He is Risen!!!!!
“Now on the
first day of the week, very early in the morning, they, and certain other women
with them, came to the tomb bringing spices which they had prepared. But they
found the stone rolled away from the tomb. Then they went in and did not find
the body of Jesus. And it happened, as they were greatly perplexed about this,
that behold two men stood by them in shining garments. Then, as they were
afraid and bowed their faces to the earth, they said to them, ‘Why do you seek
the living among the dead? He is not here, but is risen! Remember how He spoke
to you when He was still in Galilee, saying, ‘The Son of Man must be delivered
into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.’’
And they remembered His words.” (Luke 24:1-8)
All four gospels record this event and it is one event in history that
can be believed with certainty!
CHRIST AROSE FROM THE DEAD ON EASTER MORNING!
He
demonstrated once and for all time that He was who He claimed to be: The Son of
God, the Messiah, that had been prophesied about for a thousand years!
He had
died on a cross and taken the sins of the world upon His shoulders on Good Friday,
just as Isaiah the prophet had said he would over 500 year earlier:
“Surely, He
has borne out griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken,
Smitten by God, and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He
was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement of our peace was upon Him, And
by His stripes we are healed. All
we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned everyone to his own way; And the
LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.” (Isaiah 53:5-6)
Now on
Easter morning He had risen from the dead just as he had prophesied on numerous
occasions. (Matthew 20:18-19, 17:22-23, 16:21) As we read further in the gospel
accounts and the book of Acts, we know that he spent forty days on earth after
the resurrection and then ascended into heaven from the Mount of Olives.
So
the question for you now is this: Do you believe that Jesus died on a cross and
rose from the dead on the third day and sits at the right hand of God today and
that He is coming again as He promised to take all believers to heaven to live
with Him for eternity? That is what the Bible teaches us. That is what the
Apostle Paul is telling us in the book of Romans when he says:
“that if
you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God
has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes
unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”
(Romans 10: 9-10)
“You will be saved!” And if you are already a believer, then you are
already saved! What a glorious message for us today as we rejoice in what our
Savior had done for us on Calvary and has demonstrated that He has power over
death and hell!
Hallelujah, what a Savior we have! As Jesus stated on the
cross: “It is finished!” (John 19:30) He has paid the price for our sins. We
have only to believe and give our lives over to Him and allow Him to be our
Master and King. Let today be a day of celebration and joy as we celebrate what
He did for us 2000 years ago and be comforted in the fact that He is coming
back to establish His kingdom someday and we will be his beloved sons and
daughters in the kingdom.
PRAY:
1.
Lord help me to take time today to celebrate
what You did for me on the cross and to rejoice over your resurrection from the
dead.
2.
Lord, thank you for paying the penalty for my
sin and for adopting me to be your son or daughter.
3.
Fill me with Your Holy Spirit everyday and help
me to be a faithful disciple and
witness for you in my family, my workplace, neighborhood, school, and to the
uttermost parts of the world.
4.
Help me to love those around me with a love that
can only come from You that I might see people as You see them Lord.
