Most of us will know this as the Edmond’s slogan, but if Jesus had had a marketing guru amongst the disciples, it would have been a pretty good catch phrase for Him.
Today is Easter Sunday, also known as Resurrection Sunday. The day we get to celebrate our Lord Jesus rising from the grave!
Apart from Christmas where we celebrate our Saviour being sent to Earth, Resurrection Sunday is the biggest party of the Christian faith.
But think for a moment about the days leading up to today. I don’t know about you but if I had been one of the disciples, or one of the women who went to Jesus’ grave in the morning, the last couple of days would have been awful.
Imagine that you have just seen the man you thought was here as the Messiah hung on a cross, died and put into a tomb. The man who had told you that he would rise again.
All the hope you had placed in the man who claimed to be the Son of God, gone the moment he died.
Then imagine you’re one of the women - Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, Salome or Joanna - who went to the tomb to anoint the body of Jesus, only to be confronted by the stone covering the tomb rolled away, the tomb empty.
An angel appears to you saying “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. Here is not here; he has risen; just as he has said.”
If I had been one of those women, there would have been a lot going through my head at that point. Fear. Disbelief Joy. Excitement. Hope.
Could it really be true? Could he have risen just as he said?
The Bible says the women hurried away “afraid but filled with joy” to go and tell the disciples what they had just seen. They believed, they knew that Jesus was risen, and that they were saved. They knew they had to celebrate and spread the good news!
The story of Easter Sunday is at the heart of the Gospel - the Good News.
Because what better news could there be? Our Lord Jesus is risen!
Jesus - Sure to Rise!
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