Happy Easter! Christ is risen!

This is the day when we remember the most important and awe-inspiring event in human history: the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. The resurrection demonstrates to us that the death of Jesus was not the pointless execution of a mere human teacher who got crossways with the authorities. It was the supreme sacrifice by which Jesus paid the price to free us from our sins, conquer death, hell, and Satan, and give us eternal life. The resurrection is God's seal of approval on what Jesus did.

As C. S. Lewis pointed out, the resurrection is a miracle of the new creation. It intrudes on the ordinary by announcing to us that the iron grip of death is not final. Those who are in Christ will rise with him. Praise God!

To those who refuse the Gospel message, I need do no more than repeat the challenge of the angel: Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here! He is risen, as he said!