Thoughts About the Resurrection

-“Why seek you the living among the dead?”
*God is the giver of life (Gen. 2:7), creator of all living things (Gen. 1:1), and sustainer of a fulfilling life (John 10:10). God is an eternal being, so therefore He will always be “living.”
*Man and natural exists, and we call this existence life. Without God, this existence would never be; and without God, we can never be a purposeful, fulfilled life. Our bodies, plants, and animals are destined to die.
*When everything else dies, God still lives. So, why do we seek the “living” God among the “dead” world?”


-Surely the disciples thought they had been fooled. They believed in a man who was going to establish His kingdom. They believed in a God would send His Son. They believed in a God who was all-powerful. Yet, they just saw Him die. What kind of heavenly offspring was this? There was no kingdom. This Jewish Messiah couldn’t even overcome a crowd of Jewish “jurors.” This Messiah had fallen victim to same machine that had thwarted them all for years. However, what hope/excitement/anticipation when they saw the tomb was empty! Oh, how their hearts must have leaped when the angel said, “Why seek you the LIVING”! How their tongues must have failed them when they saw Him for the first time! Their faith, hope, and perseverance produced the greatest joy of their lives. Let the same be true for us. Romans 5:3-8


-“Seek the truth will all your heart.” The Holy Spirit dwells in our heart. Therefore, when we seek the truth with all our heart, we sort of allow the Spirit to work at home.


-When Christ showed himself after His death, the people were afraid. It is not natural for someone to return from the dead. They were confused. They had to be taught by the SUPERnatural.


-Christ did what we cannot. We are human and no one’s perfect. Christ was human and “tempted in all ways as we are, YET without sin.” He did what we cannot. Since He did what we cannot, He has what we do not. Since He has what we do not, we need what He has. But how do we get it? Here lies the beauty of Christ being both human and God. God tells us that “without the shedding of blood, there is no remission of sin.” The human side of Christ DIED! Christ shed the body of the perfect human. Christ does not need it, and since we do, He offers it to us. I’m not talking about some “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” junk; we don’t wear the body as a suit, we mask our imperfect humanity with the perfect human of Christ. And since Christ is just as much God, we still have a perfect Christ with us everyday.