Resurrection hope

Wasn't it good to celebrate the resurrection of our Lord and Saviour on Easter Sunday, sharing again the thrill of those gospel passages where Jesus' friends and disciples discover that the tomb is empty and He has risen ... and then he appears to them.

Our Christian hope is based on the resurrection of Jesus, as Paul discusses in that difficult but marvellous passage in 1 Corinthians 15 (perhaps read it in 'the Message' for a clearer understanding of what Paul is saying).

In normal everyday conversation we often use the word 'hope' to indicate desire and expectation. Christian hope of eternal life here and now and for the future in eternity is something much more secure and sure because it is based on the certainty that Jesus rose from the dead and is alive now at the right hand of the Father.

In Hebrews 6:19, the writer says: 'We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure.' That hope is available to all who accept Jesus as Lord and Saviour because of his tremendous sacrifice on the cross.

We not only celebrate the tremendous hope of the resurrection on Easter Sunday, but every Sunday of the year, indeed, every day of the year.

And every Christian can testify to the words of the old chorus:

He lives, He lives,
Christ Jesus lives today!
He walks with me and talks with me
Along life's narrow way.
He lives, He lives,
Salvation to impart!
You ask me how I know He lives?
He lives within my heart.

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