ____________ Jesus ____________.

3. Christ has stolen you into His ____________ and doesn't plan on ____________ you back.

Scripture Readings
Isaiah 6:1-8
Acts 2:14a,22-36
John 3:1-17

Take It With You!

Here are some further thoughts to help you contemplate and celebrate Christ's Easter victory over sin, death, and the devil!

For when we had been created by God the Father, and had received from Him all manner of good, the devil came and led us into disobedience, sin, death, and all evil, so that we fell under His wrath and displeasure and were doomed to eternal damnation, as we had merited and deserved. There was no counsel, help, or comfort until this only and eternal Son of God in His unfathomable goodness had compassion upon our misery and wretchedness, and came from heaven to help us. Those tyrants and jailers, then, are all expelled now, and in their place has come Jesus Christ, Lord of life, righteousness, every blessing, and salvation, and has delivered us poor lost men from the jaws of hell, has won us, made us free, and brought us again into the favor and grace of the Father, and has taken us as His own property under His shelter and protection, that He may govern us by His righteousness, wisdom, power, life, and blessedness.

The Large Catechism: The Second Article of the Apostle's Creed