Here is a part of my sermon for this morning:
Jesus is not just a man with a strange story but is the source of wisdom for us all. He is the head over all. He is the saviour of mankind. He is the second person of the trinity. He is God himself. So put your faith in the one who has come back to life.
And what does it mean to us that Jesus is now risen from the dead?
Where do I begin? You could come to church every week for the rest of your life and only begin to hear a little of it.
But among so many other things it means: the promise of eternal life; it means the start of a new relationship with God; it means in the midst of darkness there is always a light; that when all seems lost there is hope; that when we feel we can’t take another step we can find the strength to step forwards; that when we are afraid we can face that fear and carry on; it means that when life is getting the better of us we know God has got the better of life.
It means that today we can start to celebrate and nothing – absolutely nothing – can stop us.
Amen