Whether you call today's holiday "Easter" or whether you call it "Resurrection Sunday" - or even if you follow the Puritan example and don't celebrate a specially designated day at all, the message I want to share and celebrate with you is the same - and it is appropriate for every day of the year: He is risen! Jesus rose from the grave and lives forevermore! He conquered Death!
The message of the resurrection was so central to the apostles that Paul vigorously argued in his first letter to the Corinthians that their faith was "vain" (i.e. empty, useless, without worth) if indeed Christ was not raised. Yes, both they and we who trust in Him are still dead in our sins if he is not in fact raised. Truly, this stuff is important - because if we are still dead in our sins then there is no hope for escaping the just wrath of a Holy God. Christ is the Last Adam - not a failure like the first. He is the Perfect Prophet, Priest, and King. He is the Unblemished and Perfect Lamb. He is also the Lion. He is the Bread from Heaven. He is the Good Shepherd. He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. He is The Resurrection and the Life. (John 11:25). Right now, he stands at the right hand of the Father and makes perfect intercession for His sheep.
I encourage you to read through the gospel accounts of His death, burial, and resurrection. If you don't read all four, read at least John's Gospel. I also encourage you to read 1 Corinthians 15 - where Paul labors the point of the importance of the resurrection. May you find perfect peace and rest in Jesus Christ.
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