Living in Resurrection Power

Easter is the most wonderful holiday on the calendar for Christians. On Easter Sunday we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus from the dead! Have you given much thought lately to what the resurrection means for you personally?

Jesus rose from the dead and this means we too have hope for eternal life! The word "hope" means "an expectation of good" and we have great expectations for our eternal future because of the empty tomb found on that first Easter morning!

What a powerful witness of God's great power when He raised Jesus from the dead! Paul tells us in Romans 6 that we too have been raised from the dead through our faith in Christ. He goes on in this same chapter to say that the power which raised Jesus from the dead is at work in Christians enabling us to live a new and victorious life. God wants us to understand the resurrection of Jesus in terms of our death to sin and new life in Christ.

The resurrection means new expectations both for this life and the next!

James