There is something deeply wrong with this world, and most of us can feel it. Not just out there in the headlines, but in here, in our own lives. Creation itself seems to be unraveling. Things move from order to disorder, from strength to weakness, from life toward decay. 

You see it everywhere. Anxiety is rising even in the most advanced and comfortable societies. Bodies break down in ways we did not expect. Relationships fracture. And no matter how much progress we make, one reality never changes. Death still wins every time. One out of every one person dies.

This is not just a distant idea. It is personal. It is the diagnosis, the aging body, the funeral, the quiet realization that something is not the way it is supposed to be. The brokenness of the world is not just around us. It is within us.

JESUS

Into that kind of world, Jesus stepped in. Not distant or removed, but close. Personal. Present.

Wherever He went, things began to change. The overlooked were seen. The marginalized were welcomed. The broken were restored. Jesus did not keep His distance from pain. He moved toward it.

When others avoided sickness and suffering, Jesus reached out and touched it. A man with leprosy, someone completely isolated and untouchable, knelt before Him. Instead of stepping back, Jesus stepped in. He touched him. And instead of the disease spreading to Jesus, healing flowed from Jesus to the man.

That is the pattern everywhere He went. Disease did not infect Jesus. Jesus infected the world with healing. And it was not just sickness that responded. Even death began to lose its grip. A widow’s son raised from a coffin. Lazarus called out of a tomb after four days. Wherever Jesus showed up, what was broken began to turn around.

RESURRECTION

Then came the moment that changed everything.

Jesus began telling His followers that He would die and rise again. And they struggled to understand, because death had always been final. No one comes back. That is just the way the world works.

But on that Sunday morning, everything changed. The tomb was empty.

Death was confronted, and for the first time in history, death lost. The old law said death always wins. But Jesus rewrote that reality. He declared Himself to be the resurrection and the life, and then proved it.

This is not just a moment in history. It is the turning point of everything. It means life is not random. It means your story does not end in the grave. It means this broken body is not the final chapter.

And even more, the same power that raised Jesus from the dead is now available. Not just to extend life for a few more years, but to transform life completely.

RESPONSE

So now the question becomes personal.

Will you continue to live under the weight of brokenness and the fear of death, or will you step into resurrection power?

Because Jesus is still doing what He has always done. He is still healing. He is still forgiving. He is still transforming lives. Sometimes that healing is physical. Sometimes it is in the heart. Sometimes it is the strength to endure what has not yet changed. But in every case, He offers something new.

The invitation is simple, but it is significant. To trust Him. To believe in His death and resurrection. To receive the power that changes not just your future, but your present.

Because the same Jesus who walked out of the tomb now invites you to walk in new life with Him.

Message recap adapted from the April 5, 2026, message by Minister Mark Ashton.

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