Dear Friend,
There is one human, only one person, whom death could not hold. Its grip fell off, its chains lay on the ground.
On the day Jesus, Yeshua, walked out of the grave, our lives and our world changed forever.
When two of the eyewitnesses to this magnificent event, Peter and John, were confronted by the religious and political leaders who wanted to continue their control over the general public, they simply said:
“For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.” (Acts 4:20 KJV)
Later, after seeing the Messiah in risen form, shining in light, on a roadway into the Syrian city of Damascus, the apostle Paul wrote to followers of Messiah living in Rome:
“And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you.” (Romans 8:11 NIV).
Have a wonderful Resurrection Sunday!
Mary Ann Simkins
Founder and Director of Operations
FaithPrayers National Prayer Line
Most of us who believe that Jesus is alive today are especially convinced by our experience of his presence in our personal life and in the life of our community of Jesus followers. However, our personal experiences are often discounted or reinterpreted by those who have not yet had these experiences. That is certainly understandable. So are there other reasons to at least consider that God may really have raised Jesus from the dead? Drawing on many authors, but with special attention to N. T. Wright and Frank Morrison, I would like to suggest a few: