Triumph

Written by cycleguy on April 2nd, 2015

Is there anyone who doesn’t know or hasn’t any idea what the significance of this coming weekend is?

The atheist? No. He knows. Just doesn’t believe it.

The agnostic? No. He knows and wants to see it proven.

The deist? No. He knows and isn’t sure what to do with it.

The part-time church goer (Christmas and Easter to be exact)? No. He knows and makes his appearance.

The Christ-follower? No. And he rejoices in its significance.

There isn’t any need for me to go into a long blog post about the importance of the Resurrection. It honestly doesn’t matter to me whether we have a weekend/Sunday set aside or not. To me the Resurrection is important every day of the year. As a Christ-follower I am to live each moment in the light of Jesus’ Resurrection. It is supposed to be my motivation. My light. My hope.

My sermon Sunday takes in the final saying of Jesus on the cross (“Father, into your hands I commit my spirit”) and the trust it requires to do that. Jesus totally trusted His Father to raise Him from the dead. Fairy tale? No. Too many witnesses for that. Too many facts to back it up.

We will be moving our worship to the historic Tivoli theater this Sunday. It was a decision made three weeks ago by the leadership, one which surprised me. But one I am definitely willing to go along with. 🙂 If you are in the area and are reading this, you are invited to join us at 10:00. If not, you can hear it online. Or I’d like to encourage you to spend time at your place of worship celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus.

 

12 Comments so far ↓

  1. Daniel says:

    I will be praying for you in my morning devotionals tomorrow. Hope the day goes well for you and your group.

  2. Rodney Olsen says:

    Many of us have committed ourselves, soul, spirit and body, into God’s hands. The difference is that we keep trying to take it back.

  3. Jeff says:

    Of course everyone knows this is Final 4 weekend. This is Indiana. As for witnesses and facts on being raised from the dead. Seems awful suspect to me. But I guess there were lots of dead people coming out of the grave then. Maybe it just happened a lot back then. Not so much any more.

  4. Have a great one, Bill

  5. Betty Draper says:

    Give them Jesus brother…give them Jesus.

  6. Ceil says:

    Hi Bill! I’m just stopping by to wish you a Happy Easter. May God bless you and yours with his abundant graces in this holy season.
    Happy Spring too!
    Ceil