The LORD Is Risen Indeed!

The Lord Jesus Christ is risen indeed. But now is Christ risen from the dead! Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that Jesus should be holden of it. This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.  But God raised Him from the dead!

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to His abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.  Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:  And whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall never die. Believest thou this?

And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.  Therefore disputed Paul in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.  Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.  And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.  And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.  So Paul departed from among them.  Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

Concerning God's Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;  and declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead.  For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.  For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.  That I may know Jesus, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable unto His death.

Unto you first God, having raised up His Son Jesus, sent Him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities. God Himself, the Lord Jesus Christ, rose from the dead on the third day defeating sin, death, and hell for us, so that we could have eternal life in heaven with Him. Hallelujah for the Risen Lamb of God! Muhammed, Buddha, Joseph Smith, the Popes, Mary, and all the rest of man's religious false gods are still dead, but Christ Jesus Himself is risen from the dead, and He is alive for evermore. *Revelation 1:18*

Be it known unto you all, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead. Him God raised up the third day, and shewed Him openly; Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with Him after He rose from the dead. But Jesus, whom God raised again, saw no corruption. Because God hath appointed a day, in the which He will judge the world in righteousness by that Man whom He hath given assurance unto all men, in that God hath raised Jesus from the dead.

Believe on God that raised up Jesus from the dead; Jesus was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification. And God hath both raised up the Lord Jesus, and will also raise up us by His own power. Knowing that God which raised the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus. God the Father raised Jesus from the dead. And to wait from God's Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come. Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead, according to my Gospel.

Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that Great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant. Who by Him do believe in God, that raised Jesus up from the dead, and gave Him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God. But God raised Him from the dead!  He is not here: for He is risen, as He said.
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I came to Jesus as I was,
Weary, worn, and sad,
I found in Jesus my Resting-Place,
And He has made me glad.
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'Twas I that did it.
I see the crowd in Pilate's hall
I mark their wrathful mien;
Their shouts of 'Crucify!' appall,
With blasphemy between.

And of that shouting multitude
I feel that I am one;
And in that din of voices rude
I recognize my own.

I see the scourges tear His back,
I see the piercing crown;
And of that crowd who smite and mock,
I feel that I am one.

Around yon Cross the throng I see,
Mocking the Sufferer's groan;
Yet still my voice it seems to be,
As if I mocked alone.

'Twas I that shed the Sacred Blood,
I nailed Him to the tree,
My sins crucified the Christ of God
I joined the mockery.

Yet not the less that Precious Blood avails
To cleanse away all my sin,
And not the less that Cross prevails
To give me peace within.

-Horatius Bonar