March 2008

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THE CAPSTONE OF THE WHOLE BIBLE

Posted by Pastor Barbara on 21 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: From Pastor Barbara

The Capstone of the whole Bible The Resurrection of Christ from the Dead is the ONE MOST IMPORTANT item in the whole fund of humane knowledge: the grand event of the ages, toward which all previous history moved, and in which all subsequent history finds its meaning. The story of it has plowed through the centuries, and changed the face of the earth. Except for the Hope of Resurrection there is no excuse for the Existence of Christianity (1 Corinthians 15:13-19). At first the disciples were slow to believe that Jesus had Risen from the dead, but when they were finally convinced that it was a fact that Jesus had actually burst the bonds of death, and come out of the grave alive, it put such a new meaning into life that nothing else seemed worthwhile. They knew the Resurrection of Jesus to be a fact. Believed it even unto death. And that where ever they went up and down the highways of the Roman Empire telling the Story of it with such earnestness and sincerity that unnumbered thousands believed it even unto death. The Resurrection of Jesus from the dead is the One Most Important and best-established fact in all history.

The story of it has come down to us through the centuries beautifying Human life with the Halo of Immortality: making us feel sure that because He Lived again We to Shall Live: making our hearts to thrill with the thought that we are Immortal: that we have begun an Existence that Shall Never End: that nothing can harm us : that even Death is merely an incident in passing from one phase of existence to another: that whether Here or There we are HIS, doing the thing He has for us to do: that millions of ages after the sun has grown cold we ourselves shall be YOUNG in the ETERNITIES of GOD.  -Halley’s Bible Handbook

I am so glad to know Jesus Christ for myself. It is more than an honor to be personally acquainted with the Word of God made flesh, The SON of GOD! He is truly RISEN from the dead and is alive forever more! May God bless each of you at Easter and may you know for sure that HE LIVES, not only that HE LIVES, but also that YOU LIVE IN HIM because you have died to your self and have received HIS LIFE as YOURS.