God is all about life. I mean it in every since of the word. He cares about the newborn baby's life. God cares about sustaining that life through the trauma and difficulties of childhood. He cares enough to hurt when someone dies (remember the shortest verse in the Bible, "Jesus wept"?). He also cares when we are hurting in this life. Jesus reminds us, "I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." John 10:10 (KJV).
When Jesus rose from the dead, it was to give us life forever, in Heaven. If you don't have that straight, then I challenge you to consider the claims of the Gospel. It is not about doing good deeds and believing, or going to church and believing, or even reading this blog and believing...Jesus tells us to believe in Him who sent me. There is nothing we have ever done or could do to get us into Heaven, and there is nothing we have done or could ever do to send us to hell if we trust Jesus Christ with our life. Not only that He was truly a part of history, but that He needs to be a part of your history. His death and resurrection is all about you believing that He took your place and paid your time. You can read here if you'd like to hear what God says about it: Romans 10:10-13
But the thing about our God is that good enough is never enough. What I mean is that He could've stopped with eternal life, but He gives us abundant life, in the present, in the here and now. So as we come to celebrate and commemorate the resurrection of Jesus on what has come to be known as Easter Sunday, His resurrection is proof that He cares about your life. God loves life so much that He can and does raise people to life every single day. That's resurrection. That's God. He's the God who is raising the dead!
For a further explanation of knowing Christ as your forgiver and leader, click on this link: plan of salvation
