Up From The Dead

Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. 

Hebrews 13:20-21 

God raised up Christ from the dead.  It is practically impossible to make too much of this fact. A serious examination of the preaching and writing of the Apostles of the New Testament era rapidly leads us to the conclusion that the resurrection of Christ permeates all their communications. From Peter’s message on the Day of Pentecost, through Paul’s defense of the resurrection in I Corinthians 15, to John’s declaration of the Revelation of Jesus Christ, the unswerving testimony of the people of God is ‘He is risen indeed.’ This is the message of the writer of Hebrews as well. At the beginning of his work he speaks of the living Christ sitting down at the right hand of God after having purged our sins. At the end of his work, he proclaims that God is, ‘the God of peace, who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead.’ Everywhere in between he proclaims the virtue and value of the work of Christ as the Living Representative of His people. We cannot, must not, will not move from this simple, sublime message, Christ is risen from the dead. If that is true, then all else He has promised is true as well.  

Our Great God and our Savior, 
we rejoice that You have risen from the dead. 
We praise You that, because You live,  
we shall live also.  

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning