Resurrection!

now that is a great word. It is the central word of the Christian hope and message. Jesus resurrected from the grave. More importantly he validated God’s promise of complete forgiveness.
Resurrection is used to describe many things, but really only one resurrection has ever truly occurred. Back from the grave, buried, bundled, and with a boulder guarding the entrance, Christ explodes the power of death and comes forth. His disciples can’t believe it, Mary is confused, the Jews are making up stories, and the Romans are embarrassed. It all is way outside of anyone’s plans or imagination.
Two thousand years softens the force of the word, but not the reality. Many today think it myth or legend. Most just ignore it as even a possibility. Yet, consider if Christ did, if this Jesus man really did, if all those Old Testament statements are true, if the Apostle died believing with all they had what does this mean for us? Isn’t the entire rulebook for life altered if Jesus arose! How can anyone just walk away from the implicit implications toward their own destiny? I, YOU, anyone can know they stand before God as forgiven.
The empty tomb fills my mind with possibility. What is my possession? What is my response? What is my direction? What is my expectation? Since Christ is Risen my hope, your hope, our hope is as secure as anything could ever be. Believe it. I said BELIEVE IT. Live it, LIVE IT, LIVE IT!!
“If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.” Col. 3:1–3 (ESV)

Saints at Rock Creek Bible Church gather for an Easter Sunrise service.

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