FROM THE LEADER'S DESK

Is Christ’s Resurrection a Deception?
The death and the resurrection of Christ is one of distinguishing phenomenon of our Christian faith. If Christ had not risen from the dead, Christianity would have been a mere religion, the message of the cross empty and the name of Jesus powerless as the name of any other founder or other well known world religious leaders in history.

The host of hell could not stop him from rising even though they tried. The deployment of soldiers, the sealing of the tomb and the 24 hours security monitoring team that kept watch could do little or nothing to prevent him from rising. At the appointed time what the chief priest feared most happened. The angel came and frightened the soldiers with fear, rolled the stone away and sat on it as the MASTER arose triumphantly from the dead. He did not just rise and go to heaven but he showed himself to many and was seen by many witnesses.

The crucified but resurrected Christ declared thereafter, “all authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me (Matt.28:18)”. Also in Rev.1:17 & 18 he said; ‘I am the first and the last and the living one. I was dead and see, I am alive forever and ever, and I have the keys of Death and Hades’. Have you ever seen a dead man making declarations? Only the living can do that. Soldiers acknowledged he had risen; the chief priest and the elders gave bribe to the soldiers to hide the truth and spread false stories about him. Since then it’s been about two thousand years now, yet the name JESUS is still working wonders: saving sinners, healing the sick, raising the dead, casting out devils and doing all manner of miracles. The deception of those who exchange truth for lies could not stop the truth from being established. The resurrection of Christ is not a fabrication of fallacy but a verifiable truth. Happy Easter celebration! Jesus Christ is Lord!!