Source (book): "Making All Things New", 52 Reflections to Challenge the Way You Live, Chapter 19, "The Cross And The Empty Tomb", Page 106.
By Robert M. Solomon, Bishop of the Methodist Church in Singapore from 2000 - 2012
PHOTO: Imagine our world, without the cross and empty tomb. What sort of world would that be?
The idea of parallel universes has been explored by writers such as the Australian theoretical physicist Paul Davies. In his book Other Worlds, Davies argues for the possible existence of countless parallel universes besides our own. The popular television series Sliders is based on such ideas. Characters travel not only through time, but also through parallel universes. Every possible world exists, in different permutations and combinations.
Can one, therefore, imagine a world without the cross and empty tomb? Only if one also imagine a world without sin and death.
We know from the Bible that in the early days of human history, sin and death entered human experience. The third chapter of Genesis tells us how this came about. Tempted by the serpent in the garden of Eden, Adam and Eve disobeyed God by eating forbidden fruit. It was not as if they did not know what they were biting into. God had earlier warned them: "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die" (Genesis 2:16-17).
Unfortunately, Adam and Eve fell prey to the deceptions of the evil one and their own ungodly desires. When they ate the fruit, they swallowed the curses of sin and death, which have plagued the human race ever since. Adam and Eve stood guilty before God. They were alienated from Him and from each other. They were driven from the garden and the other tree at the centre of the Garden - the tree of life (Genesis 2:9). Sin's guilt and death's anxiety had become integral parts of the human condition.
No matter how much we try to deny it or explain it away, we know deep down that we are guilty of sin. Even the best of us is not free of sin. The prophet Isaiah declared that "all our righteous acts are like filthy rags" (Isaiah 64:6). Sin is not only about breaking God's laws, and cannot be simply quantified in terms of specific deeds. Our dilemma is that sin is a condition suffered by all human beings - by nature we are "dead in (our) transgressions and sins" and children of wrath (Ephesians 2:1-3). In other words, sin is like an incurable terminal illness we all suffer from. Or sin is like the death sentence, for "the wages of sin is death" (Romans 6:23).
On our own we are helpless. We cannot heal or save ourselves. The prophet asked the depressing rhetorical question: "Can . . . the leopard (change) its spots?" (Jeremiah 13:23). The history of the world shows this question to be as relevant today as it was 2.600 years ago. Both public news headlines as well as private diary entries are proof that our fundamental problem is sinfulness and our inability to find a cure. Good governance, education, and science have failed to eradicate sin from our hearts.
The same can be said about the reality of death. At some point in our life, we all discover the painful truth that we will die. The death of people close to us, or people from our own generations, delivers this message with greater force. No amount of sanitising death can expunge its tragic nature. Everyone dies.
The good news it that God did not abandon the human race after the tragedy in Eden. God sent His Son, Jesus, to help us in our helplessness and deal decisively with the curse of sin and death. In fact, the gospel of Christ deals essentially with these two problems. All other matters are secondary.
The cross and the empty tomb were the powerful and effective ways in which God dealt with sin and death. In the cross, Jesus bore our sins and died for us. The entire weight of human sin was placed on Him. He shed His blood so we could be cleansed of sin. He died a lonely death so we would enjoy the presence of God. He was humiliated so our shame could be removed.
Jesus' story did not end at the cross. The empty tomb demonstrates His victory over death. The cross and the empty tomb are connected logically and theologically. Having dealt decisively with sin, Christ also dealt decisively with death. When He conquered sin, He also conquered sin's consequence - death. Sin and death go hand in hand. Hence Paul's argument: "if Christ has not been raised . . . you are still in your sins" (1 Corinthians 15:17).
Death's sting has been torn out. It is now a fangless serpent coiled impotently around us.
In His short earthly life, Jesus did what no one else could. He assuaged (ease) the guilt of sin and the anxiety that comes from death. If we believe, we can experience the deep relief that Jesus brings through His cross and empty tomb.
If there was no cross, we are lost. We would drown in guilt, suffocated by our sin. Our triumphs would be hollow and our songs empty. Our best efforts to reach heaven would fall to the earth in shattered pieces.
If the tomb was not empty and Christ had not been raised, our hopes of the future, in this world and the next, would be in vain (1 Corinthians 15:14). There would be nothing to rejoice about, nothing significant to look forward to.
