For Christians all over the world, easter Sunday is Resurrection Sunday.
We
meet each week, among other things, in order to celebrate the glorious,
wondrous fact that Jesus rose from the dead. Jesus’ resurrection really did
change everything. It changed the cross from a tragedy into a triumph, and it
changed the Roman Empire into a Christian state. This was the most powerful
divine event in the history of creation, and it ushered in a new age of the Holy
Spirit’s activity and power in saving and transforming lives. When considering if
Christianity is true, it all boils down to whether Jesus rose from the dead. The
lives of Christians today demonstrate that the resurrection is still changing
people. It changes fear into love, despair into joy. The resurrection changes
people from being spiritually dead to being alive to God. It changes guilty
condemnation into a celebration of forgiveness and freedom. It changes anxiety
into a hope that goes beyond the grave. It can change our sinful hearts so they
want to follow the Lord Jesus, and the power of the resurrection is relentlessly
killing sin in every true Christian. Because we neglect to emphasize this truth,
many Christians have a bigger expectation of the extent to which we can today
experience resurrection life and victory over sin. The resurrection is far from
being something we only benefit from in the future! The Resurrection is the
ground of our assurance, it is the basis for all our future hopes, and it is the
source of power in our daily lives here and now. It gives us courage in the midst
of persecution, comfort in the midst of trials, and hope in the midst of this
world’s darkness.
Through his resurrection Jesus became “a life-giving Spirit” holy a whole new
kind of human being, and enabled us to share in this new life. Also, it was only
because of his resurrection and ascension that he was able to send the Holy
Spirit into the world to carry out his special work in Christians, which helps
influence Christians to do good things. It also relates to the parable of the sheep
and goats which is about if you do good things then you are rewarded and vice
versa. This relates to it as is you do good then Christians may be rewarded with
the gift of a life in heaven or resurrection due to the fact that Jesus devoted his
life to doing good and obeying “the father” that he was rewared with the gift of
resurrection
Christians have therefore already been changed by Jesus’ resurrection. Jesus
really is alive today. Because of this Christians are also alive in a whole new way.
The same power that raised Christ from the dead is living in every true
Christian. God wants us not just to believe in Jesus’ resurrection but to be
transformed by it and to receive the power we need to live the way we know we
ought. It also gives christens hope as a reward
