On Easter Sunday we will begin “The New Life We Now Have in Jesus.” This series will last seven weeks and will demonstrate how Jesus understood that his death and resurrection brought new life to all those who turn to him in repentance and faith. Easter Sunday is a day to rejoice in this new life, as well as to share this new life with others as we will no doubt have many visitors. Our reading from 1 Peter demonstrates that Jesus’ resurrection from the dead has caused us to be born again to a living hope. This living hope is powerfully demonstrated in our reading from Luke, where two women bring spices to the tomb of Jesus to preserve a rotting corpse. However, upon arrival the women are greeted with the proclamation that Jesus is not in the tomb, but he has risen! The one who was condemned a criminal and died on the cross has now been raised and vindicated. So too have those who are “in Christ” put to death the old life of sin and now by his mighty power have been raised to a new life.

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