THE EASTER TRIUMPH-COME LET'S CELEBRATE HIS VICTORY OVER SIN, DEATH AND SATAN by A.W.Tozer

I do not mind telling you that within me I find the Easter message and the reality of the Resurrection more beautiful and glorious than the Christmas scene. Christmas tells us that Jesus was born; that He was born for the humiliation of suffering and death and atonement. But Easter is the radiant and glory-filled celebration of Christ's mighty triumph over the grave and death and hell! When Easter comes, our voices are raised in the triumphant chorus: The three sad days had quickly sped; He rises glorious from the dead! There is the real beauty! This is more than the beauty of color; more than the beauty of outline or form; more than the beauty of physical proportion. In the living Christ is the perfection of all beauty; and because He lives, we too shall live in the presence of His beauty and the beauties of heaven, forever!

Prayer: Lord, I praise you for showing us your power over the grave. In one act the entire world was changed forever. I worship a living Savior. I worship you.

Scripture: Why seek ye the living among the dead? He is not here, but is risen.— Luke 24:5-6

Thought: Easter is the radiant and glory-filled celebration of Christ's mighty triumph over the grave and death and hell!

Hymn:
Our Lord Christ hath risen! the tempter is foiled;
His legions are scattered, his strongholds are spoiled.
O sing, alleluia! O sing, alleluia!O sing, alleluia! be joyful and sing,
Our great foe is baffled, Christ Jesus is King!

O Death, we defy thee! a stronger than thou
Hath entered thy palace; we fear thee not now!
O sing, alleluia! O sing, alleluia!O sing, alleluia! be joyful and sing,
Death cannot affright us, Christ Jesus is King!

O Sin, thou art vanquished, thy long reign is o’er;
Though still thou dost vex us, we dread thee no more.
O sing, alleluia! O sing, alleluia!O sing, alleluia! be joyful and sing,
Who now can condemn us, Christ Jesus is King!

Our Lord Christ hath risen! day breaketh at last;
The long night of weeping is now well nigh past.
O sing, alleluia! O sing, alleluia!O sing, alleluia! be joyful and sing,
Our foes are all conquered, Christ Jesus is King!