"Then the other disciple, who came to the tomb first,
went in also; and he saw and believed." -John 20:8
The resurrection of Jesus Christ is pivotal to everything He said He was going to do, everything He did and everything else He is yet to do. The cross finished it but the resurrection confirmed that it really is finished. Christ has defeated death, and because of that we now have a living hope; the hope of heaven and a resurrection body.
Peter writes "Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead" (1 Pet 1:3) You see the stone wasn't removed so Jesus could get out but so you can be free. Jesus was defying the laws of physics with His resurrected body He was going through locked doors and could've easily left the grave without removing the stone. Therefore the stone wasn't rolled away for Jesus but for you! John went into the empty tomb and believed. He wants us to step in and see that He is risen for He is not there, so we can have that living hope that only a living Savior can give. You see it's not a dead hope, a barely getting by hope, a wait till I have my morning cup of coffee hope, or till I get back on feet hope but a living hope! It is a living, breathing, death defeating, rolling stone, out of the grave and into the heavens, power from above kind of a hope. And listen a living hope can bring life to a dead sinner, it can resurrect a dead marriage, and it can remove stones that are in the way of you walking in the freedom and victory He came to give you!
Peter writes "Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead" (1 Pet 1:3) You see the stone wasn't removed so Jesus could get out but so you can be free. Jesus was defying the laws of physics with His resurrected body He was going through locked doors and could've easily left the grave without removing the stone. Therefore the stone wasn't rolled away for Jesus but for you! John went into the empty tomb and believed. He wants us to step in and see that He is risen for He is not there, so we can have that living hope that only a living Savior can give. You see it's not a dead hope, a barely getting by hope, a wait till I have my morning cup of coffee hope, or till I get back on feet hope but a living hope! It is a living, breathing, death defeating, rolling stone, out of the grave and into the heavens, power from above kind of a hope. And listen a living hope can bring life to a dead sinner, it can resurrect a dead marriage, and it can remove stones that are in the way of you walking in the freedom and victory He came to give you!
- WHAT STONE OR BARRIER IS STOPPING YOU RIGHT NOW FROM WALKING IN THE FULL POTENTIAL AND FREEDOM IN CHRIST? ARE YOU TRYING TO MOVE IT YOURSELF OR ARE YOU TRUSTING JESUS TO MOVE IT?
- "Heaven isn't a consolation prize but the Jackpot" -Levi Lusko