Celebrate His death and resurrection every Lord’s Day

We are and have been in that season of the year that we often refer to as the “Easter Season.” This coming Sunday is what is almost universally referred to as “Easter Sunday.” To be sure, the world has made a great thing and big deal of Easter Sunday. This is a time when the world focuses a little more intently on the empty grave in a garden and the resurrection of Jesus than at other times of the year.

We need to make sure that our focus at this season of the year is not on a bunny rabbit that lays colored eggs. Our focus is not on a spring fashion show. It is more than a time for a spring festival. It is the time of the year that the world focuses on what happened that we read of in Luke 24:6; “He is not here but He is risen.”

Because Jesus Christ went to the cross on Calvary, was buried in the tomb and came forth from the grave, we can rejoice as Paul rejoiced in I Corinthians 15:54-57 where he writes, “Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”

However, let’s make sure we celebrate his death and resurrection every Lord’s Day, not just one day a year. It’s something to think about.