April 5, 2026
Easter with Kingsway 2026
- Matt Nickoson
Sermon Notes
What are you most afraid of?
Where did the fear of death come from?
- Satan tricks
- Sin kills
- Death stings
- And Jesus saves!
Hebrews 2:15 NLT
Only in this way could he set free all who have lived their lives as slaves to the fear of dying.
Hebrews 2:14-15 NLT
Because God’s children are human beings—made of flesh and blood—the Son also became flesh and blood. For only as a human being could he die, and only by dying could he break the power of the devil, who had the power of death. Only in this way could he set free all who have lived their lives as slaves to the fear of dying.
Jesus rose from the dead to set you free and give you real life!
John 10:10 MSG
I came so they can have real and eternal life, more and better life than they ever dreamed of.
1 Corinthians 15:21 NLT
So you see, just as death came into the world through a man, now the resurrection from the dead has begun through another man.
1 Corinthians 15:22 NLT
Just as everyone dies because we all belong to Adam, everyone who belongs to Christ will be given new life.
1 Corinthians 15:23-24 NLT
But there is an order to this resurrection: Christ was raised as the first of the harvest; then all who belong to Christ will be raised when he comes back. After that the end will come, when he will turn the Kingdom over to God the Father, having destroyed every ruler and authority and power.
1 Corinthians 15:25-26 NLT
For Christ must reign until he humbles all his enemies beneath his feet. And the last enemy to be destroyed is death.
1 Corinthians 15:55 NLT
“O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?”
Romans 8:28 NLT
“And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.”
You too can choose faith over fear.
Romans 6:3b-4a NLT
“…when we were joined with Christ Jesus in baptism, we joined him in his death? For we died and were buried with Christ by baptism.”
Romans 6:4b NLT
“And just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father, now we also may live new lives.”
Romans 6:5 NLT
“For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his.”