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THE EMPTY GRAVE IS THE PROOF THAT HE IS RISEN

“He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay” Matthew 28:6. Halleluyah! He is risen! Today is Easter Sunday, the day that Jesus rose from the dead. The third day after His death is not just a fact of history, it is a message from God to man. Jesus rose the third day, contrary to the expectation of the Jews, soldiers and all His enemies. He left an empty tomb behind and went into an open heaven. God set natural laws aside and superimpose His will on the tomb of Jesus Christ. So, no matter what the natural or scientific law has confirmed in your life contrary to the purpose of God, it shall be turned around for your good. Something great can come out of your ordinary situation. The lifeless body of Jesus Christ was laid in a tomb. They rolled a huge stone to cover it up, put the King’s seal to seal it up and set soldiers to watch it 24 hours. But the stone and the soldiers could not hinder Jesus from resurrecting and coming out of the grave. Thi...

The Power

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8 Christians are so powerful, not in ourselves but in the Spirit that lives in us. “That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death” Phil.3:10. Paul wrote the Book of Romans and Paul said that Spirit [the Resurrection Power] lives in you. This same Paul is saying, that I may know him and the power of his resurrection. This suggests that it is something you can grow and mature into. It is something that you can acquire as it were. While it is in you, it has to be deployed. Imagine a power cable that is covered with rubber on the outside. No matter how potent the power is, because the cable is insulated, I can play with it and the power would deliver nothing. Right? But can I try to hold it whe...