He Is risen

                            He is not here; for He is risen, as He said - Matthew 28:6.

              The stone was rolled away and the tomb was empty when Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to the tomb to anoint the dead body of their Lord. But the angel answered and said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here; for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay” - Matthew 28:5,6. The Lord is risen as He said and they remembered His words. Then, as they were afraid and bowed their faces to the earth, they said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here; He has risen! Remember how He told you, while He was still with you in Galilee  saying, ‘The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.’ And they remembered His words - Luke 24:5-8.        

            Christ who died for our sins was buried and rose again on the third day. Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures - 1 Corinthians 15:3, 4. For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit -1 Peter 3:18. He conquered the death and the death has no longer dominion over Him. Death no longer has dominion over Him - Romans 6:9. But God raised Him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him - Acts 2:24.

                 Let us thank our resurrected Christ for His great mercy for us to be born again to a living hope through His resurrection. According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead - 1 Peter 1:3-5. But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you - Romans 8:11. I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live - John 11:25. 

              I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death - Revelation 1:18.

PRAYER: Dear Lord, You are the resurrection and the life. We thank You for giving us living hope through Your resurrection. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.