Monday, March 5, 2018

He Is Risen

"And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him."  Mark 16:6.  What great news!  What a glorious announcement!  The tomb where the body of Jesus had been laid was empty.  Jesus had been resurrected from the dead.  Death was conquered.  Jesus became a living Savior.  This news would sound again and again in the gospel message.  This is the gospel--the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus.  This message is the glad tidings of God.  The empty tomb is a message of victory and hope.  A surrender of the heart to the truth of the gospel provides power over sin and death.  In baptism, we unite in the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus.  The empty tomb is the promise to the believer of our own resurrection from the grave.  As Jesus was raised to go to His heavenly Father, so the baptized believer will be raised to go home with Jesus.  Death and the grave are powerless to contain the believer of the gospel.

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