A Special Easter Message

Good Friday and Easter Sunday are the two most important days in the history of the world.

We celebrate Good Friday because this is the day Christ died to save us from “the wrath of the Lamb” (Revelation 6:16-17).

And we celebrate Easter Sunday because this is the day Christ rose from the dead to conquer sin, death, and the devil.

Praise be to God, this is the day we say to one another,
“He is risen!”
“He is risen indeed!”

Praise be to God, this is the day we sing . . .
“Because He lives, I can face tomorrow
Because He lives, all fear is gone!”

I have two questions I’d like to address in this email.

Question #1:
How important is the resurrection of Jesus Christ to your eternal destiny?

It is so important that we must believe it happened to receive salvation from hell.

“If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.” (Romans 10:9-10)

And if you don’t, you won’t.

Whether or not you believe in both a crucified and risen Savior determines your eternal destiny.

If you are reading this blog post and have yet to believe in Jesus for the forgiveness of your sins and a right standing with God, I beg you to heed the words of the apostle Paul, “Behold, now is the day of salvation” (2 Corinthians 6:2).

Don’t wait until tomorrow to do what Jesus tells us all to do: “Repent and believe in the gospel” (Mark 1:15).

Question #2:
How relevant is the resurrection of Jesus Christ to your everyday life?

If you are a genuine believer in Christ and therefore a faithful follower of Christ, the resurrection of Jesus is one of the most practical truths of Scripture. It is the key that unlocks a life of transcendent joy and personal holiness.

This is a bold statement. What is the biblical basis for such a claim?

Consider these words:

“Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God” (Colossians 3:1)

Here’s another verse in which Paul says that believers have “been buried with Him (Jesus) in baptism, in which you were also raised with Him through faith in the powerful working of God” (Colossians 2:12).

This is huge. Because believers are “in Christ” (we are supernaturally united to Christ as members of His body, the church), when Christ died, we died.

Furthermore, when Christ was raised from the dead, so were we!

We, too, were raised from the dead because God raised us from a state of spiritual death and gave us new life in Christ.

Yes, one day our dead bodies will be resurrected from the grave.

But today our spirits are already alive with the life of Christ pulsating within us.

We are already possessors of God’s supernatural life that energizes and transforms our existence – the life of Christ resides within our souls through the indwelling Holy Spirit.

Rejoice, my fellow believer, in the present and powerful reality of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Because He lives, so can you – today and forever.

Have a wonderfully alive Easter Sunday!