Resurrection Thoughts

It’s my favorite time of year. I love spring because the flowers are blooming and their sweet scent is in the air. But most of all I love Easter.

For me the air is alive with anticipation. As I write this it’s Good Friday. The day Christ died. Many in Christiandom like to focus on the sacrifice that was made for us. The dieing. Even in the movie Passion of the Christ the emphasis was on the brutality of his death and the resurrection was just touched on, a brief mentioning of the event.

My pastor likes to say that Jesus is a Liar, a Lunatic or Lord. This distinction is significant because of the event we are about to celebrate. You have to look at a man who claimed to be God in the flesh and wonder is he a Liar. How bold to claim deity in a place that worshiped the one true God that prided itself on following rules to holiness. But yet he performed so many miracles in their presence. Was he crazy? A lunatic? Wandering around the countryside convincing men to leave their families and follow him? Preaching things so radically different that he couldn't help but to rile Pharisee feathers?

Or was he Lord? The death of Christ could have been the end if he was a Liar or a Lunatic. While the sacrifice was what was required for the shedding of our sins it was not the completion of the act. For without the Resurrection the sacrifice was not adequate. You see the Jews were required to sacrifice lambs and doves for their sins but the blood only lasted a short time. It only covered so many sins until they had to do it again.

But with Jesus he was to be sacrificed once and for his blood to cover all our sins forever he had to be proved LORD. That was accomplished three days from this Good Friday.
The day that he proved his sacrifice was complete and that he was indeed enough blood to cover everyone’s sins forever. Easter!!! His rising proved that he is My LORD and personal SAVIOUR and that my sins are forgotten and forgiven. So are yours for he indeed is....
JESUS the CHRIST Lord of us all! Happy Resurrection day everyone.