Jesus did not die on the cross just so we could live comfortable, well adjusted lives. His purpose is far deeper: He wants to make us like himself before he takes us to heaven. This is our greatest privilege, our immediate responsibility, and our ultimate destiny.
Christ the Lord is risen to-day, Sons of men and angels say. Raise your joys and triumphs high; Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply.
Our identity as Christians is strengthened as we stand in the lengthening shadows of saints down through the centuries, who have always answered back in antiphonal voice: 'He is risen, indeed!'
We understand and acknowledge that the Resurrection has placed a glorious crown upon all of Christ's sufferings!
God proved His love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, 'I love you.'
Love always involves responsibility, and love always involves sacrifice. And we do not really love Christ unless we are prepared to face His task and to take up His Cross.
Here is the amazing thing about Easter; the resurrection Sunday for Christians is this, that Christ in the dying moments on the cross gives us the greatest illustration of forgiveness possible.
'Twas Easter-Sunday. The full-blossomed trees Filled all the air with fragrance and with joy.
Christ the Lord is risen. Our joy that hath no end.
It is the hour to rend thy chains, The blossom time of souls.
Celestial spirit that doth roll; The heart's sepulchral stone away, Be this our resurrection day, The singing Easter of the soul - O gentle Master of the Wise, Teach us to say: "I will arise."
And all that is therein; Invisible and visible, Their notes let all things blend, For Christ the Lord is risen. Our joy that hath no end.
Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.
Easter spells out beauty, the rare beauty of new life.
For I remember it is Easter morn, And life and love and peace are all new born.
Death is strong, but Life is stronger.
God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.
The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the wars of elements, The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Well pleaseth me the sweet time of Easter. That maketh the leaf and the flower come out.
The Bible tells us that God will meet all our needs. He feeds the birds of the air and clothes the grass with the splendor of lilies. How much more, then, will He care for us, who are made in His image? Our only concern is to obey the heavenly Father and leave the consequences to Him.
Jesus's resurrection is the beginning of God's new project.
We live and die; Christ died and lived!
Easter is meant to be a symbol of hope, renewal, and new life.
Tomb, thou shalt not hold Him longer; Death is strong, but Life is stronger; Stronger than the dark, the light; Stronger than the wrong, the right; Faith and Hope triumphant say Christ will rise on Easter Day.
And he departed from our sight that we might return to our hearts and find him there. For he left us, and behold, he is here.
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