Celebration after the Cross
This is the day which the LORD has made; Let us rejoice and be glad in it. (Psalm 118:24 NASB)
What greater day could there be in all of humanity than the day the Lord defeated all our enemies, and the last of them…death. May this day mark anew the celebration that Jesus wanted and seeks to give to you.
The cross is the place of victory over our sin. We have much to be thankful for to Jesus because of His death on the cross.
And when you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions, having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us and which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. (Colossian 2:13-14 NASB)
He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. (2 Corinthians 5:21 NASB)
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us– for it is written, “CURSED IS EVERYONE WHO HANGS ON A TREE”–(Galatians 3:13 NASB)
But the cross is not the final place of celebration for the Christian. For all that He accomplished there is reflected in His final words regarding our sin, His mission and His work…
When Jesus therefore had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And He bowed His head, and gave up His spirit. (John 19:30 NASB)
It is the emptiness of tomb where the greatest of celebrations takes place for there Jesus defeated our last and most dreaded enemy…
“O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR VICTORY? O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR STING?” (1 Corinthians 15:55 NASB)
And the angel answered and said to the women, “Do not be afraid; for I know that you are looking for Jesus who has been crucified.” He is not here, for He has risen, just as He said. Come, see … (Matthew 28:5-6 NASB)
And now we can have that victory in life.
Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, is never to die again; death no longer is master over Him. For the death that He died, He died to sin, once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus. (Romans6:8-11 NASB)
May Easter’s celebration be your life’s possession. No matter your defeats, no matter your personal victories, no matter your blessings, no matter you depravations…remember because of the victorious risen Lord Jesus Christ…
This is the day which the LORD has made; Let us rejoice and be glad in it.