A world with no cross and empty tomb? Who would want to live in that sort of world? Thank God for Jesus, for His cross and empty tomb. They make all the difference in the real world that we know.
Imagine our world, without the cross and empty tomb. What sort of world would that be?
The idea of parallel universes has been explored by writers such as the Australian theoretical physicist Paul Davies. In his book Other Worlds, Davies argues for the possible existence of countless parallel universes besides our own. The popular television series Sliders is based on such ideas. Characters travel not only through time, but also through parallel universes. Every possible world exists, in different permutations and combinations.
PHOTO: The idea of parallel universes has been explored by writers such as the Australian theoretical physicist Paul Davies. In his book Other Worlds, Davies argues for the possible existence of countless parallel universes besides our own. The popular television series Sliders is based on such ideas. Characters travel not only through time, but also through parallel universes. Every possible world exists, in different permutations and combinations.
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Can one, therefore, imagine a world without the cross and empty tomb? Only if one also imagine a world without sin and death.
We know from the Bible that in the early days of human history, sin and death entered human experience. The third chapter of Genesis tells us how this came about. Tempted by the serpent in the garden of Eden, Adam and Eve disobeyed God by eating forbidden fruit. It was not as if they did not know what they were biting into. God had earlier warned them: "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die" (Genesis 2:16-17).
PHOTO: Tempted by the serpent in the garden of Eden, Adam and Eve disobeyed God by eating forbidden fruit. It was not as if they did not know what they were biting into. God had earlier warned them: "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die" (Genesis 2:16-17).
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Unfortunately, Adam and Eve fell prey to the deceptions of the evil one and their own ungodly desires. When they ate the fruit, they swallowed the curses of sin and death, which have plagued the human race ever since. Adam and Eve stood guilty before God. They were alienated from Him and from each other. They were driven from the garden and the other tree at the centre of the Garden - the tree of life (Genesis 2:9). Sin's guilt and death's anxiety had become integral parts of the human condition.
PHOTO: Unfortunately, Adam and Eve fell prey to the deceptions of the evil one and their own ungodly desires. When they ate the fruit, they swallowed the curses of sin and death, which have plagued the human race ever since. Adam and Eve stood guilty before God. They were alienated from Him and from each other. They were driven from the garden and the other tree at the centre of the Garden - the tree of life (Genesis 2:9). Sin's guilt and death's anxiety had become integral parts of the human condition.
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No matter how much we try to deny it or explain it away, we know deep down that we are guilty of sin. Even the best of us is not free of sin. The prophet Isaiah declared that "all our righteous acts are like filthy rags" (Isaiah 64:6). Sin is not only about breaking God's laws, and cannot be simply quantified in terms of specific deeds. Our dilemma is that sin is a condition suffered by all human beings - by nature we are "dead in (our) transgressions and sins" and children of wrath (Ephesians 2:1-3). In other words, sin is like an incurable terminal illness we all suffer from. Or sin is like the death sentence, for "the wages of sin is death" (Romans 6:23).
PHOTO: No matter how much we try to deny it or explain it away, we know deep down that we are guilty of sin. Even the best of us is not free of sin. The prophet Isaiah declared that "all our righteous acts are like filthy rags" (Isaiah 64:6). Sin is not only about breaking God's laws, and cannot be simply quantified in terms of specific deeds. Our dilemma is that sin is a condition suffered by all human beings - by nature we are "dead in (our) transgressions and sins" and children of wrath (Ephesians 2:1-3). In other words, sin is like an incurable terminal illness we all suffer from. Or sin is like the death sentence, for "the wages of sin is death" (Romans 6:23).
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On our own we are helpless. We cannot heal or save ourselves. The prophet asked the depressing rhetorical question: "Can . . . the leopard (change) its spots?" (Jeremiah 13:23). The history of the world shows this question to be as relevant today as it was 2.600 years ago. Both public news headlines as well as private diary entries are proof that our fundamental problem is sinfulness and our inability to find a cure. Good governance, education, and science have failed to eradicate sin from our hearts.
The same can be said about the reality of death. At some point in our life, we all discover the painful truth that we will die. The death of people close to us, or people from our own generations, delivers this message with greater force. No amount of sanitising death can expunge its tragic nature. Everyone dies.
