resurrection

I just finished reading a friend's book. It was well written and full of his heart. I can tell He put so much into it - choosing every word so carefully and plotting his arguments so well. But in the end it was incomplete. There was no Jesus in the book ... and especially no resurrection of Jesus.

What good is a discussion of any problem - if we are left with no solution. Jesus came to tell us we are indeed sinners who have walked away from God but He came with the solution! He came to die on the cross and kill sin and satisfy the wrath of God but ... He did not stay dead - He rose up again and swallowed death up in victory!

That victory has purchased our ability to live a life where there is no longer an obligation to sin ... and we can live amazing lives filled with the Spirit - where streams of living water flow out of us. We no longer have to live in defeat, but instead we are given power to overcome in the Holy Spirit.

That is the life I want ... a life with the answer provided and purchased, and given. Why are there still so many believers living in defeat, living as if Christ has not come? Not too long ago I was one of them - praise God He came to rescue me out of the major lie I had bought into!

Now the problem remains - how do I share the good news with my friend - who so desperately needs to know the WHOLE truth? I do not know - I am excited to see what the Spirit provides when the time comes. The resurrection has already happened - may we all learn how to walk in it.