"Christ is risen! He is risen indeed!--This is the day the LORD hath made, let us rejoice and be glad in it."
OT Lesson: Isaiah 25:6-9
Epistle: 1 Cor. 15:1-11
Gospel: John 20:1-18
Psalm: 118:1,2, 14-24
Hymn: Jesus Christ Is Risen Today.
"Early on the first day of the week, while it was dark, Mary Magdalene
went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the
entrance.....They have taken the LORD out of the tomb, and we don't
know where they have put Him." John 20
There is a special beauty about today. This day is about life. Today
Christian churches throughout the world celebrate the Resurrection of
Jesus Christ from the dead. This is an event that . . .
"Christ is risen! He is risen indeed!--This is the day the LORD hath made, let us rejoice and be glad in it."
OT Lesson: Isaiah 25:6-9
Epistle: 1 Cor. 15:1-11
Gospel: John 20:1-18
Psalm: 118:1,2, 14-24
Hymn: Jesus Christ Is Risen Today.
"Early on the first day of the week, while it was dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.....They have taken the LORD out of the tomb, and we don't know where they have put Him." John 20
There is a special beauty about today. This day is about life. Today Christian churches throughout the world celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. This is an event that stirs our hearts, but the empty tomb caught the early followers of the LORD off guard. While it was still dark Mary Magdalene went to tomb with her embalming spices. She noticed that the stone had been rolled away and rushed back to give Peter and John the news; "They have taken the LORD out of the tomb, and we don't know where they have put Him."
Mary, we feel like shouting, 'you looked at the empty grave but didn't see its message. Instead of seeing the LORD raised by God's love and rejoicing in the eternal life He offers, you in your fear saw only death."
Let's not repeat Mary's mistake, she ran from the empty tomb, we want to run to it daily as we need the answers that the tomb shouts out to us: "He is not here, He is risen, He's alive. Yes "Death is defeated!" it shouts out to us.
There are two doors to our graves, one marked "entrance" by sin's wage and the other marked "exit" by the Savior's resurrection. When our day comes, that empty Easter tomb reinforces the Savior's promise, "Because I live, you also will live." John 14:19
Christ is the life,
The empty tomb proclaims His conquering arm,
And those who put their trust in Him
Nor death nor hell shall harm.
Christ is risen! Hallelujah! Gladness fills the world today; From the tomb that could not hold Him, see the stone is rolled away.
PRAY with me, O risen LORD, accept my praise for Your victory over death. Cheer me each day with the news that You are my Savior and that through faith in You, I am a child of God. Amen.
CHRIST IS RISEN, HE IS RISEN INDEED. AMEN.
Blessed Easter to you all.
From Gary and Shirley Choat