Jesus Christ is Risen

Today Christians all over the world celebrate the rising of our Savior from the dead. Easter Sunday marks the third day from the time when Christ was crucified, died, and was buried and has risen from the grave. Jesus, the blessed Son of God was not conquered by death, by overcame the throws of human sin and physical death to raise to new life. As Christians we believe that we too will die, but we trust that this physical death is the gateway to new and everlasting life in Heaven with our Lord. Jesus will raise us from the dead and has already prepared a place for us in his Kingdom. During the season of lent we had a chance to examine our lives and assess our faith and our relationship with our Lord. With the resurrection, we too are raised now from death in sin to life in the Spirit. Christ's death on the cross and rising from the grave mark the ever so important faith statue that we are no longer slaves to the chains of sin but are free in Jesus the one who has saved us yesterday, today, and forever. There is no doubt that all who believe and walk by way of the cross are promised everlasting life. What can be better than knowing that physical death is merely the time when we become no longer constrained by sin, but we are released from this bondage and raised to eternity to forever be with God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. May this Easter bring you joy and hope that now you are raised from sinfulness to life in the Spirit and that in due time Christ will raise us all from physical death to eternal life. For Jesus has told us that He came to do the will of the one who sent up, the will of the Father is that we all share with Him Paradise.