April 22, 2022

Apr 22, 2022

After…. After Judas kiss, after Peter’s denial, after Pilot “washed his hands”, after the brutal torture, after He hung on a cross, after He forgave the thief next to Him, after He said “It is finished”, after he was buried in the tomb….
Easter morning we celebrate the Empty tomb. After all of this, we find He has risen. He was dead but is alive! It is not an easy thing for our small minds to grasp, but in faith we KNOW that Christ has risen, we sing about it and although it is “after” Easter, the amazing things are still happening! Because NOW we know that since Christ arose, we will too one day!
Just think! This difficult life with the trials, fears, challenges and disappointments, is not all there is! One day we will join Jesus in heaven! After this life in this body is over, after our pain has ended, after He calls us home. We will be near Him forever…. after we accept His gift of salvation! So today, if you haven’t prayed that prayer asking Him to be the Lord of your life, do it now! Because after you die, it will be too late.

Luke 24 5 In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? 6 He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: 7 ‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’ ” 8 Then they remembered his words.