Sermon Outline 4.5.2026

Title: "Fill in the Blank: Christ & Gain"
Resurrection Sunday | Philippians 1:21-26

To live is ____________. Because the resurrection is true, "to live is _______" must be filled with "Christ." Resurrection Day demands that confession reach all the way down into how you live and die.

I. The Problem with Easter
Easter doesn't promise a comfortable life. It promises a conquered death.

II. The Equation (Philippians 1:21-22)
Whatever fills that blank is what death takes from you. If to live is Christ, dying subtracts nothing that matters.

III. The Gain Named (Philippians 1:23)
The gain is not a place. The gain is a Person. To depart is to arrive — with Christ.

IV. The Complication (Philippians 1:22-26)
Paul is torn not between living and dying, but between two goods — both of them Christ.

V. The Demand of the Empty Tomb
The question is not whether you believe in the resurrection. The question is whether it has gotten all the way down into that blank.