PHOTO: Our fundamental problem is sinfulness and our inability to find a cure. Good governance, education, and science have failed to eradicate sin from our hearts.
At some point in our life, we all discover the painful truth that we will die. The death of people close to us, or people from our own generations, delivers this message with greater force. No amount of sanitising death can expunge its tragic nature. Everyone dies.
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The good news it that God did not abandon the human race after the tragedy in Eden. God sent His Son, Jesus, to help us in our helplessness and deal decisively with the curse of sin and death. In fact, the gospel of Christ deals essentially with these two problems. All other matters are secondary.
The cross and the empty tomb were the powerful and effective ways in which God dealt with sin and death. In the cross, Jesus bore our sins and died for us. The entire weight of human sin was placed on Him. He shed His blood so we could be cleansed of sin. He died a lonely death so we would enjoy the presence of God. He was humiliated so our shame could be removed.
PHOTO: The cross and the empty tomb were the powerful and effective ways in which God dealt with sin and death. In the cross, Jesus bore our sins and died for us. The entire weight of human sin was placed on Him. He shed His blood so we could be cleansed of sin. He died a lonely death so we would enjoy the presence of God. He was humiliated so our shame could be removed.
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Jesus' story did not end at the cross. The empty tomb demonstrates His victory over death. The cross and the empty tomb are connected logically and theologically. Having dealt decisively with sin, Christ also dealt decisively with death. When He conquered sin, He also conquered sin's consequence - death. Sin and death go hand in hand. Hence Paul's argument: "if Christ has not been raised . . . you are still in your sins" (1 Corinthians 15:17).
Death's sting has been torn out. It is now a fangless serpent coiled impotently around us.
PHOTO: Jesus' story did not end at the cross. The empty tomb demonstrates His victory over death. The cross and the empty tomb are connected logically and theologically. Having dealt decisively with sin, Christ also dealt decisively with death. When He conquered sin, He also conquered sin's consequence - death. Sin and death go hand in hand. Hence Paul's argument: "if Christ has not been raised . . . you are still in your sins" (1 Corinthians 15:17).
Death's sting has been torn out. It is now a fangless serpent coiled impotently around us.
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In His short earthly life, Jesus did what no one else could. He assuaged (ease) the guilt of sin and the anxiety that comes from death. If we believe, we can experience the deep relief that Jesus brings through His cross and empty tomb.
If there was no cross, we are lost. We would drown in guilt, suffocated by our sin. Our triumphs would be hollow and our songs empty. Our best efforts to reach heaven would fall to the earth in shattered pieces.
PHOTO: In His short earthly life, Jesus did what no one else could. He assuaged (ease) the guilt of sin and the anxiety that comes from death. If we believe, we can experience the deep relief that Jesus brings through His cross and empty tomb.
If there was no cross, we are lost. We would drown in guilt, suffocated by our sin. Our triumphs would be hollow and our songs empty. Our best efforts to reach heaven would fall to the earth in shattered pieces.
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If the tomb was not empty and Christ had not been raised, our hopes of the future, in this world and the next, would be in vain (1 Corinthians 15:14). There would be nothing to rejoice about, nothing significant to look forward to.
A world with no cross and empty tomb? Who would want to live in that sort of world? Thank God for Jesus, for His cross and empty tomb. They make all the difference in the real world that we know.
PHOTO: If the tomb was not empty and Christ had not been raised, our hopes of the future, in this world and the next, would be in vain (1 Corinthians 15:14). There would be nothing to rejoice about, nothing significant to look forward to.
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PHOTO: "Dear Lord, thank You for sending Jesus Christ to died for us on the cross, and then raised to live again. Our sins can be forgiven, and we can have joy and real rest for eternity in heaven together with You.
If there was no cross, we are lost. We would drown in guilt, suffocated by our sin. Our triumphs would be hollow and our songs empty. Our best efforts to reach heaven would fall to the earth in shattered pieces.
If the tomb was not empty and Christ had not been raised, our hopes of the future, in this world and the next, would be in vain. There would be nothing to rejoice about, nothing significant to look forward to.
Thank You for Jesus, for His cross and empty tomb. They make all the difference in the real world that we know.
Through Lord Jesus Christ we pray. Amen."
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Reflection - Walking With Christ - The Cross And The Empty Tomb
Source (book): "Making All Things New", 52 Reflections to Challenge the Way You Live, Chapter 19, "The Cross And The Empty Tomb", Page 106.
By Robert M. Solomon, Bishop of the Methodist Church in Singapore from 2000 - 2012
PHOTO: Imagine our world, without the cross and empty tomb. What sort of world would that be?
The idea of parallel universes has been explored by writers such as the Australian theoretical physicist Paul Davies. In his book Other Worlds, Davies argues for the possible existence of countless parallel universes besides our own. The popular television series Sliders is based on such ideas. Characters travel not only through time, but also through parallel universes. Every possible world exists, in different permutations and combinations.
Can one, therefore, imagine a world without the cross and empty tomb? Only if one also imagine a world without sin and death.
We know from the Bible that in the early days of human history, sin and death entered human experience. The third chapter of Genesis tells us how this came about. Tempted by the serpent in the garden of Eden, Adam and Eve disobeyed God by eating forbidden fruit. It was not as if they did not know what they were biting into. God had earlier warned them: "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die" (Genesis 2:16-17).
Unfortunately, Adam and Eve fell prey to the deceptions of the evil one and their own ungodly desires. When they ate the fruit, they swallowed the curses of sin and death, which have plagued the human race ever since. Adam and Eve stood guilty before God. They were alienated from Him and from each other. They were driven from the garden and the other tree at the centre of the Garden - the tree of life (Genesis 2:9). Sin's guilt and death's anxiety had become integral parts of the human condition.
No matter how much we try to deny it or explain it away, we know deep down that we are guilty of sin. Even the best of us is not free of sin. The prophet Isaiah declared that "all our righteous acts are like filthy rags" (Isaiah 64:6). Sin is not only about breaking God's laws, and cannot be simply quantified in terms of specific deeds. Our dilemma is that sin is a condition suffered by all human beings - by nature we are "dead in (our) transgressions and sins" and children of wrath (Ephesians 2:1-3). In other words, sin is like an incurable terminal illness we all suffer from. Or sin is like the death sentence, for "the wages of sin is death" (Romans 6:23).
On our own we are helpless. We cannot heal or save ourselves. The prophet asked the depressing rhetorical question: "Can . . . the leopard (change) its spots?" (Jeremiah 13:23). The history of the world shows this question to be as relevant today as it was 2.600 years ago. Both public news headlines as well as private diary entries are proof that our fundamental problem is sinfulness and our inability to find a cure. Good governance, education, and science have failed to eradicate sin from our hearts.
The same can be said about the reality of death. At some point in our life, we all discover the painful truth that we will die. The death of people close to us, or people from our own generations, delivers this message with greater force. No amount of sanitising death can expunge its tragic nature. Everyone dies.
The good news it that God did not abandon the human race after the tragedy in Eden. God sent His Son, Jesus, to help us in our helplessness and deal decisively with the curse of sin and death. In fact, the gospel of Christ deals essentially with these two problems. All other matters are secondary.
The cross and the empty tomb were the powerful and effective ways in which God dealt with sin and death. In the cross, Jesus bore our sins and died for us. The entire weight of human sin was placed on Him. He shed His blood so we could be cleansed of sin. He died a lonely death so we would enjoy the presence of God. He was humiliated so our shame could be removed.
Jesus' story did not end at the cross. The empty tomb demonstrates His victory over death. The cross and the empty tomb are connected logically and theologically. Having dealt decisively with sin, Christ also dealt decisively with death. When He conquered sin, He also conquered sin's consequence - death. Sin and death go hand in hand. Hence Paul's argument: "if Christ has not been raised . . . you are still in your sins" (1 Corinthians 15:17).
Death's sting has been torn out. It is now a fangless serpent coiled impotently around us.
In His short earthly life, Jesus did what no one else could. He assuaged (ease) the guilt of sin and the anxiety that comes from death. If we believe, we can experience the deep relief that Jesus brings through His cross and empty tomb.
If there was no cross, we are lost. We would drown in guilt, suffocated by our sin. Our triumphs would be hollow and our songs empty. Our best efforts to reach heaven would fall to the earth in shattered pieces.
If the tomb was not empty and Christ had not been raised, our hopes of the future, in this world and the next, would be in vain (1 Corinthians 15:14). There would be nothing to rejoice about, nothing significant to look forward to.
A world with no cross and empty tomb? Who would want to live in that sort of world? Thank God for Jesus, for His cross and empty tomb. They make all the difference in the real world that we know.
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Imagine our world, without the cross and empty tomb. What sort of world would that be?
The idea of parallel universes has been explored by writers such as the Australian theoretical physicist Paul Davies. In his book Other Worlds, Davies argues for the possible existence of countless parallel universes besides our own. The popular television series Sliders is based on such ideas. Characters travel not only through time, but also through parallel universes. Every possible world exists, in different permutations and combinations.
PHOTO: The idea of parallel universes has been explored by writers such as the Australian theoretical physicist Paul Davies. In his book Other Worlds, Davies argues for the possible existence of countless parallel universes besides our own. The popular television series Sliders is based on such ideas. Characters travel not only through time, but also through parallel universes. Every possible world exists, in different permutations and combinations.
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Can one, therefore, imagine a world without the cross and empty tomb? Only if one also imagine a world without sin and death.
We know from the Bible that in the early days of human history, sin and death entered human experience. The third chapter of Genesis tells us how this came about. Tempted by the serpent in the garden of Eden, Adam and Eve disobeyed God by eating forbidden fruit. It was not as if they did not know what they were biting into. God had earlier warned them: "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die" (Genesis 2:16-17).
PHOTO: Tempted by the serpent in the garden of Eden, Adam and Eve disobeyed God by eating forbidden fruit. It was not as if they did not know what they were biting into. God had earlier warned them: "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die" (Genesis 2:16-17).
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Unfortunately, Adam and Eve fell prey to the deceptions of the evil one and their own ungodly desires. When they ate the fruit, they swallowed the curses of sin and death, which have plagued the human race ever since. Adam and Eve stood guilty before God. They were alienated from Him and from each other. They were driven from the garden and the other tree at the centre of the Garden - the tree of life (Genesis 2:9). Sin's guilt and death's anxiety had become integral parts of the human condition.
PHOTO: Unfortunately, Adam and Eve fell prey to the deceptions of the evil one and their own ungodly desires. When they ate the fruit, they swallowed the curses of sin and death, which have plagued the human race ever since. Adam and Eve stood guilty before God. They were alienated from Him and from each other. They were driven from the garden and the other tree at the centre of the Garden - the tree of life (Genesis 2:9). Sin's guilt and death's anxiety had become integral parts of the human condition.
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No matter how much we try to deny it or explain it away, we know deep down that we are guilty of sin. Even the best of us is not free of sin. The prophet Isaiah declared that "all our righteous acts are like filthy rags" (Isaiah 64:6). Sin is not only about breaking God's laws, and cannot be simply quantified in terms of specific deeds. Our dilemma is that sin is a condition suffered by all human beings - by nature we are "dead in (our) transgressions and sins" and children of wrath (Ephesians 2:1-3). In other words, sin is like an incurable terminal illness we all suffer from. Or sin is like the death sentence, for "the wages of sin is death" (Romans 6:23).
PHOTO: No matter how much we try to deny it or explain it away, we know deep down that we are guilty of sin. Even the best of us is not free of sin. The prophet Isaiah declared that "all our righteous acts are like filthy rags" (Isaiah 64:6). Sin is not only about breaking God's laws, and cannot be simply quantified in terms of specific deeds. Our dilemma is that sin is a condition suffered by all human beings - by nature we are "dead in (our) transgressions and sins" and children of wrath (Ephesians 2:1-3). In other words, sin is like an incurable terminal illness we all suffer from. Or sin is like the death sentence, for "the wages of sin is death" (Romans 6:23).
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On our own we are helpless. We cannot heal or save ourselves. The prophet asked the depressing rhetorical question: "Can . . . the leopard (change) its spots?" (Jeremiah 13:23). The history of the world shows this question to be as relevant today as it was 2.600 years ago. Both public news headlines as well as private diary entries are proof that our fundamental problem is sinfulness and our inability to find a cure. Good governance, education, and science have failed to eradicate sin from our hearts.
The same can be said about the reality of death. At some point in our life, we all discover the painful truth that we will die. The death of people close to us, or people from our own generations, delivers this message with greater force. No amount of sanitising death can expunge its tragic nature. Everyone dies.
