On
the Saturday after Jesus was crucified, His followers must have felt
utterly defeated. Meanwhile, the Pharisees felt they had silenced a
critic, the Romans felt they had quashed a rebellion, and the governor
had washed his hands of the whole affair.
Then
Sunday morning dawned, the gravestone was rolled away, and history was
turned inside out. The news—Jesus is alive!—was almost too good to be
true. Yet it was undeniably true. So true that His disciples dedicated
the rest of their lives to telling the whole world the Good News about
Jesus Christ.
On the cross, He died for our sins.
In the tomb, He defeated death.
Nowhere else in this sin-sick world can we find such everlasting hope.
Modern
medicine is wonderful—almost miraculous sometimes—but doctors will
never defeat death. Now, some of us may live to be a hundred or more. …
Every day we have on this earth is a gift from God, but ultimately
everyone has to be prepared to face death and judgment. Through the
triumph of the cross and resurrection, Jesus has already dealt with both
of those.
"When you were dead in your sins... God made you alive with Christ" (Colossians 2:13).
 Where is your hope? |
Prayer
Lord,
this week, we remember that because of Christ's death and resurrection,
we no longer have to fear death and the grave. Help us to clearly tell
others how they, too, can come to You through Jesus' sacrifice. We pray
in Jesus' name. Amen.
Scripture
quotation is taken by permission from The Holy Bible, New International
Version, copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. Used by
permission. From Franklin Graham: "Decision" magazine, April 2011, ©2011
BGEA.
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