Thursday, April 24, 2014

The Third Day He Rose Again from the Dead


And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected, and be killed, and after three days rise again.” Mark 8:31 NKJV
While we must preach Christ crucified, we must never leave out Christ resurrected. We don’t serve a dead leader. We don’t serve an unfortunate martyr. We don’t serve a mythological symbolism of Spring. We serve the Risen Savior. Christ arose – Hallelujah! We serve the Son of God who bodily rose again from the dead, left hell defeated in His wake and lives forever to sustain His people.  
What does it mean to us, day to day in our ordinary lives, that Jesus rose again. In short, it means everything. It means that He is alive to give us aid and comfort in every need. It means that we are never alone. We are not dependent on the simple memory of a dead man; we have the daily blessed fellowship with our risen Savior. We cannot face something He didn’t already face and now, He who conquered every foe on earth can stand beside us to also win the victory each day. But not only in this life are we blessed. Because He lives, death is defeated and we can pass from life unto life forevermore.

Almighty God, Thank You for the resurrection and its blessings to me each day. Amen. 


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