"THE EMPTY CROSS IS FULL OF HOPE "

 


The Empty Cross Is Full of Hope


"to whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God."

-  Acts 1:3 (NKJV)


The cross represents doom for sin and hope for sinners. It condemns sin and cleanses souls. The cross is where Jesus was crucified in our place and where Christ brings resurrection life to mankind.


The bloodstained cross is gruesome to some, but the empty cross is full of hope.


Satan, overly eager to thwart God’s purposes, overstepped his bounds, and God turned what seemed to be life’s greatest tragedy into history’s greatest triumph.


The death of Christ, perpetrated by evil men, was thought by them to be the end, but His grave became but a doorway to a larger victory.


The resurrection empowers faith in Jesus Christ. If we do not believe that Christ overcame death on the cross and bodily rose from the grave, why should we be a christian?.


I am absolutely convinced that Jesus is living at this moment at the right hand of God the Father and reigns in my heart. I believe it by faith, and I believe it by evidence found in the Scriptures, my personal life and life of others around me.

Luke, a physician and disciple of Jesus, was one of the most brilliant men of his day; he made this startling statement about the resurrection in the book of Acts: “He . . . presented Himself alive after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God” (Acts 1:3).


These “infallible proofs” have been debated for two thousand years. Many people have come to know the truth while they tried to prove Jesus’ resurrection a lie and failed.


Others ignore the facts recorded in the best-selling book of all time, the Bible.


Do not ignore the truth and do not take it in vain either. The cross is empty, the victory is won, Christ has risen and the resurrection power is real.


Believe and be passionate in faith.

 

PRAYER CONFESSION


Dear God, I believe Jesus died on the cross for my sin. The wages of sin is fully paid by Christ. I believe that Jesus Christ resurrected on the third day and He is alive right now and forevermore. He is at the right hand of the Father and He reigns in my heart. May the power that raised Christ from the dead be manifest in every area of my life today and forevermore. Amen. Maranatha!


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