Christ is risen.
He is risen indeed.
! I discovered recently about a man called Harry Meadows.
! Harry Meadows spent 87 years of his life unknown,
! unreported in the paper or TV or anywhere else.
He was in a home for the elderly, for lots of old folk in Great Yarmouth.
Harry Meadows got a bit bored.
So he rented a costume, a fancy dress costume.
He rented a Grim Reaper costume.
And Harry Meadows accessed a scythe for cutting things down
and he thought he'd have some innocent fun in the old people's home.
He stood outside tapping the windows of some of the old people in his costume,
peering in from the outside.
And then according to the press, so it's got to be true,
three people died.
Now there's a practical joke that's gone wrong, isn't it?
There were a few other shenanigans in that old people's home in Great Yarmouth
and then it was shut down.
Not all publicity is good publicity.
And as you've heard already this morning as I read it,
it's an unusual thing, isn't it, that Christianity is born in a cemetery.
It's a very unusual thing for good news to come trumping out of a graveyard.
But that's the claim of the first witnesses,
the first Christians who wrote down their accounts.
That Christianity is birthed and understood as coming out of a cemetery.
Three words in Mark 16 verse 6.
Can you see them?
He has risen.
He has risen, this young man says.
Is that true or is that simply a lie?
Now some people might say, well it's a nice lie.
I'm not sure it is a nice lie.
The trouble is that statement has caused huge, huge issues, huge problems.
Many hundreds and hundreds, hundreds of thousands of people have died for that statement.
He has risen.
They believed it to be true that Christ rose from the dead.
Is it fake news?
Or is it true and serious good and happy news?
Professor Josh McDowell said that after more than 700 years of studying this subject,
I've come to the conclusion that the resurrection of Jesus Christ
is either one of the most wicked, vicious, heartless hoaxes ever fostered
on the minds of human beings,
or it is the most remarkable fact in history.
And I think he's right.
It's one or the other.
It's not a nice myth.
It's either true or false.
Blaise Pascal, a mathematician, said either the disciples of Jesus were deceived
or deceivers,
or it's true.
Well let's look at Mark 16.
Matthew, Luke and John have got more substance to their stories, more details.
And Mark is very brief, isn't he?
He just ate verses.
And you may have noticed that when it was read,
there's not an account of Jesus appearing in Mark 16.
It's the promise that he will soon after appear.
It's unusual, Mark 16.
It's intriguing.
We're meant to feel quizzical at the end of Mark's gospel.
And so today's sermon is brought to you by the letter R.
All right?
And so firstly, we're looking at somebody who is risen.
Who is risen.
It's the backbone of Christianity.
The cross and resurrection make up this powerful message that's been changing lives all around the world.
And here today, all over the globe, he has risen.
And the resurrection is the backbone of it all.
It's not a happy ending to a sad story or an epilogue that you could do without.
It really is the climax and the destination of the whole thing.
If this ain't true, the whole story is rubbish.
And what we're doing here is a waste of time, perhaps worse.
The early Christians saw this.
There's a hard-headedness about real Christianity.
And so Jesus asks us twice, we have reckoned,
give us proof that you say who you are.
And both times in Matthew and in John, he refers to his resurrection.
That'll be the proof, he says.
The Apostle Paul, who was the first organizer of persecutions of Christians,
wrote about 25 years after Jesus' death and resurrection.
And he says, if Christ had not been raised,
we would be, well, people to be pitied.
If Christ had not been raised, our faith is worthless.
And you're still in your sins.
We're going to hear more about that tonight.
If Christ had not been raised, we're liars.
But here we have a messenger in a tomb saying,
he has risen.
And he says it to the women.
And you might have noticed,
as you've gone through the accounts of the last few days,
if you're familiar with the Gospels,
that women are mentioned at the cross,
and the burial, and the empty tomb.
And people have rightly noted that the men,
at the end of the Gospels,
have been marked failures.
Perhaps John was at the cross,
but all the other disciples are hiding.
And when the women finally find the men on Resurrection Sunday,
the men are in a locked room.
They're not out doing anything other than trying to stay safe.
And the women are the only ones publicly identifying with Jesus.
It's the women who go to the tomb.
Sincis was a Greek philosopher.
He hated Christianity,
and he studied it to attack it.
He wrote a book outlining why he thought Christianity was rubbish.
