Dave’s Monday Blast – April 1, 2024

Yesterday we celebrated the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. This wonderful and world-altering event that matters as much today as it did 2,000 years ago. The late Pastor Charles Stanley writes: “Everyone makes choices in life, how to live, what to believe. There are numerous religions to choose from, each with their own holy books and teachings. Yet followers of Jesus Christ are different from all others in a crucial way: We follow the only resurrected Savior there has ever been. Jesus is not a dead god, but our living Lord.” (I love this old hymn, I Serve a Living Savior He’s in the world today. I know that He is living no matter what they say…)

In Matthew 28, two grieving women came to the Lord’s tomb to prepare His body for burial. An angel appeared to them with the news that Christ had risen from the dead. In verse 8 we read, “And they left the tomb quickly with fear and great joy and ran to report it to His disciples.”

Note, they ran with great joy. Why joy? Because the events of the previous day had left the Lord’s followers discouraged and disillusioned. They thought Jesus was the Messiah, yet they saw Him die. Everything they’d hoped for had been dashed to pieces. But now, He was alive, and they had renewed faith and assurance that Jesus was God, just as He’d always said.

Stanley continues: “Because He rose from the dead, we too have assurance. That’s the difference between those who believe the gospel of Jesus Christ and those who are dedicated to other ideals and perspectives”.

We can have unwavering faith for this life and eternity beyond because of the assurances given in the resurrection of Jesus. Next week I want to unpack the power of His resurrection by sharing five assurances of the truth of a Biblical Christian Worldview –  Because of the resurrection.