Passion Week: It Just Takes Faith

"..."Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; He has risen! " - Luke 24:5b-6

Happy Easter - He is Risen

The Garden Tomb - Thomas Kincade

"These are the days that make grown men cry." I don't recall where I heard that, or when but wow it so much represents the last week for me. I don't know, perhaps I am becoming an sentimental old man, or perhaps I have come to the stage in my life where I can appreciate all that God has done for me.

The Easter story is one that most people have heard at one point or another in their life. There is always that point when a child looks up at Mom and Dad and wants to know what Easter is about. Some parents will say, "It's a celebration of Spring." others may say, "It is a Pagan holiday for the Moon Goddess and the Sun God Baal and their son Tammuz." These are nothing but distractions brought on by Satan through man to confuse the real purpose for the celebration. Don't allow these to distract you from the fact that Jesus Christ rose from the dead and has defeated evil. Satan rejoiced 1,981 years ago, for 2 days. Since the third day, when Christ rose from the grave, he has been on the attack to confuse, distract and mislead you, me and every other person in history.

There is authentically documented proof of several New Testament writings from Paul and others that clearly state the events of Christ's resurrection. Paul's letters to the city of Corinth (53 to 57 AD) as well as his letters to the church of Galatia (48 to 57 AD). At the time of the crucifixion, burial and resurrection Paul (known as Saul from Tarsus) was a studied Pharisee. He spent many years after the resurrection over-seeing the arrest of "Believers" and even killing some. Yet, through a personal face to face experience with Jesus Christ, became the most prolific and profound apostle for the Son of God. His writings clearly articulate the love, grace and redemptive power of Christ's death and resurrection.

Paul, spent the remainder of his life professing his faith in Jesus Christ as the Son of God, Messiah and Savior of the all man-kind. Imprisoned, beaten, tried and tortured for his beliefs and his writings, he kept going for more than 30 years. A studied Jew, a Roman citizen, and the most prolific Christian missionary of all time. What made this man continue to profess the gospel of Jesus Christ all the way to his death? He traveld by foot of by ship all around the Mediterranean Sea spreading the Good News. This is just one example of a man who took on the will of God and did everything in his capability to live it and spread it to all the corners of the earth.

As you celebrate the hope, the joy and the grace of our Savior on this "Resurrection Sunday" ask yourself this one question:

"What am I going to do today, tomorrow and for the rest of my life to spread the Good News?"

After you've eaten the jelly beans and the chocolate and watched the Final Four, there is no more important thing for you to do today.

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