JESUS IS ALIVE!

What does it mean to a non-believer? Easter to the non-believer is largely about Easter eggs, bunnies, the Easter parade, or perhaps shopping for a whole new wardrobe.

Solomon really said it all: "Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labor which he hath under the sun?" Ecclesiastes 1:2-3.

Judas, the betrayer learned this to his sorrow: "And he said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they counted him out thirty pieces of silver." Matthew 26:15.

Greed for wealth and power led to his death. "And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself." Matthew 26:5.

For Christ it would mean, in His own words: "The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day." Luke 9:22

"And when they were come to the place which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malfactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left." Luke 23:33.

"In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. And behold there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. ... And the angel said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus which was crucified. He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come see the place where the Lord lay." Matthew 28:1-6.

To Christ was life and all power given: "All power is given unto me in heaven and on earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:" Matthew 28:18-19.

To the believer it can mean eternal life through submission to that divine power: "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved: but he that believeth not shall be damned." Mark 16:16.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU?