Resurrection Sunday- Victory in Jesus!

This is the culmination of Holy Week.  This is Resurrection Sunday!  He is risen!  He is risen indeed!

The actual, physical, historical resurrection of the man Jesus is a beyond crucial piece of the Good News we share.

"For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that He was buried, the He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that He appeared to Cephas, and then the Twelve.  After that, He appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time..." 1 Corinthians 15:3-6a

On this Resurrection Sunday we proclaim the essential truth that Jesus is risen.  That Jesus died and was buried and rose from the grave.  And now we die to sin because He died, and we will rise from the dead because He rose from the dead.

"But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?  If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.  And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith.  More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that He raised Christ from the dead.  But He did not raise Him if in fact the dead are not raised.  For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either.  And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.  Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost.  If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.

But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.  For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.  For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive." 1 corinthians 15:12-22

Resurrection Sunday is us proclaiming that Christ has indeed been raised and with Him we win!

"'Death has been swallowed up in victory.'
     
      'Where, O death, is your victory?
       Where, O death, is your sting?'

The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.  But thanks be to God!  He give us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." 1 Corinthians 15:54b-57

We who are in Christ celebrate victory today.