The Thrill Of The Tomb

On this most holy Resurrection Sunday, we were blessed with exuberant joy and fulfilled hope as met together in corporate celebration worship. This day is the basis for our Christian hope and the reason we can always trust in God's promises.

The central focus of our altar today was the cross draped in white silk and decorated with a delightful pink rose. It was a poignant reminder that the 'empty tomb' means that God kept His promise of eternal life through Christ and conquered death, once for all, for us.

Here is the 'Thrill of the Tomb'.

• When we say Christ is raised from the dead, we can also say that we are raised from the dead. [Present tense ~ are raised!]
• When we say that Christ is never to die again, we can also say that we are never to die again.
• When we say that death is no longer master over Christ, we can also say that death is no longer master over us. We need never fear death again, for in Christ, spiritual death is in our past.
• When we say that Christ died to sin, we can also say that we died to sin, because when He died to sin, He died once for all of us.
• When we say that the life He lives, He lives to God, we can say that we live our lives to God. “Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus”. (Rom 6:11)

Ephesians 2:6 ~ "God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus…"