And one of the things that he said
was that it was based on the gossip of women.
It varied in different parts of the Empire,
but generally speaking,
in some parts of the Roman Empire,
women couldn't even witness in court.
It's a bit like today,
making up a story and having four-year-olds as your key witness.
No one making up a story in Jesus' day
would have had the key witnesses as women.
It's an embarrassment.
It was used against Christians.
And so here are these women.
They are heading off to the tomb.
They're in the midst of grief and sorrow.
They're not thinking there's been a resurrection.
In the same way that you and I would go to a gravesite
and lay flowers on a fresh grave.
And as they walk to the tomb,
for a moment they think,
remember there's a great rock in front of the tomb.
The rock would have weighed probably as much as a minibus would have,
but it wouldn't have had wheels which were rubber.
And so how are you going to get into the tomb?
The women have got spices to finish the burial process,
but when they get there, the stone has already been moved,
and so they go and they have a look.
I don't think the stone was removed to let Jesus out.
It was removed to let people in so that they could see.
And so slightly terrified, they walk into this tomb,
and there is a man, a young man,
who we know from other passages,
passages from other gospel accounts,
is an angel.
The word angel just means messenger.
And the angel says to them,
can you see what he says?
He says, verse 6,
do not be alarmed.
You seek Jesus of Nazareth,
who was crucified.
That's really helpful.
It's really helpful because
it indicates that he knows what they're looking for.
That they're looking for Jesus,
and there's two features about him.
We're told that this Jesus they were looking for,
he's from Nazareth,
and he was crucified.
That tells you where he's from,
and what did he do?
And what's the main thing he does?
He is crucified.
That's the truth about the Lord Jesus Christ.
He was born to die.
He came into this world to save sinners like you and I.
You are born to live, aren't you?
You're born to live.
Sadly, you do die, though.
But Jesus was born to die.
He says he was crucified.
The messenger knows why he was there.
And what's the next thing?
He is risen.
And quite literally,
it says he was crucified,
and then the next word is risen.
It's very blunt.
The crucified one has become the risen one.
And those are the two things to know about Jesus.
Both are true historically.
Both happened.
And what the angel then says is,
this messenger,
he says,
you are going to see him.
Go back,
tell the disciples
that you'll see him in Galilee.
He's going ahead of you.
And the word would be used
of a military leader,
a military leader who would be sent
in front of the army,
and he would be there preparing the way.
He's going ahead of you,
and you will meet up with him
there in Galilee.
That's where you'll see him.
All the other Gospels
have accounts of the disciples
meeting him.
There are accounts of people
who didn't become believers
in the resurrection,
and they met him.
It's a very important thing
that Christ is risen bodily.
He didn't rise so that
he would have a spiritual
kind of influence on you.
The word resurrection
literally means standing up.
It is the standing up
of a corpse.
It's crystal clear
that the resurrection
of Jesus
is not about
an ongoing spiritual
influence on him,
on you,
because the messenger
says,
doesn't he,
he is risen,
he is not here.
See the place
where they laid him.
The body is gone.
You might not like that.
You might not
be interested in that.
You might think
that's a little bit creepy.
But what it's saying to you
is that God is absolutely
committed to his creation.
The promise of the Bible
is the promise
of a new body
in a new heavens
and a new earth.
And Jesus is the first fruit.
He is the taster,
if I can put it like that.
That is where he is gone.
And so is Jesus risen?
Or isn't he?
Is it just a filthy lie?
I read this week
that the shortest sermon,
and you see I do try,
the sermon title
was called
Killing Jesus.
That was the heading
of the sermon.
And the sermon went,
didn't work.
It's not a great sermon.
The sermon title
should have been
Getting Rid of Jesus.
And you could say
that didn't work
because Jesus
really did die.
The Romans killed
hundreds of thousands
of people
by crucifixion.
And they killed
so many people
by crucifixion
that there were no trees
left outside Jerusalem.
It was a nightmare.
Now let me say
Jesus' resurrection
matters
because it is impossible.
The one thing
that we know about you
and the one thing
you know about me
and the one thing
that you know about
everyone you love
and care about
and everyone
who is famous
and worthwhile
and everyone
who is a loser
and has done great harm
is that we all die.
So people will say to you
no one can come back
from the dead.
Absolutely.
That's absolutely the case.
