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“We're Celebrating Jesus This Easter”
We are witnesses of everything he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They killed him by hanging him on a tree, but God raised him from the dead on the third day and caused him to be seen. He was not seen by all the people, but by witnesses whom God had already chosen—by us who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.
Abby, our program manager, writes:
For the past week or so I’ve been studying Acts 10: 39-41. Given that Easter is this Sunday, I seem to realize more and more how incredible of a sacrifice our Lord and Savior made for all of us … even someone like me.
As I grow older I notice how much every holiday, including Easter, often gets thrown into the masses with chocolates, candy, egg hunts, wicker baskets and, oddly enough, a rabbit.
All of them have their significance, but for me and for my family, we take this time to recognize that Jesus in all His glory was able to rise from the dead on the third day. Not something you see every day!
These verses (Acts 10: 39-41) really get to my core, mainly because they note how not all of the people of Jerusalem saw Jesus rise up, but only those who believed and “ate and drank with him.” It made me ask the following questions to myself: “How often do you eat and drink with your Lord?” “Do you take in your daily bread?” “Are you seeing Him resurrect in your life today?”
Everything within me rejoices that I have a Lord who is still alive today and is willing and able to resurrect broken homes, relationships, financial burdens and even more than I can imagine.
Please note that the views expressed in this story are not necessarily the views of the American Bible Society. Story posted on March 17th, 2008 and filed under Team Corner, Praise, Your Stories, Verses, Grace.
March 17th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Abby, thanks for sharing!
This Easter I celebrate the Love that Jesus modeled for us, and the path of transformation (death, burial and resurrection) that Jesus modeled for us.
March 17th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
Dear Abby, Program Manager:
The “witnesses whom God had already chosen…who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.”
Even by today’s legal standard, the credibility of these witnesses could not have been more respected and powerful.
With renewed confidence in HIS MERCY and GOODNESS, each Eastertide, I humbly listen to
Jesus’ voice: “I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me shall live even if he dies, and everyone who lives and believes in Me shall never die.” (John 11:25); as well as being comforted by His Blessed Assurance that “… lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” (Matthew 28:18).
I continue to strive to repent and preach the Gospel. (Mark 1:15).
Thank you, and
May GOD ALL MIGHTY Bless you and yours, and all your dedicated Staff and Readers this Eastertide, and many more to come,
Mary Sun.