They lie on the table, side by side The Holy Bible and the TV Guide. One is well worn, but cherished with pride (Not the Bible, but the TV Guide) One is used daily to help folks decide. (Not the Bible: it's the TV Guide.) As the pages are turned, what shall they see Oh, what does it matter?...turn on the TV. Then confusion reigns, they can't all agree on what they shall watch on the old TV. So they open the book in which they confide (No, not the Bible.....it's the TV Guide.) ...

Friend, I don’t know your spiritual state. I don’t know if you have acknowledged and accepted the power of resurrection into your life. But I know that Christ is raised!!! These days Christians celebrate this big event that took place long time ago. How relevant is this all to you?

What is the weight of those words that will be said by many: Christ is raised!!! What do they actually have to do with you?? Can you be honest with yourself for once and look down deep inside yourself and ask this question? Does resurrection of Christ mean anything to you?

You might find honesty in yourself and admit that this celebration and those words seem kind of empty to you. You might agree on the fact that all this seems too formal and not real. It all seems to you like everyone is just being religious about it.

I want to tell you that all this is very real. Christ’s resurrection is everything. It’s the closing caption and the highlighted part of the plot of salvation for human kind. It’s the most powerful act done by Christ on this earth. If Christ wasn’t raised from the dead then the church, her ministries, the communion, and missionary work would all be pointless.

If you don’t feel the power of resurrection in your life and if you don’t understand the true meaning of it and it’s not dear to you, it’s not close to your heart so that you feel part of it… you are missing the point. You are missing Him. You are outside of Christ. You don’t know Him.

Yes! You go to church, you sing Christian songs, and you think you pray once in a while. I’m sorry to inform you but my friend you are spiritually dead and are heading for hell.

You see… To know the power of resurrection and to have it dear to your heart and to have it something so glorious and significant to you is one of the indicators that show you are saved. It’s the indicator that tells the spiritual world that you know Christ and you are in Him. It’s the indicator that tells you are born again.

There is a true power behind Christ’s resurrection. This power gives you the strength to overcome sin here on this earth. It also gives you assurance that if you are in Him you will be raised from the dead on the last day when He returns to earth. If you don’t know Him personally then you will be left for the judgment day, and on that day you will be condemned to hell, forever. If His resurrection doesn’t matter to you much and you don’t find glory in it then your Christianity is pointless.

When Christ was here on the Earth he spoke very powerful words to Martha:

Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live… John 11:25

My friend, come to Christ and repent of all your sins. Give your life over to Him. Tell him that you don’t understand the whole point of His resurrection and would like to know and take part in it. Tell Him that you want Him to be the Lord over your life.

May these days of Easter become the days of your regeneration and the beginning of a new walk with Christ who is THE RESURRECTION!!!

I found this article and thought that it might be useful for you to read it. Reading it, I was astonished on how vividly the author explains the current spiritual state of Christianity in our days…



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Imagine……



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