TEXT: Matthew 28:1-10

Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the sepulcher. And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone; and sat upon it. His appearance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow. And for fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead men. But the angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid; for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here; for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead, and behold, he is going before you to Galilee; there you will see him. Lo, I have told you." So they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples. And behold, Jesus met them and said, "Hail!" And they came up and took hold of his feet and worshiped him. Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid; go and tell my brethren to go to Galilee, and there they will see me."

This is news of joy, triumph, victory, and life.
Every account of the Easter event confirms the fact that the followers of Jesus were overwhelmed. Because they were filled with grief and despair, they were slow to believe. When Jesus appeared to Mary Magdalene, she thought Him to be the gardener, and it was not until He spoke her name that the truth came to her. "Jesus said to her, 'Women, why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?. Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, ' Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.. Jesus said to her, 'Mary.'" (John 20:15-16) He walked with the Emmaus disciples explaining the Scriptures to them, trying to help them understand that this had been planned and predicted, but not until He sat down at the table with them did they realize it was their Lord who had walked with them. When the women first told the apostles what they had seen, "These words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them." (Luke 24:11) We also know that Thomas doubted. "Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails and place my finger in the mark of the nails, and place my hand in his side, I will not believe." (John 20:25)
But just as the dawn of Easter morning drove away the darkness, so gradually the truth of Christ's resurrection drove away despair and disbelief. It was a great dawn, a new daybreak in human history, the beginning of a new covenant, a whole new way of life. No other book has a climax of such triumph and joy as that recorded in the Gospels, because there is only one Christ and only one Easter. This is the great message that could not wait, the good news that had to be told by a special messenger sent by God to announce it. "He is not here; for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay." This is the good news we must hurry to tell: "Because I live, you will live also." (John 14:19)
We are afraid of things beyond our experience. We fear the unknown. We fear death, and we do not want to die; we want to live. The message of Easter is "Do not be afraid." This is what the angel said to the women, and this is what Christ said over and over. "O death, where is thy victory? O death, where is thy sting? The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." (I Corinthians 15:55-57)
So this is the good news. It is the best. It is the kind of news that makes us want to jump and shout, run and tell. And that was exactly the angel's directive: "Then go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead." The women left the empty tomb and, feeling both fearful and joyful, they ran to tell the good news.

The Resurrection and Sanctification
The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know . . . what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe,
according to the working of His mighty power which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly
places. (Eph_1:18-20)
 
God wants us to experience the proper power source for living the Christian life: "that you may know . . . what is the exceeding greatness of His power
toward us who believe. " We who have been born again by the Spirit of God are to live this new life by the power of God!
 
This is the power that our God wants to unleash upon us day by day. As great as this display of power was, even more is available to us: "and
seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places. "This mighty divine power that brought forth Jesus from the dead, also raised Him to the right
hand of the Father in the heaven realm. Surely, this power is sufficient to lift us out of any deadening situation of our minds or our surroundings.
The caterpillar doesn't remain a caterpillar. One day it weaves about its body a cocoon and out of that cocoon emerges a beautiful butterfly. We do not understand fully what has taken place. We know only that where a worm once crawled in the dust, a butterfly now soars in the skies. So it is in the life of a Christian. We receive a miraculous new birth when Jesus of Nazareth, the risen Lord and Savior, comes to live within us.
This new birth connects us to the supernatural, resurrection power of our Savior. But like an instrument that is not used, we cannot experience this power unless we continue to invite God to work in our lives.

Dear Lord , too many days and years have passed without
me turning to You for this mighty power. Too often I have lived by a power
that came from me - will power, emotional power, mental power. I repent for
relying upon such feeble resources. Lord, by Your grace I see that heavenly
resurrection power is to be my supply, so I look to You now for this work in
me, in Your mighty name, Amen.

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