Recreate Church, Pastor Michael Shockley—Service, October 13, 2024

He’s Still Rolling Stones.

Today, Pastor Michael is giving a history lesson on the old Berlin Wall.  It was felt this wall would never be torn down, but in 1989, it fell without violence.  Even the most immovable object can be moved.

All of us have immovable, unrollable stones…objects we deal with that feel like impossible barriers. Guilt, fear, anxiety, depression, and broken families come to mind as those. But we have a Savior who tears down barriers and still rolls stones away. Key Idea today: Jesus is still rolling stones!

Michael’s story involves women taking fragrant spices and heading to Jesus’s tomb to anoint His body. These women knew time was of the essence, and more work was needed. They came to the tomb and expected to find Jesus dead and a stone across the entrance to the tomb. All the while, the women wondered, “Who will roll away the stone?”

But when they got to the tomb, the stone was rolled away.  The Lord rolled away the tomb and can roll away your “stones” as well.

So, what “stones” do we have in our life?  Guilt.  Busyness and distraction.  Depression Sin.  We fill our days, but our days don’t fill us up.  We all have stones in our lives that need rolling away.

There is no stone that Jesus cannot roll away!

Today’s verses can be found in Mark 16: 1 - 8.

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