We all like to get to the good part of a movie. It’s the grand finale where the bad guy gets what’s coming to him and the good guy rides off into the sunset triumphant. The resurrection is the ultimate grand finale: Satan got his and Jesus arose triumphant. Without the resurrection, Christianity is just a fairy tale, a man-conceived deception. But with it, Christianity is life and power!
Scriptures: 1 Cor. 15:1-8; Matt. 12:39-40; John 2:18-22; Mark 8:31, 9:30-31; Luke 24:44-46; Mark 16:5-6; Phil. 3:7-10; Matt. 28:1-8, 11-15; Matt. 28:18; Heb. 5:5; Acts 13:28-33; Eph. 1:19-20; Phil. 2:8-11; Col. 2:11-15; Rom. 6:4; Rom. 10:9; 1 Cor. 15:14; Rom. 1:4, 4:25; 1 Pet. 1:3; Eph. 2:5-6