The Message of Easter by Dr. Paul. S. James
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A m id a l l t h e question marks, Easter is a glorious exclamation Saviour; there is life after death. Our Lord Jesus Christ partook of our flesh and blood “ that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime sub ject to bondage” (Hebrews 2:14, 15). His identification with us was com plete. We have a High Priest who was tested in all points as we are. When He was born, the glory of the Lord turned night into day. When He died on the cross, the sin of man turned day into night; but a glori ous morning followed. He appeared to Mary Magdalene and she said, “Master!” He appeared to the disciples on the Emmaus road and they had burning hearts. He ap peared to doubting Thomas and he said, “My Lord and my God!” He appeared to Peter and he said, “Thou knowest that I love Thee!” He ap peared to Saul of Tarsus ‘and he said, “What wilt thou have me to do?” He appeared to John and he fell at His feet as dead. At one time He ap peared to more than five hundred. This living Saviour is the only Way to God. “No man cometh unto the Father, but by me” (John 14:6). Because of Him there is salvation for all who will trust Him. He saves to the uttermost all who come to God by Him, for He ever liveth. The hub of the Christian world is the empty tomb of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ stands on the other side of the grave, for “Death could not keep its prey, He tore the bars away!” “I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, 1 am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death” (Revelation 1:18). Our Saviour, Jesus Christ, has “abolished death, and hath brought life and im mortality to light through the gospel” (II Timothy 1:10). All men are im mortal, which means that the soul is deathless: we go on living after the body returns to the ground. But it is a terrible thought to go on living apart from Him who is life and light and love.
Jesus said, “1 am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and be lieveth in me shall never die ” (John 11:25, 26). This means that those who are Christ’s, though they experience the first death (separation of the soul from the body), shall never experi ence the second death (separation of the soul from God). It is our risen Saviour ancF living Lord who has opened to us the shin ing possibilities of the life that is eternal. Easter morn finds the Chris tian contemplating t h e heavenly shore, reunion with loved ones who have gone before, the invigoration of celestial air and the everlasting joys of the home Jesus has gone to prepare for us. His resurrection verifies what He said, vindicates what He claimed and validates what He did. Christ’s resurrection changed Mary from a mourner into a messenger; it changed Thomas from a doubter into a believer; it changed Peter from a denier into a preacher and it changed Paul from a persecutor into a mis sionary. The early Christians went forth preaching “Jesus, and the resur rection” (Acts 17:18). Some mocked, some procrastinated and some be lieved. For those who believed, the Easter event became an Easter experi ence: a cleansing, life-changing, trans forming experience! “What do you know about God?” one man asked another. The Chris tian replied, “There is much I don’t know about God, but what I do know has changed my life.” From the empty tomb of our Lord Jesus Christ has flowed the warm gulf stream of sal vation which has changed the lives of millions of people. Thank God for that DAY: the first day of the week; the DECLARA TION: “He is not here: for he is risen, as he said” (Matthew 28:6); the DEDICATION of those who went out quickly to tell the glad tidings; the DEMONSTRATION of the power of our living Saviour in the lives of those who have put their trust in Him. Available In printed form from the American Tract Society, Oradell, N J.
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