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My Dear Brothers & Sisters in Christ,

    Alleluia! Christ is risen. May his grace and peace be with you. May he fill our hearts with joy! By dying, he destroyed our death: by rising, he restored our life. Christ has died.  Christ is risen,  Christ will come again.

    Our Lord's resurrection is the key to our Christian faith.  The good news of the resurrection helps us to focus on four messages in the 28th Chapter of the Gospel of Matthew.

  1.  "Do not be afraid."  The reality of the resurrection brings joy, not fear,  When you are afraid, remember the empty tomb.
  2.  "He is not here."  Jesus is not dead and is not looked for among the dead.  He is alive with his people.
  3. "Come and see."    The women could check the evidence themselves.  The tomb was empty then, and it is empty today.  The resurrection is a historical fact.
  4. "Go quickly and tell."  They were to spread the joy of the resurrection.  We too are to spread the great news about Jesus' resurrection.

    As I said, Jesus' resurrection is the key to our Christian faith.  Why?

  1. Just as he promised, Jesus rose from the dead.  We can be confident, therefore, that he will accomplish all that he has promised.
  2. Jesus' bodily resurrection shows us that the living Christ is ruler of God's eternal kingdom, not a false prophet or imposter.
  3. We can be certain of our resurrection because he was resurrected.  Death is not the end - there is future life.
  4. The power that brought Jesus back to life is available to us to bring our spiritually dead selves back to life.
  5. The resurrection is the basis for the church's witness to the world.  Jesus is more than just a human leader.  He is the Son of God!

       Today there is still a great stir over the resurrection, and there are still only two choices - to believe that Jesus rose from the dead, or to be closed to the truth - denying it, ignoring it, or trying to explain it away.  God gave Jesus authority over heaven and earth.  On the basis of that authority, Jesus told his disciples to make more disciples as they preached, baptized, and taught.  Jesus still commands us to tell others the Good News and make them disciples for the kingdom

        Alleluia! Christ is Risen! Glory be to God!

                            Have a Blessed and Joyful Easter!

                                              Rev. Robert LeBlanc

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