Lord’s Day, Vol. 4 No. 13

Christ’s Resurrection

The most significant day in human history is the day when Jesus Christ, the Son of God, rose from the dead. Harold W. Hoehner in his book “Chronological Aspects of the Life of Christ”, gave the date to be 5 April A.D. 33. On that glorious morning, death is conquered, hell is vanquished, and heaven won!

All who confess with their mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in their heart that God has raised Him from the dead shall be saved. Saved from the judgment of hell fire and be given eternal life in heaven. This is the gospel or good news of peace and glad tidings that we proclaim with great rejoicing to a world without hope.

The late Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones articulated it well, “There can be no more urgent question at this present time than just this: What is Christianity? I say that because this gospel is the only hope in the world today. Everything else has been tried and found wanting. Everything else has failed. You will not find hope with the philosophers or with the statesmen, and you will not find it in the so-called religion of the world. Here is hope, and here alone.”

Matthew recorded that the Jewish leadership bribed the soldiers who witnessed the empty tomb to give a false claim that Jesus’ body was stolen by the disciples.

Matthew 28:12-15 (KJV) ¹² And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers, ¹³ Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept. ¹⁴ And if this come to the governor’s ears, we will persuade him, and secure you. ¹⁵ So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.

Even so, the truth cannot be hidden. God enabled Matthew, Mark, Luke and John to record eye-witnesses accounts of Christ’s resurrection. Thank God for preserving the truth of Christ’s resurrection in His Word. May we take the time to ponder over the truth of the resurrection in the Scriptures that it may warm our hearts, strengthen the hope in us, and lead us to be Christ’s ambassadors to a dying world. Amen.

Yours lovingly,

Pastor Lek Aik Wee