Christ the Risen King
“I serve a risen Savior, He’s in the world today; I know that He is living, whatever men may say”1 What a joyous message! So many religions serve dead gods, but we have a risen Savior! I am so thankful that it is true. As Paul said in 1 Corinthians 15:19, “If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most pitiable.”
You are probably familiar with 1 Corinthians 15:3-4. It says, “For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the Scriptures.” What wonderful news! Imagine the joy that must have flooded through Jesus’ followers so many years ago as they realized for the first time, that He was indeed alive. What would it have been like to see the Lord beaten, bruised and crucified, and then to come to the tomb and hear “He is not here; For He is risen.”2 Sometimes it seems that those of us who have heard the story of the resurrection again and again don’t give it as much thought as we should. Stop and think about it for a moment. He is risen. Let it sink in: He is not here; He is risen! It is a message filled with glorious hope! But the story doesn’t end there. After the women received the message, they were told to go and tell others. If you’ll come with me to John 20, I’d like to pick up the story there. After Mary told Peter and John, they came to see the empty tomb. “Then the other disciple, who came to the tomb first, went in also; and he saw and believed.”3 When John saw the empty tomb he believed. Then he went and told other people—he wrote the gospel of John, “that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name.”4 Mary heard and she told others, they believed, and they told others. We have believed, now let’s go tell others.
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