Power of your Holy Spirit to be upon him and upon us all,
so that we would hear the word of God,
our hearts would be opened,
and we would respond and rejoice in the truth.
Bless Michael now as he comes to preach.
In Jesus' name and for his glory.
Amen.
Well, it's nice to be back with you again
and to be able to share this Easter Sunday with you.
The Lord has indeed risen from the dead,
and that's what we're going to be thinking of this morning.
I think the first thing I must say,
I don't know whether you've listened to the news,
because if you do, you'll know that there's not much good news in the world today.
There's wars, and there's rumors of wars.
I learned in the week what the mother of all bombs was,
as a bomb was dropped,
and we were told that many, many people were killed as a result of that bomb.
We hear of friction in Korea,
and what might or might not happen there.
All around us, there seems to be so much
that would cause us to be in the dumps,
nothing to rejoice about.
But it's Easter,
and the Christian, in spite of all that's going on in the world today,
I can rejoice.
I thought as I prepared this message
of what took place at the end of the Second World War.
Again, there had been so many deaths,
so much destruction.
And Japan, at that time,
when war in Europe ended,
the war was still going on in the Far East,
and the Americans reasoned,
well, if we try to invade Japan
to bring an end to the war,
well, so many people will die.
So they decided to drop a bomb.
They didn't quite know the effects of it.
It had never happened before.
An atomic bomb.
And it underlined then,
as bombs and wars,
underlined now,
that man is swift to shed blood.
But that particular bomb
that landed on Hiroshima
killed thousands of people.
But there's something else that it did.
Its effects
continued to influence Japan
for ages afterwards,
as people suffered from radiation poisoning,
and children
who as yet were unborn,
when they were born,
were born with all kinds of deformities.
That's what happens
when men
destroy men.
When men are indeed swift
to shed blood.
A fallout took place
that affected
many people
for many generations.
Horrible, isn't it?
But I want to speak
this morning
about another
explosive event
that didn't bring death,
but brought life.
An event
whose fallout
continues
to this
very day.
For you and I,
as a result of the
resurrection
are gathered here
this morning,
we can rejoice
in the fallout
from the resurrection
of the Lord
Jesus Christ.
We see
on one hand
in the world
man's inhumanity
to his fellow men.
But on the other hand,
we see
the wonder
of the death
and the resurrection
that continues,
its message
continues,
to reverberate
around the world.
So that today
we may be
few in number,
but we're meeting
with thousands
of others
who are rejoicing
that Christ
lives.
And we're
joining mystically
with those
who have gone
before us
who are already
experiencing
the presence
of Christ.
What a wonder
is the
message
of Easter
and the message
of the death
and resurrection
of the Lord
Jesus Christ.
And as we
look at
these verses
this morning
that were read
to us just now,
I want us
to see
two main
points.
The first
point
that I draw
your attention
to
is that
resurrection
is a
vital
truth.
It's not
an add-on.
It's vital
to the
Christian
message.
If Christ
isn't risen,
says the
Apostle Paul,
then so much
falls into
the background
that there
is no
Christian
message
if the
resurrection
didn't
take place.
And he
tells us
that in
the verses
12 to
19.
He tells
us in
verse 12
that some
people were
going about
teaching
that there
was no
resurrection
of the
dead,
that it
just didn't
happen.
Rather like
people say
today,
something like
this,
no one
has come
back to
tell us.
So death
is the
end because
no one
has stood
on the
scene of
time who
has died.
That, of
course, is
a lie.
But people
are still
saying it
because they
haven't
really
grasped
the wonder
of the
resurrection
of the
Lord Jesus.
He came
back to
show that
there was
life after
death.
If there
is no
resurrection,
says the
Apostle Paul,
then the
fact is
that Christ
lies in
the grave.
There has
been no
resurrection.
There were
those who
were teaching
in that
day as
people teach
today that
Jesus died,
he was put
in a grave,
and that
was the
end.
Even one
theologian
taught something
like this.
He said it
isn't the
bodily
resurrection
that matters.
He says it
is if
Christ's
spirit lives
on in
the church.
But the
bodily
resurrection
does matter.
It did
happen.
There are
many religions
in the world
in which we
live, and
their founders.
Well, they
have been laid
in the ground,
and we can
visit their
graves.
But we
cannot go to
the grave
of Christ
because he
has risen.
How then
can you say
there is
no resurrection?
If there
is no
resurrection,
Christ is
in the
grave.
But we
come together
this morning
because the
tomb is
empty.
The grave
clothes have
been left
behind.
Christ has
indeed been
raised from
the dead.
I love the
story of
Lazarus.
And you
remember how
Jesus says
as he
approaches the
grave of
Lazarus,
who has been
dead for
four days.
He says,
I am the
resurrection
and the
life.
It lies
within myself
to give
power over
death itself.
I am the
resurrection
and the
life.
And then
Christ comes
to the grave
of Jesus,
of Lazarus.
and there
he is
outside of
the grave
and he
says,
Lazarus,
come forth.
And
Lazarus
comes out
of the
grave,
still
wrapped in
the grave
clothes.
Why was he
wrapped in
the grave
clothes?
Well, he
would need
them again,
wouldn't he?
because he
would die
ultimately.
But when
Christ rose
from the
grave,
he left
the grave
clothes
behind,
they would
be needed
no more.
How then
can people
say there
is no
resurrection
of the
dead?
Christ does
not lie
in the
grave.
He is
risen.
And we
rejoice today
in the
fact that
he is
risen.
It's a
vital
truth.
If Christ
is not
risen,
then the
very message
of Easter
is a
lie.
But Paul
has already
told us,
as I no
doubt you
received,
you heard
last week,
that Christ
has risen.
When Paul
arrives in
Corinth,
he tells
them the
message of
Easter.
He says
it is of
first importance,
verses 3
and 4.
But if
Christ
isn't
raised from
the dead,
says the
apostle,
then we
are liars.
And we've
lied about
God
himself,
who we
have said
raise
Christ
from the
dead.
If Christ
didn't raise
him from
the dead,
he's still
in the
grave.
And we've
made out
God to
be someone
who is
false,
because he
has indeed
raised him
from the
dead.
He is not
false.
And when
Paul speaks
the truth
of the
resurrection,
it undergirds
the message
of salvation.
The message
of salvation
says that
the death
and the
burial of
Jesus wasn't
the end.
He rose
again by
the power
of God.
Look at
the verses
that we have
there before
us in our
reading.
If Christ
has not
been raised,
our preaching
is useless
and so
is your
faith.
More than
that,
we are
then found
to be
false
witnesses
about God.
For we
have testified
about God
that he
raised him
from the
dead.
But he
did not
raise him
if in fact
the dead
are not
raised.
Resurrection
is vital.
And when
Paul utters
those words,
he says
this,
we are
then found
to be
false
witnesses.
Who are
the we
that he's
talking about?
Well,
there are a
number of
possibilities.
Perhaps
he's talking
about those
who first
brought the
gospel to
the Corinthians.
We read
about it
in Acts
18.
Priscilla
and Aquila,
a husband
and wife
team,
they were
involved in
bringing the
message.
Was their
message
false?
No.
Paul and
Silas had
an involvement
in bringing
the message
of death
and resurrection
of the Lord
Jesus to
the people
of Cairn.
Were they
false?
No.
Timothy
was involved.
Also,
Apollos
had an
input
into the
situation
and all
of them
preached
the
resurrection
of the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
and it
was the
message
of the
early
church
and the
early
church
turned the
world
upside down
as they
proclaimed
the death
and
resurrection
of the
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
No.
The
resurrection
isn't
a lie.
We're
not
false
witnesses.
We
have
brought
you
the
truth
of the
resurrection
of this
vital
truth.
Or
perhaps
Paul
was
thinking
of all
the
apostles.
What did
they proclaim?
Well,
they
proclaimed
the death
and
resurrection
of Christ.
Were
they
false
witnesses?
Remember
on the
day
of
Pentecost?
Peter
preached,
the other
apostles
witnessed.
And we
are told
that those
who listened
to them
devoted
themselves
to the
apostles
teaching.
What was
that teaching?
Well,
it was
indeed
the whole
counsel
of God
and the
whole
counsel
of God
contained
the truth
of the
resurrection.
Remember
Peter
as he
preaches
at
Pentecost
filled
with the
Holy Spirit.
Hear
him.
You,
he says
to the
assembled
crowd
with the
help
of wicked
men,
put him
to death,
nailing
him to
the
cross.
But
God
raised
him
from
the
dead.
And
he
goes
on
to
say,
God
has
raised
this
Jesus
to
life.
We
are
all
witnesses.
The
resurrection
message
is a
lie
if
Christ
is
not
risen.
But
it is
no
lie.
Paul,
Apollos,
Timothy,
Silas,
Priscilla
and
Aquila,
the
apostles,
they
proclaimed
the
resurrection.
They
believed
it.
They
were
witnesses
to
the
fact
that
Christ
had
indeed
been
raised
from
the
dead.
But
it is
not
just
the
witnesses,
is it,
of those
who brought
the
message
to
Corinth.
It is
not
just
the
message
of
the
apostles.
The
whole
of
scripture
testifies
to the
fact
that
Christ
has
indeed
been
raised
from
the
dead.
On
the
day of
Pentecost,
what does
Peter
do?
He
proves
from
the
scriptures
that
Jesus
has
risen
from
the
dead.
What
scriptures?
Well,
the
Old
Testament
scriptures.
He
quotes
from
the
Psalms.
