JESUS
IS ALIVE!
Mark
16:1-6
16
And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James,
and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.
2
And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the
sepulchre at the rising of the sun.
3
And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door
of the sepulchre?
4
And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very
great.
5
And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right
side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted.
6
And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was
crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.
Dr. Robert W. Dale, one of Great
Britain's leading Congregational pastors and theologians, was one day preparing
an Easter sermon when a realization of the risen Lord struck him with new
power.
"Christ
is alive!" he said to himself. "Alive - alive - alive!" He paused,
and then said, "Can that really be true? Living as really as I myself
am?"
He got up from his desk and began to
walk about the study,
repeating, "Christ is living! Christ is living!" Dr. Dale had known
and believed this doctrine for years, but the reality of it overwhelmed him
that day."
(Borrowed
from The Bible Exposition Commentary. Copyright © 1989 by Chariot Victor
Publishing, and imprint of Cook Communication Ministries. All rights reserved.
Used by permission.)
Dear
Lord, let the reality of your resurrection grip me today! AMEN
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