We wish you a Blessed & Happy Easter!!!
Jesus' Resurrection Is Real!
"If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith " 1 Corinthian 15:13-14
The same way that the world has secularized and commercialized our Christmas celebration, so it is with the Christian proclamation of the risen Jesus. The world has upstaged this solemn, holy and glorious celebration with the end of college basketball, the beginning of professional baseball, or by the Easter bunny, marshmallow chicks, or chocolate rabbits.
What the world fails to realize, "Claiming to be wise, they became fools." -Rm. 1:22, is that without the resurrection, we are trapped in sin, doomed in death, and "the most pitiable of men" and women. Because Jesus is risen, our faith is the ultimate, full, true, and precious meaning of life. Because of the resurrection, Jesus conquered sin, death, Satan, hell, and damnation. We are the most blessed of men and women.
" We were buried with Him by Baptism into death, so
that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of
the Father, we too might walk in newness of life."
[Rom. 6.4]
Rejoice dear brothers and sisters, we have been bought with the precious Blood of the sinless Lamb. What a privilege to be called sons and daughters of God our Father, and brothers and sisters of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Yeah!!!
We wish you a Blessed & Happy Easter!!!
Amen. Thank you
Wed, 04/21/2010 - 12:51pm — Martin (not verified)Amen. Thank you
10 Reasons to Believe in the
Wed, 04/21/2010 - 12:54pm — Kevin (not verified)10 Reasons to Believe in the Resurrection
1. Testimony of the texts. Scripture, Tradition and the Church thereafter all agree that Christ rose.
2. Testimony of the Twelve. Cowardly apostles fleeing became courageous Christians preaching, and they unanimously said it was because they saw Christ alive.
3. Transformation of Saul. St. Paul went from persecutor to believer after seeing Christ alive.
4. No early Church debate. The early Church debated many fundamental things, but not the Resurrection.
5. Centuries of martyrs. Christians, from the Church*s first days to our own day, have been willing to die for their conviction that Christ rose from the dead.
6. Diverse sources. Gospel writers included different details, and material from different sources * all of which agreed on the fact of the Resurrection.
7. Eyewitnesses. St. Paul spoke of how Christ appeared, alive, to 500 at once * and he was writing not long after the event occurred.
8. Non-Christian historical accounts. Tacitus and Josephus mention Christ * and describe how Christians endured torture when simply renouncing him would end it.
9. Not dead again. Other resurrections are mentioned in the Bible * chiefly Lazarus * but of these Christ*s is unique in that it is never suggested that he died again.
10. Rise of a historical religion. Christianity spread and grew even though, as St. Paul told Christians from the beginning, *If Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain.*
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