Enough with bunnies, eggs, candy. The Resurrection is so much more. Christ is risen...death is crushed beneath His feet. He took the wrath of God for every single sin that was committed, and will ever be committed for every broken person to walk this earth. God's own son, blameless, died to give us life. We are now one with the Father. We have a hope greater than anything this world can offer. Praise Him for His sacrifice that we can come to His throne, carrying our weaknesses, with gladness, for they are not ours to bear. Praise Him for enduring the mocking, beating, humiliation, and death with a willing heart full of love for the very ones who scorned Him. Praise God for raising Him from that tomb. "Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends." We are friends of God because of Jesus. That is love. 100% selfless, sacrificial love.
"'Come, see the place where the Lord lay,' with joy and gladness. He does not lie there now. Weep, when you see the tomb of Christ, but rejoice because it is empty. Your sin slew him, but His divinity raised him up. Your guilt has murdered Him, but His righteousness has restored Him. Oh! He has burst the bonds of death, He has ungirt the cerements of the tomb, and has come out more than conqueror, crushing death beneath His feet. Rejoice, O Christian, for He is not there—He is risen." -Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Happy Easter, friends.
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