And
he
says,
well,
David,
his
grave is
with us
today.
But
he
speaks
about
the
Lord,
the
Lord
who
lives.
When
Jesus
is
speaking,
about
resurrection
after
death.
He
speaks
about
the
God
of
Abraham,
of
Isaac,
and of
Jacob.
For
God
is
the
God
of
the
living,
not
of
the
dead.
He
is
speaking
of
resurrection.
The
message
of
Easter
is
no
lie.
It's
a
vital
truth.
And
it's
a
truth
that
you
and
I
can
embrace
with
gladness
in
our
hearts.
What
happened
at
Jerusalem
on
the
day
of
Pentecost?
We
are
told
that
3,000
believed.
What
happened
in
Corinth?
Others
believed.
Well,
says the
Apostle
Paul,
if there
is no
resurrection,
then we
lied.
And
you
who have
believed
by faith,
your faith
is
misplaced.
And
our
faith
would
be
misplaced
if there
were no
resurrection
of the
dead.
But we
meet
together
as a
church in
Corinth
met
together
and as
every
Christian
church
down
through
the
ages
meet
together.
They
see that
the
resurrection
isn't an
optional
extra.
It's a
vital
truth.
And
Paul in
his day
and generation
wanted the
Corinthian
church to
see the
wonder of
resurrection.
That it
is no
lie.
That God
has indeed
raised
Christ
from the
dead.
Resurrection
is a
vital
truth.
Christ
doesn't
lie in
the grave.
The
message of
the
resurrection
is no
lie.
it's
the
testimony
of
this
book
of
the
prophets
and
the
apostles
and
Christian
saints
down
through
the
years.
The
message
of the
resurrection
is vital
because
if there
wasn't a
resurrection
there's
no
gospel
to
proclaim.
Look
what the
apostle
says
in
verse
17.
if
Christ
has
not
been
raised
your
faith
is
futile.
You
are
still
in
your
sins.
Paul
is
telling
the
Corinthians
very
clearly
that if
Christ
hasn't
risen
from
the
dead
there
is
no
good
news
to
proclaim.
Christ
Jesus
came
into
the
world
to
save
sinners.
How
did
he
do
it?
Well
certainly
through
his
death.
For
without
the
shedding
of
blood
there
could
be
no
forgiveness
of
sins.
But
there
also
had
to
be
a
resurrection.
Let's
work
this
out.
If
Christ
be
not
raised
your
faith
is
futile.
you
are
still
in
your
sins.
See
Jesus
he's
there
on
the
cross.
What
is
he
doing?
He's
offering
himself
as
a
sacrifice
to
God.
It
was
the
fulfillment
of
all
those
types
that
we
read
about
in
the
Old
Testament.
I
like
the
one
about
Noah
when
he
comes
out
of
the
ark
and
we're
told
he
makes
a
sacrifice.
A
burnt
offering
and
we are
told
the
Lord
God
in
heaven
smelled
a
pleasing
aroma.
In
other
words
it
was
God
accepting
the
sacrifice
that
Noah
offered.
Other
times
we
read
in
scripture
that
when
people
offered
a
sacrifice
it
was
a
stench
in
the
nostrils
of
God.
It
was
an
unaccepted
sacrifice.
Now
if
Christ
had
remained
in
the
ground
the
sacrifice
of the
Lord
Jesus
would
not
be
accepted.
But
it
was
accepted
and
the
resurrection
is
evidence
of the
acceptance
of the
sacrifice
of the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
on
your
behalf
and
on
my
behalf.
Here
is
Jesus
hanging
on
the
cross
and
all
the
wrath
of
almighty
God
is
being
poured
out
upon
him.
Your
sins
and
my
sins
being
laid
upon
him.
He
offers
himself
as a
propitiation.
A long
word,
I know.
But what
it means
is he
was
turning
away
the
wrath
of God
that was
deserved
by you
and me.
And
as that
wrath
is
turned
away,
so
God
in
heaven
accepts
the
sacrifice.
It's
a
pleasing
aroma
to
God.
Isn't
this
what
Isaiah
spoke
of
when
he
wrote
Isaiah
53
and
verses
10
and
11?
Yet
it
was
the
Lord's
will
to
crush
him,
to
cause
him
to
suffer.
And
though
the
Lord
makes
his
life
a
guilt
offering,
he
will
see
his
offspring
and
prolong
his
days.
Resurrection
and
the
will
of
the
Lord
will
prosper
in
his
hands.
And
if
you
look
in
the
margin
you
will
have
these
words,
he
will
see,
that
is
God
will
see
the
suffering
of
his
soul,
that
is
the
soul
of
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
and
will
be
satisfied.
this
theme
is
taken
up
by
the
apostle
Paul
in
chapter
4
and
verse
25
of
Romans
where
it
says
about
Jesus
our
Lord,
he
was
delivered
over
to
death
for
our
sins
and
was
raised
to
life
for
our
justification.
