Easter Sunday - what a day to be at church! Christian writer Chuck Swindoll told the story of a little boy being told the story of Easter for the first time. When he got to the part of Jesus dying on the cross, the boy said, “Oh that’s so sad.” But then when he was told about Jesus coming back to life again, he said, “Oh that’s totally awesome!”

I have always found it amazing that in the history of the world, Jesus was the only person who had guards at His grave to keep Him from coming out. The Jewish leaders and the Romans knew that he was completely dead, not half dead, yet still they feared what might happen if his body was stolen or worse. We know from the first-hand accounts that his body wasn’t stolen, in fact he was alive again. That is why this is totally awesome!

The fact that Jesus is alive is central to what it means to be a follower of Jesus. If He was not alive, we could just all go home. Easter is not some memorial to a nice, good religious teacher who lived 2000 years ago. It’s a celebration of the fact that He is alive today.

We are living proof and so are approximately one billion Christians who will celebrate Easter. Jesus is not dead. He is still not on the cross, He is not in the tomb; instead, He is Alive! Pst Andrew Fisher