“He is not here, but has risen.” Jesus Christ is risen! This incredible story is the greatest Good News anyone will ever hear.

“At the simplest level, that what we will one day go through, Jesus, our Lord and Savior, has already gone through before us. That where we shall one day be, He Himself has already been.”

In Jesus Christ, whatever it is, whatever we have been or whatever we have done – we are forgiven. We are forgiven. We are saved. And we are given life anew – life the way it was always supposed to be.

According to the Gospels, the first three commands Jesus issued were Repent, Believe, and Follow Me. Taken together these three commands tell us a lot, not only about Jesus’ mission on earth, but also about what it means for us to become involved in that mission as His disciples.

“In Jesus Christ we see not only what God is truly like, we see also what a human being is supposed to be like.”

“We, like the disciples, are being deeply challenged here by the first of Jesus’ final words.”