Tuesday, March 25, 2008

He Is Risen!

Matthew; 28:5-7
(But the angel answered and said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here; for He has risen, as He said. Come see the place where the Lord lay. And go quickly and tell His disciples that He is risen from the dead, and indeed He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see Him. Behold I have told you.")

Indeed we do serve a risen Lord and Savior. The grave was not able to hold Him and He has defeated death. He took all of our sins upon Himself and died in our place. He was buried and on the third day rose from the grave just as He had told the Jews in the Book of John.
John; 2:19
(Jesus answered and said to them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.")
The Jews thought He was talking about the worship temple but He was talking about His own body. Even His own disciples didn't understand the significance of this statement. Only after His resurrection, did His own disciples understand.
John; 2:22
(Therefore, when He had risen from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this to them; and they believed in the Scripture and the word which Jesus had said.)

We don't have to be afraid of death if we have given our life to Jesus. God has told us that eternal life is in His Son, and he who has the Son of God has life, he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. If we die and have Jesus as our Lord and Savior, we will have eternal life with Him in heaven. He tells us that He has gone to prepare a place for us and that He will come again and receive us to Himself.
John; 14:1-3
("Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.)

God didn't say that there might be a place for us, but that there would be a place for us with Him. We can have confidence in our faith and look forward to our heavenly home. If you haven't accepted Jesus as Lord and Savior, ask Him today to forgive you of your sins and save you. He can and He will forgive you and save you.
Romans; 10:9-10
(that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.)

God Bless You!

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