Sunday, April 12, 2020

We will pause our study of the book of Judges this morning to think about Easter Sunday, the day that the world really changed.  This year, with all the change brought about by the coronavirus, we are not having a normal Easter, but neither did the world all those years ago.  Those who opposed Jesus thought He was dead and sealed securely in the tomb.  The disciples were hidden away in discouragement and felt defeated.  The women closest to Jesus were on the way to prepare His body for a regular burial.  But then, everything changed.  When the women got to the tomb, the stone was rolled away and instead of a dead Jesus, they found an angel.  Then, they got the good news that Jesus was not there, but He was risen.  He was alive, and the world has been a different place ever since.  Today, when the world seems to be a nearly hopeless mess because of the coronavirus, we as followers of Christ have good news, and that is that Jesus is alive.  Peter and John ran to the tomb when the women told them what had happened, but Jesus wasn't there.  We may feel the need to congregate at a church building today, but we do not have to be at a particular place to worship God, just as the disciples didn't have to be at the tomb to find Jesus.  Jesus is with us wherever we are as followers of Christ through the Holy Spirit, and the good news is that we can worship Him wherever we are.  So today, let's just declare, "He is risen," and because He is risen, He will be with us forevermore if we simply accept Him as our Savior and Lord by faith.  The coronavirus will pass, but Jesus lives forever and calls us to salvation through Him.      

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