Christ is Risen!

Alleluia! Christ is risen!

This morning at our computers and in church together we hear the amazing news that Christ is risen. The women saw Jesus buried in the tomb. Right up to the last minute on Friday they worked to get the anointing spices ready and then rested on the Sabbath. As soon as they could see, they went to the tomb on Sunday to anoint the body. But there was no body to anoint. Instead, angels tell them that Christ has risen, and remind them that Jesus had promised just that before his death.

The women return to the others with this amazing news and find that no one believes them. Soon the disciples will learn that Jesus doesn't have to be predictable. With those first women at the tomb and with believers across the centuries, we affirm today that Christ is risen! Death cannot stop our Lord.

May the risen Lord touch your heart this morning,
Sam

Luke 24:1-12

But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, taking the spices that they had prepared. 2They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3but when they went in, they did not find the body. 4While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men in dazzling clothes stood beside them. 5The women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen. 6Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, 7that the Son of Man must be handed over to sinners, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again.”

8Then they remembered his words, 9and returning from the tomb, they told all this to the eleven and to all the rest. 10Now it was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them who told this to the apostles. 11But these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them. 12But Peter got up and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths by themselves; then he went home, amazed at what had happened.