The one thing we know
is that in the end
we all get beaten
by death.
That's why we don't
talk about it
in our culture
do we?
Because we've got
no answer for it.
But what this is saying
is no, no, no.
There is one person
who said
that he would defeat death
and then has left us
very good evidence
that he did.
And I don't mean it
to be rude
but there is simply
no one else
who makes this claim.
Jews don't suggest
do they
that Moses
defeated death.
Muslims
don't suggest
that Muhammad
defeated death.
Buddhists
don't claim
that Buddha
defeated death.
It's actually
a very unusual claim
and yet there's
very strong evidence
for it.
In fact
if you've never
had the chance
to look at the evidence
there are books
there are films
which can give you
the evidence.
Some books
have been written
where the author
has set out
deliberately
to debunk
and disprove
the resurrection
and ended up
writing a book
in support of the resurrection.
So convincing
has been the evidence.
They found it
overwhelming.
The evidence
is not very strong
though
if you haven't
looked for it.
it's not very strong
if you haven't
looked at it
which is true
of most people.
He is risen.
Either that
or
the whole of
Christianity
is a filthy lie.
The second
R
is
the word
Ruthful.
There are
some underused
words.
I didn't know
that word
until Wednesday
this week.
Do you use
the word
Ruthful?
I've never used
it before.
I've never used
it in conversation.
It's the opposite
of ruthless
and to be
Ruthful.
I drop it in
this afternoon
to talk to someone.
It means to be
merciful,
to be kind.
the opposite
of being
ruthless,
to be
Ruthful.
It's where
you don't
give people
what they
deserve
when it's
punishment.
You give
them mercy.
And Jesus
we see here
even at that
moment of
his risen
glory
when he
overpowers
death
is thinking
of small
people.
He's
Ruthful.
He's thinking
of people
who need
mercy.
He's thinking
of those
who are
failures,
who are
weighed
down
and
heavy
laden.
He's
thinking
of his
disciples.
Can you
see what
this
messenger,
this angel
says?
He's given
a message
by Jesus.
The message
that he's
given by
Jesus in
verse 6.
He says,
do not be
alarmed.
You seek
Jesus of
Nazareth
who was
crucified.
He was
crucified.
He has
risen.
He's not
here.
see the
place where
they laid
him.
But go
tell his
disciples
and Peter
that he's
going before
you to
Galilee.
So the
women,
like the
angel,
are given
the message.
As you've
read the
gospels,
the disciples
are an
abysmal
bunch.
Jesus
talks about
his death
and so they
talk about
who is
going to
be the
greatest.
as you
read the
gospel of
Mark,
you see
how awful
they are,
how slow
they are,
how much
like me
they are.
Appallingly
egocentric
in the face
of beautiful
things.
Tim Keller
as a preacher
in the US,
he says this,
it's interesting
what Jesus
could have
said.
He could
have said
this,
you go and
tell the
disciples those
arrogant,
boastful,
egocentric,
ambitious,
cowardly
backstabbers
that if
they'll
really get
on their
knees and
repent,
I might
meet them
in Galilee.
He could
have easily
said,
you are
kidding.
Not one
of them
stood by
him.
All of
them ran.
And yet
Jesus'
words are,
can you
see them
in verse
seven?
Go and
tell my
friends.
He's got
every ground
doesn't he
to say it's
over,
our friendship
is over,
you're dead
to me.
And yet
Jesus says
tell my
friends.
And the
part that I
particularly
love are
these two
words that
are there
in verse
seven after
disciples and
Peter.
Why not
tell my
disciples and
John?
Why not
tell my
disciples and
James?
Why does
Peter get a
special mention?
Go and
tell his
disciples and
Peter that
he's going to
see you in
Galilee.
Galilee,
Peter is one
of the
disciples.
Why single
him out?
Why mention
him directly?
If you
read through
the chapters
before,
it would be
great to do
that maybe
today,
there's a
dialogue that
goes on
between Jesus
and Peter.
And Jesus
is warning
his disciples,
he says to
them,
you will
all desert
me.
And Peter
stands up and
says,
they may,
but I
won't.
they may
run,
but I
will die
for you.
They are a
pretty scummy
bunch,
Lord,
and I
don't even
really know
why you
chose them,
Lord,
but I
will stay
true,
I will
stay
loyal.
Even if
everyone else
goes,
I'll be with
you,
Lord,
you can
trust me.
And Jesus
says to him,
no,
Peter,
before the
cockle crows
three times,
you will
deny me
three times.
Peter gets
the warning
and he
still argues
back with
Jesus,
he's still
correcting
Jesus,
he says,
no,
Jesus,
you're not
right.
And
remember
that publicly
denying
Jesus is
a pretty
big deal.
According to
Jesus in
Mark chapter
8,
Jesus said,
if you
deny before
men,
I will
deny you
before my
father.
If you're
not willing
to own
my relationship
with you,
don't expect
me to own
your relationship
with me
on judgment
day.
And so
Peter has
committed a
grade A
sin,
not once,
not twice,
but three
times.
Three times
on one
night.
And despite
being forewarned
and forearmed,
Peter has
sinned with a
high hand
deliberately.
And yet
Jesus wants
to make
sure that
Peter is
there.
Because you
can imagine
that hearing
the news
that Jesus
has risen
from the
dead,
Peter would
quite rightly
think to
himself,
you go
fellas,
I'm clearly
not part of
the team
anymore.
I've really
blown it.
Good luck
to you.
But I'm
out.
In a rugby
game,
there are
two cards
disciplinary
things.
There is a
yellow card,
which if you
get shown
the yellow
card,
you're off
for ten
minutes.
You're put
in the
bin.
You sit
on the
side,
and after
ten minutes,
you can
come back
into the
game.
But there's
the red
card,
and if you're
shown the
red card,
you cannot
come back
on.
You have
to leave
the pitch,
you go into
the changing
room.
You can't
come back
on.
You're
off
permanently.
It's
game
over.
And I
want to
suggest to
you that
when Jesus
says,
tell my
disciples and
Peter,
he's saying
that because
Peter would
almost certainly
think that
he's red
carded
himself.
That it's
game over.
That Peter
would be
completely
aware of
how weak
he was.
And in
spite of
many warnings
from Jesus,
Peter has
denied him.
And so
Jesus tells
the angel to
tell the
women, to
tell Peter,
I want to
see him, I
want him to
be there.
And I
want to
reveal myself
to him.
And I
think we
have a
tendency in
churches
sometimes to
take our
sin more
seriously than
we would
take the
grace and
the mercy
of God.
It's
right, it's
right to
take our
sin and
our rebellion
seriously.
But your
sin is
never as
big as
the mercy
and love
of God.
The message
of Christianity,
the message of
the good news
of the Lord
Jesus is that
where sin has
abounded,
grace has
much more
abounded.
the risen
one is
full of
ruth.
He is
ruthless.
Give us
more
R's, you
say.
The risen
ruthless
one is
a rock.
It's good
news, isn't
it?
The
messengers
look at
verse 7,
but go tell
his disciples
and Peter
that he is
going before
you to
Galilee,
there you
will see
him.
And here's
the point,
just as he
told you,
he doesn't
need to say
those last
words,
does he?
It doesn't
add anything
in terms of
direction,
but it does
say something
really,
really wonderful,
just as he
told you.
The messenger
wants to say
to the women
and to the
disciples,
he's doing
just what he
told you
beforehand.
If you
would just
listen to
what he
said,
you could
have saved
yourself
an enormous
amount of
pain and
confusion.
Jesus is
a man of
his word.
He does
as he
says.
Even if
no one
believes
him,
and none
of his
disciples
did,
interestingly,
if you look
at Matthew's
gospel,
which we're
not looking
at today,
Matthew is
at least
the high
priest has
listened.
The people
who put him
to death,
they had
heard Jesus
and they
took him
seriously
and they
asked for
a guard
to be
put on
the tomb
because
they were
worried
that he
might rise.
In fact,
they weren't
worried about
that.
They thought
he was a
liar,
but they
thought that
his disciples
might come
and steal
the body,
so they
put an
armed guard
on the
tomb.
But none
of the
disciples
think to
themselves,
well,
he did
say he'd
come to
Jerusalem,
he'd be
arrested,
he'd be
handed over,
he'd be
executed,
and on the
third day,
he'd rise
again.
Maybe we
should just
go and look
at the tomb
on Sunday
morning.
Maybe we
could go
for a
morning walk
near the tomb.
None of them
think that
took his
word seriously.
