Welcome to this service of celebration. In the spirit of celebration, I would like you to try something. I want you to have a responsive line in the message. Here's how it goes. When I say, "Jesus won!" and raise my hand like this, I want you to respond. "WE WON!" So let's try it. "Jesus won!" (Raise hands) "WE WON!" You have it!  

When Jesus won, you won! When Jesus defeated death, he defeated it for you! On May 8, 1945, Germany surrendered and World War II was over. In celebration, people packed the city streets, hugged each other and shouted, "We won!" We named that day VE day for Victory in Europe. On May 8, we still remember VE day.  But how can we say, "We won?" Most of us have never been to Europe. With a few exceptions we did not fight in that war. Many of us were not even born ye…