Jesus is the one who couldn't be found at a tomb

Happy Easter! Jesus Is Alive!

Jesus claims to be the giver of life, true life, abundant life, eternal life.  He says things like this:  “Life is found in me!” 

Well, He can only be the giver of life, if He has experienced victory over death, himself.

And victory over death is what we proclaim at Easter.  Jesus is risen from the dead!  He has experienced victory over sin and death!  The grave could not hold Him!  Evil could not defeat Him.

He’s alive!  And because Jesus lives, you and I can live!  We can have life in Him.

Praise God for the resurrection of Jesus; for the truth of who Jesus is; for forgiveness of sins; for the hope that we have in Him; for life! 

Happy Easter, Jesus is alive!

He's Alive!

I suppose that when they killed Jesus they somewhat naturally assumed: “That takes care of that.”  Death by crucifixion is known to be quite final. 

“There!  We won’t have to deal with this Jesus character anymore,” is no doubt what they believed.

But something happened.

Imagine the various reactions:  Surprise.  Joy.  Fear.  Disbelief.  Awe.  Bewilderment.  Worship.

And then these words began to ripple through the community:  “He’s alive!”

They’re still rippling through the community today.

He’s alive!

Resurrection? Come On! You're Kidding, Right?

There's no point in trying to argue about the resurrection of Jesus.  After all, as I read on a web site recently, "We know from all our experience of the world that men don't rise from the dead."

But this sure is strange: Billions of people over the past couple of thousand years have been well aware of the fact that men don't rise from the dead—this fact has not escaped their attention—and yet they put their faith and trust in Jesus and they embrace the truth of the resurrection of Christ.  To say that all of these people are just plain dumb and gullible is not a satisfactory explanation for this phenomenon, although I realize that will be the default explanation for some.

I think it's likely that many of these believers would simply say, "I have experienced the truth of Jesus Christ alive in me and I know this reality to be true!"

So, we continue to proclaim the truth of Easter:  "He's alive!"

You're allowed to doubt, of course.  God gives us that option.  But when you see Jesus, someday, it will be a profound moment of clarification.

I believe that He is alive!