Everything
that he'd
said about
him,
so powerful
and yet
dying,
it just
seems so
weird.
They didn't
even take
the repeated
promise.
You can
read it in
Mark 8,
Mark 9,
Mark 10,
where Jesus
tells them
exactly what
he's going
to do.
That he
will go to
Jerusalem,
he will be
arrested,
he'll be
tortured,
he'll be
executed,
and then
he'll rise
again.
But the
angel wants
to underline
it.
He told
you this,
he's only
doing what
he told
you.
He will
keep his
promise.
He never
makes a
promise he
doesn't
keep.
In fact,
he does
more than
keep his
promises,
doesn't he?
I was in
a meeting
recently where
people were
told to
under-promise
and over-deliver.
I'm sure
you've heard
that in
business,
under-promise
and over-deliver.
Promise less
than you think
you'll deliver
and then try
to make sure
that you
give more
than you
promise.
And Jesus
says,
I'll meet you
in Galilee.
He actually
also meets
them in
Jerusalem.
They do
meet him
in Galilee.
There are
a number
of times
up north,
but he
comes to
them actually
on Easter
night.
and then
for at
least a
month,
Jesus
over-delivers
on his
appearances.
And so
you can
absolutely
trust Jesus'
word.
Do you?
I'm not
asking if you
go to church.
I'm not
asking if
you're
religious.
I'm not
asking if
you've
got respect
for Jesus.
I'm
asking,
do you
listen to
those things
that Jesus
says in
his word?
In Mark
13,
just a few
chapters before,
Jesus says
this staggering
statement.
He says,
heaven and
earth will
pass away,
but my
word will
never pass
away.
Not everyone
believed like
modern science
does today,
that the
universe one
day will
pass away.
They tend
to think the
universe was
eternal.
Heaven and
earth will
pass away,
but my
words will
never pass
away.
Who says
that?
This little
man in
Palestine,
his words are
absolutely
solidly,
eternally,
endearingly
true.
And we
save ourselves
an enormous
amount of
pain and
worry and
fear and
anxiety when
we believe
his word,
when we
cling to
his promises.
He is
risen,
he is
ruthless,
he is
the rock.
You wouldn't
bet against
him,
would you?
He says
he's going
to come
again.
I wouldn't
bet against
Jesus'
truthfulness.
He said
he would
rise again,
and he
has.
And the
last point
is that
the risen
Ruthful
rock is
in the
business
of
recruiting.
They are
reluctant
when he
first meets
them.
He doesn't
say to
them,
come and
follow me,
let's have
some fun
together.
He says,
come and
follow me,
and I
will make
you fishers
of men.
that was
what he
said to
them.
He hints
to them
then,
that's what
their calling
would be.
Here the
women are
the first
to hear
the news
because
they're
the ones
at the
tomb,
and they
are told,
go,
tell his
disciples,
and Peter
that he's
going before
you to
Galilee.
And there
you will
see him
just as he
told you.
And the
women are
given a
job to
do.
Mary
Magdalene
has often
been called
the apostle
to the
apostles.
And in
the end,
she is the
first one
to take
the apostle's
message.
He is
risen.
And they're
slow on
the
uptake.
And so
we look at
verse 8,
don't we,
and we
think that's
a really
bad ending
to a
gospel,
don't we?
The
gospel clearly
ends at
verse 8.
There are
two or
three other
endings that
people have
added because
it looks
like a
bad ending,
but the
best
manuscripts
all end
at verse
8.
And
actually,
as you
read Mark's
gospel,
it makes
sense to
end at
it's such
an odd
ending,
isn't it?
The
women are
told,
it's
fantastic,
you're
here,
girls,
go and
tell the
boys.
Verse 8,
and they
went out
and fled
from the
tomb,
for trembling
and astonishment
had seized
them,
and they
said nothing
to anyone,
for they
were afraid.
In
verse 8,
who knows
about the
resurrection at
this point?
Well,
God does,
the devil
does,
Jesus
does,
the young
man does,
the women
do.
That's it.
And the
disciples would
really,
really like to
know that
he is risen.
And the
women have
been told
to tell
the
disciples.
They're the
only people
who've been
told to
tell.
And I
don't blame
them,
frankly,
for how
they respond.
To use a
technical term,
they've been
discombobulated,
haven't they?
You know
what that
word means?
It means
when you've
been rattled
by things
that you
can't
function
properly,
they are
discombobulated.
