Thank God for Easter

23/03/08 08:04
I thank God for the Cross, or better said, I thank God for Easter. I thank God that Jesus arose from the grave three days after He was placed in that tomb. For if He had not risen, then the Cross would have just been another bloody massacre, the martyrdom of another holy man, another victory for the side of evil. But because of Easter the Cross of Jesus Christ was not the end but rather the beginning. Instead of His life being tragically shortened by evil the Cross of Jesus Christ points to His victory over evil. Death no longer has any hold over those who trust on His Name! If there were no Resurrection, then the Cross would have been a disaster, a total miscarriage of justice –the ultimate miscarriage! But because of Easter, I can look at the Cross and know that God has forgiven the sins of the world justly. Just think about it; if the Resurrection never happened then nothing would have been written into the Bible after the Gospels. The Apostle Paul would still be a Pharisee, Jesus’ band of disciples would have dispersed, and there would be no Acts of the Apostles or Epistles by disciples. God would have faded back into the recesses of men’s minds locked behind doors of “What could have been.” Had there not been Easter, there would have been a fog of doubt cast over the life of Jesus that would have been impossible to remove; all of His miracles, all of His teachings and even the Virgin Birth would be brought into justifiable question. If there had not been an Easter, the prophecies in the Old Testament would have been proven false. And since these are the ligaments and sinews that hold the Bible together, if there would not have been an Easter, that Book would have long disappeared into the attics of the world. If Jesus wouldn’t have risen on that first Easter morn, mankind wouldn’t have the Word of God, faith to believe, or hope to persevere. Easter declares the love of God and His faithfulness to all mankind. Easter tells us that death is not the end; it is not the final curtain and therefore cannot be the ultimate power. This is a blessing for some but for others it may bring new fears. Since death is not the end; then men’s lives cannot be buried for eternity.

“I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in me though he were dead, yet shall he live.” John 11:25

“For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures: And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the Scriptures.” 1Cor.15:3,4


Happy Easter!

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