What does this day mean to me?

 Happy Easter Sunday!

Today, most people celebrated Easter. Some people I know celebrated it with egg hunting, chocolates and treats. These are good but I hope that they won't forget why are we even celebrating this at the first place.

What is the significance of Jesus resurrection to me? What does it mean to me personally?

I've been asked this question before and today in our Sunday school, we were asked the same thing.

Let me give you some of my reasons:
1. Jesus's death and resurrection showed His power. He is very powerful that he even conquered death. I can't imagine anything harder than conquering death. No one in history was able to do that except for Jesus. So if He can conquer death and sin (which I believe is the hardest thing He did), he can do so even the simplest prayer we asked Him.

If we asked for healing, He will heal us. (If He wills).
If we asked for provision. He will provide for our needs.
If we asked for answered prayers, He will answer them according to His will.

He already did the hard part, which is dying and conquering the grave. We can trust that He is very powerful to even do the things we asked if Him.

2. Jesus death and resurrection showed that we can trust His words.

Then, as they were afraid and bowed their faces to the earth, they said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but is risen! Remember how He spoke to you when He was still in Galilee, saying, ‘The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.’ ”
Luke 24:5‭-‬7 NKJV

Jesus talked to his disciples about his coming death and resurrection. Everything he has said, happened. This is just an amazing proof that whatever he said in His word, He will do. I can trust the Bible, everything in it, because I know that His words are true. 

I can hope and look forward for heaven because I know someday we will be there in that beautiful place with Him, just as He said in His word.

3. Jesus death and resurrection means life!
Someday, we will all be with Him.  If we die here on earth, we will be resurrected with Him someday. His death and resurrection means eternal life with Him someday in the near future. 

It also means, I don't need to be afraid to die because I believe that I will resurrected again and live again with Him someday. 

Today in the church, we watched The Case for Christ. That movie I would definitely recommend to all. Lee Strobel, the main character of the movie, thought he could debunk the claims of Christianity. So, he started his quest in disproving the resurrection story. He interviewed a lot of people. He researched and looked for it from historical, physiological, and even medical point of view. He failed. Because even science and history proves that Jesus really died on the cross, was buried and resurrected from the grave!


The ground began to shake
The stone was rolled away
His perfect love could not be overcome
Now death where is your sting
Our resurrected King has rendered you defeated

Forever, He is glorified!
Forever, He is lifted high!
Forever, He is risen!
He is alive!
He is alive!