John 2:22

HE IS RISEN!

The Lord Jesus Christ is alive!  The grave couldn't hold Him; the tomb didn't defeat Him; death could not destroy Him ... He lives!  Praise the Lord of Lords, the King of Kings, the God of all creation, the omnipotent Holy One of Israel, the soon coming King, the Almighty God, the risen One, our Lord Jesus Christ!

                                                                   

"Did not the Christ have to suffer these things

and then enter his glory?"

(Luke 24:26)

It should have been you and me on that cross, but Jesus Christ our Lord, took our place.  Salvation for the world was His motive; redemption was His impetus; blood, pain and suffering were the cost; atonement was His reparation; and Love was His passion.  God so loved the world ... He gave everything He had to the final extremity of death itself.  But, He IS God over everything ... He created the grave, and then He conquered it!  

 He said to them, "This is what I told you while I

was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled

that is written about me in the Law of Moses,

the Prophets and the Psalms."

(Luke 24:44)

 God IS; He was from the beginning; He remains with no end; He IS!  He cannot be overtaken; He will never cease; He reigns and rules over all forevermore; He IS!  He IS the light dispelling darkness, the calm for the storm, the rainbow for every covenant, the whisper of peace, the depth of the soul, the wisdom of the spirit, the tamer of the flesh, the aroma of holiness; He IS! 

 

                                           "When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples

                                               remembered that he had said this unto them; and they

                                            believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said."

                                                                                      (John 2:22)

The Bible is illuminated and proven before the eyes of all mankind as each day passes.  Scripture lives with the fulfillment of prophecy as the clock ticks away the books and the words with unfailing accuracy.  How do we know Jesus Christ our Lord is alive?  We feel Him in our hearts; we hear Him in our spirits; we see His Word manifested in miracles, signs and wonders; and He is visible in His move within His Church.  He said He would die and rise again and He did; He said we would meet Him in the air and we will; He said He is coming again and He IS!  The bottom line ... you can believe it  ... He IS!

   

                                                                                                                                                                                By Sheryl Fowler

                                     (Visit promiselandchurch.net and theexperience238.com.
                                PromiseLand Church, Austin, Texas, Pastor Kenneth Phillips)