Resurrection Sunday

And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that you seek Jesus, which was crucified. He is not here: for he is risen, as he said.      Matthew 28:5,6a

                The truth of Christianity stands or falls on Easter day. No one argues that Jesus could not have been born, lots of people are born. No one argues that he has been reported as doing miracles from healing the sick to raising the dead, the reports are a part of history. No one argues against his so presenting himself that many who were waiting for the  Messiah believed he was Messiah. Nobody argues that he died, all people die; nor even that he died with a sign nailed above his head that said the King of the Jews.  Nobody argues that he did not claim to give life. That, too, is in the historical record.

                Some of those who consider these things may not believe them, but they cannot argue the claims did not happen. So, they must say, if he is dead what difference does it make? Death puts an end to even the most remarkable life.

                But, on the other hand, if that man rises from the dead, it is proof that all the rest said about him is true. He is the way, the truth, and the life (John 14:6).

                It is either or! The law of contradiction tells us two opposite and conflicting things cannot be true. If one is right, the other of necessity must be wrong. So, was the life of Jesus just a wonderful interlude in the record of mankind’s wickedness that ended when he died, or is he alive and the human experience changed forever when he resurrected? How can we know?

                Find the answer in God’s revelation, the Bible. At the grave one of God’s messengers, an angel, gave this decisive message when he said, “Why seek ye the living among the dead? He is not here, but is risen (Luke 24:5a,6b).”

                Hallelujah, the grave has no victory. Jesus is alive forevermore.