He Is STILL Risen!

"Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here. He has risen! ..Luke 24:5-6

The very backbone....
The heart of....
The foundation of Christianity is the proclamation that Jesus no longer is in the tomb.
He is risen.
I still find myself full of wonder and awe at those words..."He is risen!"
I love it that the statement is present tense. He is...and not He has.
May be simple semantics, but the present tense tells me that the power and the event is still relevant today.
His resurrection may have a definite time and period that it took place in, but the power of such and event is still for today.
His resurrection still holds the door open for those who are lost to "come unto God!"

He is Risen!
It's more than overcoming death.
Jesus took the very weapon that Satan wields daily ever since the fall of man and woman in the garden, and defeated him with it.
Jesus took death unto himself to pay the price that sin demands of everyone who draws breath.
The price? The second death that Scripture speaks of.
Oh we all are headed toward death. I mean the minute you come out of your mother's womb and the doctor slaps your behind, the clock starts ticking. But the second death is eternal separation from God. A casting out of God's presence because of our rebellious, sinful nature.

Jesus took unto himself through his surrender of his own life, the victory to break the power of sin.
He shattered the grave which mocked mankind.
He took possession of death, hell and the grave. Praise God! What a Savior.
Then He made a universal appeal that has spread through the ages....
"Come unto me all who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest."

He defeated addiction.
He broke the chains of sinful bondage that holds every addict in its sway.
He silences the voice that screams 24/7 in the ears of those who are addicts. That voice that beats you into submission with such words as..."you are hopeless..you'll never change....you can't be free!"
The shed blood of Jesus and the resurrection from the tomb are watershed moments in the history of this world. God himself stepped out of eternity to come to earth and put on the form of a man to pay a price that was unable to be paid by humanity. Paying this price, He then offers a new life and a relationship with Himself for those who would confess, repent and believe.

Like I said....
What a Savior.

God on you...
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