PHOTO: Our fundamental problem is sinfulness and our inability to find a cure. Good governance, education, and science have failed to eradicate sin from our hearts.
At some point in our life, we all discover the painful truth that we will die. The death of people close to us, or people from our own generations, delivers this message with greater force. No amount of sanitising death can expunge its tragic nature. Everyone dies.
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The good news it that God did not abandon the human race after the tragedy in Eden. God sent His Son, Jesus, to help us in our helplessness and deal decisively with the curse of sin and death. In fact, the gospel of Christ deals essentially with these two problems. All other matters are secondary.
The cross and the empty tomb were the powerful and effective ways in which God dealt with sin and death. In the cross, Jesus bore our sins and died for us. The entire weight of human sin was placed on Him. He shed His blood so we could be cleansed of sin. He died a lonely death so we would enjoy the presence of God. He was humiliated so our shame could be removed.
PHOTO: The cross and the empty tomb were the powerful and effective ways in which God dealt with sin and death. In the cross, Jesus bore our sins and died for us. The entire weight of human sin was placed on Him. He shed His blood so we could be cleansed of sin. He died a lonely death so we would enjoy the presence of God. He was humiliated so our shame could be removed.
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Jesus' story did not end at the cross. The empty tomb demonstrates His victory over death. The cross and the empty tomb are connected logically and theologically. Having dealt decisively with sin, Christ also dealt decisively with death. When He conquered sin, He also conquered sin's consequence - death. Sin and death go hand in hand. Hence Paul's argument: "if Christ has not been raised . . . you are still in your sins" (1 Corinthians 15:17).
Death's sting has been torn out. It is now a fangless serpent coiled impotently around us.
PHOTO: Jesus' story did not end at the cross. The empty tomb demonstrates His victory over death. The cross and the empty tomb are connected logically and theologically. Having dealt decisively with sin, Christ also dealt decisively with death. When He conquered sin, He also conquered sin's consequence - death. Sin and death go hand in hand. Hence Paul's argument: "if Christ has not been raised . . . you are still in your sins" (1 Corinthians 15:17).
Death's sting has been torn out. It is now a fangless serpent coiled impotently around us.
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In His short earthly life, Jesus did what no one else could. He assuaged (ease) the guilt of sin and the anxiety that comes from death. If we believe, we can experience the deep relief that Jesus brings through His cross and empty tomb.
If there was no cross, we are lost. We would drown in guilt, suffocated by our sin. Our triumphs would be hollow and our songs empty. Our best efforts to reach heaven would fall to the earth in shattered pieces.
PHOTO: In His short earthly life, Jesus did what no one else could. He assuaged (ease) the guilt of sin and the anxiety that comes from death. If we believe, we can experience the deep relief that Jesus brings through His cross and empty tomb.
If there was no cross, we are lost. We would drown in guilt, suffocated by our sin. Our triumphs would be hollow and our songs empty. Our best efforts to reach heaven would fall to the earth in shattered pieces.
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If the tomb was not empty and Christ had not been raised, our hopes of the future, in this world and the next, would be in vain (1 Corinthians 15:14). There would be nothing to rejoice about, nothing significant to look forward to.
A world with no cross and empty tomb? Who would want to live in that sort of world? Thank God for Jesus, for His cross and empty tomb. They make all the difference in the real world that we know.
PHOTO: If the tomb was not empty and Christ had not been raised, our hopes of the future, in this world and the next, would be in vain (1 Corinthians 15:14). There would be nothing to rejoice about, nothing significant to look forward to.
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PHOTO: "Dear Lord, thank You for sending Jesus Christ to died for us on the cross, and then raised to live again. Our sins can be forgiven, and we can have joy and real rest for eternity in heaven together with You.
If there was no cross, we are lost. We would drown in guilt, suffocated by our sin. Our triumphs would be hollow and our songs empty. Our best efforts to reach heaven would fall to the earth in shattered pieces.
If the tomb was not empty and Christ had not been raised, our hopes of the future, in this world and the next, would be in vain. There would be nothing to rejoice about, nothing significant to look forward to.
Thank You for Jesus, for His cross and empty tomb. They make all the difference in the real world that we know.
Through Lord Jesus Christ we pray. Amen."
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Source (book): "Making All Things New", 52 Reflections to Challenge the Way You Live, Chapter 19, "The Cross And The Empty Tomb", Page 106.
