In just a few weeks, we will
somberly remember the last days of Jesus: His betrayal, His arrest, His trial
and His crucifixion. And then, we will
joyously celebrate Jesus’ triumph over death by His resurrection.
But these events are not merely
events. To be certain, they are as historically true as Abraham Lincoln’s
birthday or Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation. But they also represent the
choices of a real, living Person. Unlike the biographies of men and women who
were born, lived, and died, the Easter Story is the account of One who existed
before He was born, and then was
born, lived, died, and lives again. The written Jesus cannot be separated from
the living Jesus:
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word
was God. He was in the beginning with God…And the Word became flesh and dwelt
among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the
Father, full of grace and truth. (John 1:1-2, 14)
This Easter-time, as you recall
Christ’s upper room communion with His disciples, His agonizing prayer in the
Garden of Gethsemane, His devastating separation from His Father at Calvary, His
total sacrifice for our sins on the cross, and His total victory over darkness
by His resurrection at the empty tomb, remember that this same Jesus lives today. The
Living Word is speaking through His written Word.
Are you listening to Him?
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