This year for Easter Sunday our church had a few special performances in celebration of the Lord's resurrection! How wonderful it must have been to be there and witness such a victorious ending to the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ!
A few weeks ago our Pastor had a scary accident with this tree, but God was very gracious! Some of the guys were working on cutting it down on a work day, when it fell on top of Pastor's back! The way the tree fell at an angle and with just enough room for him to drop to the ground, as no one could lift it off and get out from under it. While he had to go to the hospital, the injuries he received were very minor compared to what could have happened and we were all very thankful for the Lord's protection.
Praise the Lord for family, and for the truth of the resurrection of Christ! The resurrection of the Lord is a core piece of our lives as Christians. The Apostle Paul says in the Bible that if the resurrection was not true, then all his work would be in vain, our faith would be in vain and everything that we hold onto as believers would be useless. However, it is true, and we praise God. Jesus Christ rose from the grave. He is alive today and because of it, we can face anything that comes our way, trusting our Heavenly Father for His best in our lives in this world and the next to come!
And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty. Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God, because we have testified of God that He raised up Christ, whom He did not raise up—if in fact the dead do not rise. For if the dead do not rise, then Christ is not risen. And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins! Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable. But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive. But each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ’s at His coming. Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power. For He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet. The last enemy that will be destroyed is death. For “He has put all things under His feet.” But when He says “all things are put under Him,” it is evident that He who put all things under Him is excepted. Now when all things are made subject to Him, then the Son Himself will also be subject to Him who put all things under Him, that God may be all in all.
1 Corinthians 15:14-28
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