The resurrection is a people who believe in Jesus and have hope in eternal life. Read 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14. The resurrection is an event. Two thousand years ago, Jesus, the Son of God who was crucified for our sins, was raised to life on the third day. The resurrection is a person. Jesus proclaimed, “I am the resurrection and the life.” The resurrection is a power. The power of the Holy Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead is active and at work today. When we profess our faith in Jesus Christ, the resurrection power of the Holy Spirit lives in us. This makes us the people of the resurrection. One major difference between resurrection people and people who are not resurrection people is that we have hope for eternal life. Having hope is different than making a wish. Making a wish is wanting something to come true with no assurance that it will. Hope is rooted in faith that God will make good on God’s promise that we will also be granted eternal life by grace through faith. Put yourself at the empty tomb, see, and believe that Jesus is the resurrection and the life, the Messiah, the Son of God. We are the people of the resurrection.



Prayer: Loving and powerful God, we believe in Jesus and in the resurrection. Empower us to live as people of the resurrection. May our lives reflect the resurrection power so that someone today might be drawn to you. Amen