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HE’S RISEN
4/4/10
Today is Easter Sunday and, as Christians, we have gathered to celebrate the
resurrection of our Savior & Lord.
One day they watched their best friend & teacher being nailed to a cross. They
witnessed His pain as He cried out, "I thirst!" & "My God, my God, why have You
forsaken me?"
They listened as finally He bowed His head & said, "It is finished!" & "Father,
into thy hands I commit my spirit." They watched as His body was taken from the
cross and buried. All their hopes & dreams were buried with Him.
Friday and all day Saturday they mourned, until finally, on "the first day of
the week, early in the morning," the scripture says, some sisters made their way
along the path that led to His tomb, wondering who would roll away the stone for
them.
But when they arrived, they found that the stone had already been rolled away.
And an angel there told them, "You’re looking in the wrong place. You’re looking
for Jesus among the dead. He is not dead. He is alive. He is risen, even as He
said!"
"He is risen!" That is what we celebrate this morning. When all the evidence is
in we’re convinced that Jesus is alive. He is risen from the dead, & what a
difference His resurrection has made!
Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 15:1-8 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto
you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and
wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I
preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 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: And that he was seen of Cephas, then of
the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of
whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.
After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he
was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
Bro Lee
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