Saturday, March 22, 2008

• THE RESURRECTON

  

  As Christians around the world celebrate the greatest event that ever took place, there are those who work really hard at trying to discredit Christ… like the professor who recently tried to prove that Jesus didn’t walk on water- he says Jesus walked on ice! Another professor is teaching his students that the reason David killed Goliath was because Goliath had a rare disease and was blind. He says David was able to sneak up from the side and take Goliath by surprise.

   

  Just this week I read a speech given by a humanist to Yale University students. The speaker said, "I do not believe we have anywhere near sufficient evidence or reason to believe this (the resurrection)." And so the drama continues year after year…

   

  Yet  living examples of the resurrection abound every year. One of the reasons I love Spring is because all of nature comes alive again after the long, grey, cold, deadly winter.

   

  Another great testimony of the resurrection can be seen in Jesus’ Disciples. Before the resurrection, you couldn’t get the disciples up… but after the resurrection you couldn’t shut them up,  because they finally understood. Before the resurrection they were afraid, but after the resurrection they had courage… Before the resurrection they had questioning minds… but after the resurrection they had confident minds. Before the resurrection they were seeking direction… but after the resurrection they were giving direction…

   

  And the resurrection continues before my eyes on a daily basis!. Like my friend Stan who was raised a Buddist but yet found life to be empty and meaningless until He met Christ. …or another friend, Barry, once ferociously addicted to Porn but came to Jesus to set him free, and today he is free indeed! And my friend Robert who was so angry with his wife that one night he stood outside the building where she was and was ready to lob a bomb onto the structure to take her life. But somehow Christ broke through the anger just in time and when Robert came to Jesus he became a different man! Stories of resurrection are all around us and continue day after day because of Christ.

   

  The reason this celebration is so important to us Christians is because it is the day when the world found a savior. Until the cross, Jesus simply went about doing good- but when He died on the cross as our Sacrificial Lamb and three days later walked out of the tomb, He became Savior!

   

  Have a Blessed Easter!

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