He is Alive (And I Am Too!)

1 Corinthians 15:20-22
20 But in fact, Christ has been raised from the dead. He is the first of a great harvest of all who have died.
21 So you see, just as death came into the world through a man, now the resurrection from the dead has begun through another man. 22 Just as everyone dies because we all belong to Adam, everyone who belongs to Christ will be given new life.

Hey! I hope you didn't forget about my blog :) I hope you had a Happy Easter! I know I did as I spent about a week's worth of time with my sister and family up in Tennessee. It's always good to spend time with family. I take any opportunity I can get! Now it's time to get back into the swing of things. By the way, we were fortunate to escape the path of the tornadoes and severe weather up there. I pray for those in Murfreesboro and other areas around the country that have been affected by Mother Nature's wrath.

So it may be more than a week after Easter Sunday, but it's still worth mentioning that...
even though the battle continues as we fight the worldly forces on a daily basis, we have succeeded; this is because Jesus helped to fasten and tighten the seal. He has allowed us to GAIN HIM and LOSE SIN!

On that first Easter morning when Jesus resurrected, it was a huge promise. As Paul says in this verse, "everyone who belongs to Christ will be given new life."

Ya know, just because Jesus died and rose again (for us) doesn't mean that we won't have hard times. As Christians, sometimes we do make a nose dive, head first, into the worldly ground after being brought into Christianity with a false mind: there is no trouble. I would be very careful in what you tell non-believers or followers. Jesus may not be the happy remedy all the time (what possibly could please us humans), but he does promise a miraculous eternal life if we live in his name. That's basically the bottom line! The fact is by Jesus' resurrection, we've been resurrected as well...reborn and revived into a new, more secure life -- eternal life.

For the upcoming year, make the whole idea of the "Resurrection of Jesus Christ" a simpler concept...that is not mis-leading. Try to find a way to convince others that it's not all about the Easter eggs, but Christ who died for us. Bring the good news down to simpler terms...terms that are convincing and news that you mean with your whole heart.

In the meantime, thank God for his awesome power in following through with this deed. In the end, Jesus was resurrected and this allows you to be resurrected too!

"The cross is the victory, the resurrection is the triumph...The resurrection is the public display of the victory, the triumph of the crucified one." ~Eric Sauer

"Easter says you can put truth in a grave, but it won't stay there." ~Clarence W. Hall