The Resurrection of Jesus


This is the most important event in the whole history of the world and yet so many deny it ever happened. People all over the world claim that the idea of the Son of God coming  back to life sounds OK, but they won't admit that it is true.

To me, it is the basis of my faith and walk with Christ.


What does this mean in the life of a Christian?


Instead of focusing on the events that took place that we all know, I will focus on what this most amazing even mean to the true Christians.

I have known people who have called me names because I claim the Risen Christ, and in fact, I used to be one of those calling Christians names before coming to the Lord. As I have stated in other posts, sometimes when I look at my past, I can't help but to feel sorry and saddened about how my attitude once was towards the One who gave His Own Life for my sins.

As we celebrate this Easter, let us not forget the reason why we celebrate. Yes, you will probably see many who are there just to fulfill what they believe as a religious duty, but us as true children of God must remember that this season is all about the Perfect Man, the Son of God, the One who was prophesied in the Old Testament coming to this world and giving Himself ransom,  and then resurrected in the third day.

This is the Good News of Jesus Christ.

He came to the world to pay for our sins. I don't know how many times I have to say that before I get tired of saying it.

Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand,by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you--unless you believed in vain.
For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: 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 by Cephas, then by the twelve.
(1 Corinthians 15:1-5)

Many will spend this day and then go eat a meal with their family and after the "religious day" is over, they will go back to their lifestyle of sin believing that they are "saved" because they went to church, but to us, the true believers, this day means everything to us, at least to me.



As the message of the Gospel and the prophesy was completed, Jesus left this world after 40 days and ascended to Heaven to be back to His throne with the following words:

And being assembled together with [them], He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, "which," [He said], "you have heard from Me; for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now."Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, "Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?"And He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority.
But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."
Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.
(Acts 1:4-9)

Jesus did not leave this world without instructing their disciples on what to do next, and just as this applied to the original apostles, it applies to us to.

Too many Christians today are too comfortable with just sitting on their pews and warming the seats, claiming that they know so much about the Bible but do not invest their time in others who might not know as much. God has given me a passion for discipleship, I believe that we are called to do so. There are several examples of discipleship in the Bible and He even mentioned it in the "The Great Commission".

Jesus called us to be disciple-makers, to spread the word of God. This passage has so much in it that it would require a whole other study to go through (which might be coming in the near future).

I pray that as you go to celebrate Resurrection Sunday, do not forget what Jesus did for you, it is more that anyone in this wicked and selfish world would do. Many fix their eyes on false hope or "change" instead of fixing their eyes on Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith.

Have a Blessed Easter!

HE IS RISEN!

HE IS RISEN INDEED!




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