Greetings,
Today is EASTER SUNDAY! We celebrate because the tomb is empty! CHRIST HAS RISEN! Satan is defeated–and so is everything he planned against you!
Paul wrote in Colossians 2:15 (NKJV) – “Having disarmed principalities and powers, He (Jesus) made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.”
I love the word ‘triumph.’ It refers to an ancient Roman custom. Upon returning to Rome after a successful war, the victorious army would march down the central avenue of this great city, leading the defeated army, stripped and in chains. All the citizens of Rome would line the streets to celebrate the victory won by their brave soldiers, and to jeer their defeated foes. They called this a “triumph.” Paul tells us that Christ has openly triumphed over the enemy!
Though millenniums of darkness had already passed from the time of Adam and Eve’s fall and man was still in bondage, as the sun rose on Easter morning, the tables suddenly turned. Satan was the one who was defeated. Sin’s dark night of oppression had ended, as the angels announced, Jesus is not dead, He is ALIVE!!
Jesus, because You live, I can face tomorrow. Because You live, all fear is gone. Because I know, You hold the future, life is worth the living, just because You live. The words of that song are my praise to You today, Lord.
Today, I’m worshiping with Keith & Kristyn Getty and “Only A Holy God”
We love you and are praying for you. Christ is RISEN, so be INSPIRED!
Pastor