Sunday, March 23, 2008

Happy Resurrection Day

Calvary Chapel Boise Resurrection Day Celebration
Taco Bell Arena



Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don't know where they have put him!"
So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb. Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in. Then Simon Peter, who was behind him, arrived and went into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, as well as the burial cloth that had been around Jesus' head. The cloth was folded up by itself, separate from the linen. Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed. (They still did not understand from Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.) John 20:1-9

Although his disciples didn’t immediately understand that Jesus had been resurrected, clearly Jesus had understood the plan God the Father had for him. When he was discussing this role with Martha, he clearly states he is the resurrection for all of us:


Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?" John 11:25-26

Jesus' question to Martha was a simple one, with deep meaning. We too must understand our answer to that question, "Do you believe this?"

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