Luke 24:6 – He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee
1 Corinthians 15:14 – And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith.
Family, today is a day that most Christians use as a day to acknowledge and celebrate that Jesus rose from the dead. We know that on Friday Jesus was cruelly beaten and largely skinned over his body by use of flesh peeling whips. On Good Friday a crown of long thorns was forced down on His head to mock the fact that He is the King of Kings. His face was spat upon and slugged. Family, He was blindfolded, so the fists struck Him full force without the benefit of preparing for the punch. He was made to carry, on nerve bared shoulders, a heavy, rough wood cross. He had large coarse nails driven through His hands and feet and then the cross He was nailed to was lifted up and it was dropped into place, tearing and stretching the wounds that the nails had made and also rubbing the raw flesh of His back. He hung about upon the cross for hours and then died upon it. As horrible as that was, it was part one of what He would endure because He loved, and loves, all who would come to Him. It was Friday, but a glorious Sunday was coming. His suffering and the Sunday following, were prophesied by God, through prophets of old.
Part two is that Sunday came and He rose from the dead. This day that both the prophets and Jesus had foretold of had come true! Praise God! Because God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit endured the shame and suffering that Jesus went through (that they all went through), all man now had, and have, an open door, through Jesus, to be pulled out of the condemnation that was upon all (as a result from the sin of our parents Adam and Eve). Because Jesus rose, appeared to many, and is now seated at the right hand of the Father He created a path to live forever in peace with God.
Family, if Resurrection Day did not occur, no one would be celebrating the birth of Christ. If what happened between Good Friday and Resurrection Day had not occurred, then the prophecies about Jesus would have been false. He would have been just another false prophet, another false messiah that was buried and rotted in the ground. But He did rise! Praise God Almighty, He did rise! The fact that He lives means that no matter what happens on this world we have the hope of Eternity with Him. If we love and serve Him on this earth, then we will receive all He has promised and live eternity in peace, love and harmony, with Him. Praise God! God has promised and God will deliver. Praise God! Family He is risen! Yes He is risen indeed! Praise God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit! Happy Resurrection Day, a truly holy day!
Psalm 150:6 – Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!
Micah 7:7 – But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me.
Micah 6:8 – He has shown You, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of You but to do justly, to love mercy, And to walk humbly with Your God.