Luke 24:6

⁶ He is not here, but is risen!

The Lord’s birth was foretold by the angels. So did the resurrection of Jesus Christ was announced by the angels too. The Gospel of John mentions that there were two angels sitting one at the head and the other at the feet where Jesus’ body was kept. Luke accounts that the angel announced that Jesus Christ was no longer in the grave because He is risen!

All along Jesus taught His disciples about His resurrection.

Mark 9:31

³¹ For He taught His disciples and said to them, “The Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of men, and they will kill Him. And after He is killed, He will rise the third day.”

So, what did the resurrection of the Son of Man mean to us? How does the resurrection of Jesus Christ affect us? First, it shows that only Jesus Christ has the power to lay His life down.

John 10:18

¹⁸ No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This command I have received from My Father.”

Sin is no ordinary problem. Sin is an extraordinary problem that affects every human being. Sin cannot be overcome by some ritualistic efforts or some self-discipline techniques. A person can overcome sin only by accepting Jesus Christ as his/her Lord and Savior. There’s no other way. There is no plan B. The gurus of this world are nothing but liars. They are like the quack doctors. They pretend to know everything but in reality they don’t even know where they are heading after this life.

In what way the resurrection affects a Christian believer? To die in your sins means to carry your sins into death with you.  You go out of this world, through death, and into the presence of God.  Your sins are attached to you.  There you stand in the presence of God “in your sins.”  Nothing could be more tragic, more awful than this.

But there is another way to die:

Revelation 14:13

¹³ “Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord”

Christ took our sins into His death, so that if you are in Him, you will not take them into yours. To die in the Lord, separated from your sins, because He carried them for you—can anything be more glorious?  This is a promise that belongs to every Christian. There’s no alternate way. Christ died to set us free from the bondage of sin and slavery.

Let us all rejoice in the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. Praise the Lord! Let us all declare our love for the Father through His Son Jesus Christ. Amen.

What a mighty God is our Lord Jesus Christ! Praise Him!

In Jesus precious name! Amen.

Maranatha!