Sermon Note: Before this sermon something like the following needs to be included the worship:
Leader: Since the earliest days of the Christian faith, Christians have greeted one another on Easter morning: The Lord has risen!
People: He has risen indeed!
Leader: Our Lord Jesus has risen, breaking the power of sin and death,
People: and setting us free to live for him.
Leader: The Lord has risen.
People: He has risen indeed!
In the movie, Shawshank Redemption, the character, Red, is being released from prison after decades behind bars. The actor portraying Red, Morgan Freeman, shows various emotions as he walks out of prison toward the uncertainty of freedom. Although guards haven't been the best characters in this movie, here at the first gate, four guards are clearly glad that Red…