By Robert M. Solomon, Bishop of the Methodist Church in Singapore from 2000 - 2012
Other Books (Links)
"Faithful to the end", A Preacher's Exposition of 2 Timothy, @ 2014 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - Faithful to the end (Links)
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2017/06/reflection-faithful-to-end-links.html
"Finding rest for the soul" Responding to Jesus' Invitation in Matthew 11:28-29, © 2016 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - Finding rest for the soul (Links)
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2018/10/reflection-finding-rest-for-soul-links.html
"God in Pursuit" Lessons from the Book of Jonah, © 2016 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - God in Pursuit (Links) - PART I-III, posted on Saturday, 10 August 2019
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2019/08/reflection-god-in-pursuit-links-part-i.html
"God in Pursuit" Lessons from the Book of Jonah, © 2016 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - God in Pursuit (Links) - PART IV, posted on Saturday, 10 August 2019
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2019/08/reflection-god-in-pursuit-links-part-iv.html
"Songs of Christmas", The Stories and Significance of 20 Well-Loved Carols, © 2018 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - Songs of Christmas (Links), posted on Friday, 24 April 2020
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2020/04/reflection-songs-of-christmas-links.html
Reflection - Faithful to the end (Links)
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2017/06/reflection-faithful-to-end-links.html
"Finding rest for the soul" Responding to Jesus' Invitation in Matthew 11:28-29, © 2016 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - Finding rest for the soul (Links)
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2018/10/reflection-finding-rest-for-soul-links.html
"God in Pursuit" Lessons from the Book of Jonah, © 2016 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - God in Pursuit (Links) - PART I-III, posted on Saturday, 10 August 2019
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2019/08/reflection-god-in-pursuit-links-part-i.html
"God in Pursuit" Lessons from the Book of Jonah, © 2016 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - God in Pursuit (Links) - PART IV, posted on Saturday, 10 August 2019
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2019/08/reflection-god-in-pursuit-links-part-iv.html
"Songs of Christmas", The Stories and Significance of 20 Well-Loved Carols, © 2018 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - Songs of Christmas (Links), posted on Friday, 24 April 2020
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2020/04/reflection-songs-of-christmas-links.html
"Growing Old Gracefully", Following Jesus to the End, © 2019 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - Growing Old Gracefully, Part I - III (Links), posted on Wednesday, 09 December 2020
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2020/12/reflection-growing-old-gracefully-part.html
Reflection - Growing Old Gracefully, Part IV - V (Links), posted on Thursday, 22 April 2021
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2020/12/reflection-growing-old-gracefully-part_9.html
"Teach Us to Number Our Days", © 2008 by David Roper
Reflection - Number Our Days, Chapter 1 - 40 (Links), posted on Tuesday, 16 November 2021
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2021/11/reflection-number-our-days-chapter-1-40.html
Reflection - Number Our Days, Chapter 41 - 64 (Links), posted on Wednesday, 16 March 2022
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2022/03/reflection-number-our-days-chapter-41.html
"He Walks with Me - Devotions for Your Caregiving Journey with God", © 2018 by Our Daily Bread Ministries, Shelly Beach
Reflection - He Walks with Me (Links), posted on Tuesday, 16 August 2022
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2022/08/reflection-he-walks-with-me-links.html
Reflection - He Walks with Me (Links), posted on Tuesday, 16 August 2022https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2022/08/reflection-he-walks-with-me-links.html
"Classic Gem: Timeless Devotions from Our Daily Bread Authors", Copyright © 2021 by Our Daily Bread Ministries
Reflection - Classic Gem, Chapter 1 - 45 (Links), posted on 03 April 2023
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2023/04/reflection-classic-gem-chapter-1-45.html
"Classic Gem: Timeless Devotions from Our Daily Bread Authors", Copyright © 2021 by Our Daily Bread Ministries
Reflection - Classic Gem, Chapter 46 - 90 (Links), posted on Tuesday, 24 October 2023
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2023/10/reflection-classic-gem-chapter-46-90.html
Reference
[1] From "Making All Things New", 52 Reflections to Challenge the Way You Live, Copyright @ 2022 by Robert M. Solomon, Chapter 19, "The Cross And The Empty Tomb", Page 106.
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