We know that Easter & Christmas are huge events in our faith. We know that we live in a culture of CEOs (Christmas & Easter Only). So now that Easter is over: what do we do now? I think this is a pretty relevant question for us because most churches put a lot of emphasis into Christmas & Easter, but very little emphasis on the rest of the year.
'Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain & your faith is in vain. We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified about God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised. For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile & you are still in your sins. ( 1 Corinthians 15:12-17)
Based on the writings of Paul in this particular passage, the resurrection is extremely important to our faith, which is why we celebrate Resurrection (Easter) Sunday. But, he goes on to say that if Christ wasn't raised from the dead then our preaching & faith is in vain; our faith is futile; & we are still in our sins. I would say that this has huge implications on our life. We celebrate Jesus conquering death on Resurrection Sunday, but that same resurrection is what should drive our faith after Easter.
Ask yourself this question: am I as excited about Jesus today as I was on Resurrection Sunday? We shouldn't just be excited about Jesus on special days; we should be shouting praise everyday.
Saved by grace,
Bro. Eric
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