Easter Morning

Winter came and has visited again over the last few days, making it a rather cold Easter weekend. But it certainly does not change the fact of what we are to celebrate today. Some may argue that this was originally a pagan holiday, but this is the culmination of both Christmas and Good Friday. It must be understood that without what we celebrate today, the resurrection of Christ, we are, as Paul says in his epistles, the most pitiable of men. For if there is no resurrection, there is no hope, and no hope because Christ would have died as anyone else had and would not have triumphed over the power of sin and death. If this were true, then Jesus would only be a great teacher at best or a madman at worst, since he would have claimed things (being God) that were not true.

However, as there was a resurrection, we as believers hold to a glorious hope (that of course is not an uncertain hope but a faith in that which is not seen) that we will be raised with Him in the final day if we have faith in Him. Celebrate with other believers in the house of the Lord today, and praise Him for His glory that was shown through the resurrection.