Happy Easter, everyone! He is risen! The grave is empty. Death has been defeated. The curse that led to death has been broken by the new Adam who brings life to all who believe in Him. This is the hope on which all of our faith rests. As Paul says in 1 Corinthians 15:14, "And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith." If Christ had not been raised, our faith would be completely useless. But because He has been raised, we can have a true hope in redemption that will be worked out in this life and ultimately when we see Him face to face.
The fear of death no longer has power over us. This is how the world was transformed. Christians were willing to die instead of rejecting Christ because they trusted that He had been raised and trusted His promise that He was only the first of many who had put their faith in Him. It's kinda hard to stop someone who whole-heartedly believes that.
Christ died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again. Simple words and so easy to take for granted. Yet they are the deep foundations of our faith. God Himself came down as a man, died, was raised to life in the same body that was crucified, and will return. Simple words, yet altogether life altering when we realize just what they mean and choose to believe them.
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