God’s Not Dead — He’s Fully ALIVE!
And, He’s living on the inside; roaring like a lion. Praise God! The tomb is empty! The tomb wasn’t for the dead after all. It was a Delivery Room for our LIVING Savior! SURPRISE, Satan! God’s NOT dead – He’s fully ALIVE! Miracle of all miracles.
The Apostle Peter said in Acts 2:24 “God raised Jesus up, loosing the PANGS of death, because it was not possible for Him to be held by it.” That word, “pangs”, is associated with labor and childbirth. On that early “3rd Day” morning, God delivered His resurrected Son to the world. It was probably 12:00 am because God just couldn’t allow His Son to be in that tomb one minute longer. He must have awakened Him from His sleep: “It’s time to get up, SON!!” Indeed, the tomb became the Delivery Room for the Son of God.
Can we even imagine that the tomb that held our Lord’s cold, dead body exploded with the POWER of bursting forth new life? Notice that scripture again “because IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE for Him to be held by it.”
I remember Johnny Cash singing “Ain’t no grave gonna’ hold my body down!” And that song is not only true about the Son of God, it will also be true for you and me!
Our Lord LIVES, and so do we. Every day is a new, bright resurrection morning because of Christ’s death, burial and rising to live forevermore. Only God can bring life out of a season of death. God just can’t leave death well enough alone, can He? Up to this point, death was final. But while those Jesus lived with, laughed with, and cried with, were in their deepest sorrow – the greatest of all miracles was taking place.
Jesus was conquering death, hell, and the grave, and that tomb they thought held Him, became empty. Dumb devil! He thought he had won. And, from that point to today…..we continue to give that dumb devil the reminder that “We know the rest of the story, and the end of the BOOK, and WE WIN!”
Perhaps, today, you are still living in the ashes of remorse, brokenness, depression, unforgiveness and a tomb is holding you back. You are still alive. Go ahead and put your hand over your heart. If it’s beating, God has a destiny and mission for you to fulfill. You’re here right now, so the resurrection power of Jesus Christ lives big in you. Let Him turn your tomb into a Delivery Room to new life today!
“Because He lives, I can face tomorrow. Because He lives all fear is gone. Because I know He holds my future. My life is worth the living – just because He lives.”
Romans 8:11 “The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, He will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you!”
“He lives. He lives. Christ Jesus lives today. He walks with me and talks with me and tells me I am His own. He lives. He lives. Salvation to impart. You ask me how I know He lives. He lives…..within…..my heart!”