131 – Jesus's resurrection is the reason we celebrate Easter

Easter is here in just a few days, but Jesus’s resurrection is hopefully not an event we remember only once a year.

As I’ve been pondering what Easter is all about over the last few weeks, I keep coming back to the resurrection and why it’s so important.

During most of the year, many Christians focus on Jesus’s death on the cross as the most significant thing Jesus did for our salvation.

And then at Easter time, they talk about the fact that Jesus is risen. Then, a week or so after Easter, they go back to talking mostly about Jesus’s crucifixion.

But frankly, I think we need to focus more on the resurrection all year long. If Jesus had not been victorious over death through his resurrection, there would not be much if anything to celebrate.

"And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins." 1 Corinthians 15:17  NLT

That says a lot!

In this week's episode, I talk about Jesus's resurrection:

• How it applies to you and me
• Jesus's victory over sin and death gives us the victory too
• Is also our resurrection
• How it influenced Jesus's disciples and helped raise them up from doubts and fears to resurrected trust, expectation, and renewed faith
• Jesus's resurrection mindset
• We can have a resurrection mindset
• Can God raise the dead today, just as He did in the Bible?

This verse from Colossians always inspires me and reminds me where to keep my focus.

 "Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honor at God’s right hand."  Colossians 3:1  NLT

Jesus constantly set his “sights on the realities of heaven.” He could see that the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 

The more we bear witness to this fact, the more we will see the risen Christ and the more we will experience his resurrection and our resurrection in our lives today.

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