I don't
blame the
women,
just trace
the emotional
journey that
the women
have been
on.
They've
come up
with Jesus,
the disciples
are abandoning
Jesus and
betraying him,
and
Judas
has left
them,
who they
knew and
they loved.
And Jesus
has not just
been killed,
he's been
tortured to
death,
that's what
crucifixion is,
it's humiliating.
They would
have been
emotionally
shattered and
they go to
finish the
burial process
and then
somebody's
messed around
with the
tomb.
It's no
wonder that
they're
shattered.
And the
words in
verse 8 of
Mark 16
are really
strong words,
they are
trembling,
bewildered,
afraid,
and they
don't speak.
And if you
know Mark's
gospel,
like we've
been going
through on
Tuesday
lunchtimes,
you will
know that
this is a
reversal.
Because all
through Mark's
gospel,
when Jesus
has healed
with someone,
he has said
to them,
don't tell
anyone.
One time
Jesus healed
a leper and
Jesus is
really strong
with him,
he basically
says,
shut up
about it,
don't say
anything.
But they
can't keep
it to
themselves.
Because
something
wonderful and
exciting has
happened.
And even
when Peter
works out that
Jesus is
the Messiah,
he's told
don't tell
anyone yet.
But here
the women
at the end
of Mark's
gospel are
told,
he is
risen.
Death has
been beaten,
but they're so
shattered they
just say
nothing.
saying.
It's quite
clear that as
time goes on
they change
their mind.
This gospel is
written probably
for Christians
in Rome.
And they
would have
all known
that Jesus
is risen
from the
dead.
That he
would have
appeared to
the disciples.
Because that
was the message
that the
apostles preached,
isn't it?
You killed
him,
God raised
him,
we've seen
him.
That's how
we know
he's Lord.
And so here
the women are
told to speak,
but at first
they don't.
And I take it
they repent
and they
are told.
And I think
one of the
reasons why
Mark includes
it and he
ends it in
this way is
because this
is the
temptation
always for
Christians.
For the
church,
because we
get the
fact that
he is
risen and
forgiveness
is on
offer and
you can
know Jesus
in the
present tense,
not just
in the
historical
tense.
And you
can know
him as a
living presence
in our
lives.
And instead
of answering
people and
telling people,
well I find
the temptation
is to be
quiet and
to get
nervous.
And I
think Mark's
gospel is
ending in
the way it
is to say
to us,
do not be
silenced,
speak in
fear.
It's why
the apostles
in the New
Testament,
they prayed
didn't they,
for courage
to open
their mouths.
He is
risen.
He is
alive.
As I
round up,
if you're
still not
sure this
morning if
this is a
lie or
fake news,
there is
very good
evidence for
it.
Take a
look at
it.
You think
Jesus is
lying and
the early
Christians were
lying and
the whole
of Christianity
is based
on a
lie.
Or will
you realise
this morning
he is
risen from
the dead
and he
is alive.
And I
want to
urge you
to check
out the
evidence.
And if
you're a
person more
likely who
believes
this,
you need
to let
this truth
give yourself
a chance
this Easter
Sunday to
let this
truth move
from your
head,
which you
know about,
into your
heart.
death.
Because this
is very,
very exciting
stuff.
That death
does not
have the
last word.
There is a
person who
when you
go into
death will
go with
you and
he will
give you
the last
word and
the last
laugh on
death.
And so
can I
suggest to
you doing
something that
I've never
suggested before
in the pulpit
and I'm
pretty certain
that no
IPC minister
has ever
suggested
before.
And that
is,
listen to
Dolly Parton.
Because as
bizarre as it
is, I
discovered a
song this
week by
Dolly Parton
called
He's Alive.
Anybody
listen to it?
It's absolutely
remarkable.
She didn't
write it.
There's a
choir at the
end.
It's
magnificent.
And as
you listen
to it,
as I've
inflicted it
on my
family this
week,
meal time,
you get a
sense of
the fact
that He's
alive.
She tells
the story
of Peter
and the
resurrection.
And you
get a sense
of the
wonder.
He is
alive.
He's
alive and
I'm
forgiven.
Jesus
said,
I am
the living
one.
I was
dead.
And now
behold,
I'm alive
forever and
ever.
Christ is
risen.
Let's
pray.
desde