So it's
not just
the death
of Christ,
vital
though that
was,
it is
also
the
resurrection
of
Christ
for
God
has
accepted
the
sacrifice
of
his
son.
So
the
moment
you
and
I
believe
and
trust
in
the
risen
Christ
who
died
for
our
sins,
the
perfect
righteousness
of
Christ
is
put
to
our
account
and
all
the
blessings
that
come
to
us
through
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
Christ
died,
Christ
rose,
God
accepted
the
sacrifice.
But if
Christ
isn't
risen,
well the
sacrifice
doesn't
be
accepted.
We are
still
in
our
sins.
It
is a
dead
Christ.
But
no,
the
message
of
Easter
says
he
is
risen.
There
is
a
gospel.
Paul
is
no
false
witness.
Christ
is
risen.
Hallelujah!
What a
Savior!
If
Christ
is not
risen,
then there's
no hope
after death
for any
one of
us.
When we
die,
we're put
six feet
under,
and that's
the end.
That's what
Paul tells
us in
verse 18.
Then
those,
if there
is no
resurrection,
who have
fallen
asleep in
Christ
are
lost.
There
were those
in
Paul's
day
who had
died.
And when
Paul writes
his letter,
the church
is continuing
to grow.
Some
were being
mocked because
they believed
in the
resurrection
of the
Lord Jesus.
And
others,
we know,
in the early
church,
had become
anxious about
loved ones
who had
died.
And
Paul writes
to the
Thessalonian
church in
chapter 4
and verse
13 and
says,
Brothers,
we don't
want you to
be ignorant
about those
who fall
asleep,
or to
grieve like
the rest
of men
who have
no hope.
There were
people that
were dying.
They had
no hope
beyond the
grave.
But the
Christian
has hope.
Why?
Because
Christ has
risen from
the dead.
And millions
over the
years have
died trusting
in Christ.
But no
resurrection.
People are
lost.
They have
perished.
They are
forever in
their sins.
There is
no one at
the right
hand of
God to
plead their
cause.
There is
no mediator
between God
and men.
There is
no advocate.
But my
friends,
he has
risen.
There is
an advocate.
There is
a mediator
between God
and men.
Thank God
for the
biblical message
that Christ
lives.
Thank God
for the
reliable
witnesses
who have
testified
down through
the ages.
But remove
the resurrection.
There is
no
Christianity.
Christianity
demands
the resurrection.
It is
a vital
truth.
But one
final reason
why Christianity
is vital.
And that
is
what we
have in
verse 19.
What a
pitiable
condition
we are
all in
if Christ
has not
risen
from the
dead.
Verse 19
says,
if only
for this
life we
have hope
in Christ,
we are
to be
pitied
more
than
all
men.
So it's
not only
the future
that is
affected,
if there
is no
resurrection,
but also
the present.
If there
isn't a
resurrection,
every
Christian's
hope is
dashed to
the ground.
His
present,
his future,
you see,
is found
in the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
who
lives.
Christ
is
everything.
to the
Christian.
As Paul
puts it,
for me
to live
is
Christ
and to
die
is
gain.
Now
what's
the point,
says the
Apostle
Paul,
to suffer
in this
life for
being a
Christian
as many
were in
the days
of the
Apostle
and many
are today.
what's
the point
of
carrying
on
if there
is no
resurrection?
We're
to be
pitied.
Oh,
but the
Apostle
Paul says
our
light
affliction
is
working
for us
an
eternal
weight
of glory.
there is
life beyond
the grave.
We're not
to be
pitied.
We can
rejoice
today.
Don't pity
me,
says the
Apostle
Paul.
Christ
has
risen.
The grave
is empty.
The
resurrection
is true.
It's a
historical
fact.
we have
a gospel
to proclaim.
We have
hope beyond
the grave.
We're not
to be
pitied.
We live
because
Christ
lives
and we
can look
forward
to a
home
in heaven.
I love
that
hold
hymn.
Lo
in the
grave
he lay.
Jesus
my
Saviour
waiting
the coming
day.
Jesus
my
Lord.
And up
from the
grave
he arose
with a
mighty
triumph
for his
foes.
He arose
the victor
from the
dark
domain
and he
lives
forever
with his
saints
to reign.
He
arose.
He
arose.
Hallelujah.
Christ
arose.
Resurrection
is vital
for the
Christian
faith.
our
second
main
point
is this.
Resurrection
is a
truth
that
comes
with a
guarantee
and we
see that
from
verses
20
to
23.
You
know
that
advert
that
sometimes
comes
on the
television?
It
does
exactly
what it
says
on the
tin.
It's
dependable.
It will
do what
it says
it will
do.
Well,
here's a
guarantee
that is
beyond that
guarantee.
We can be
let down
by what is
in the
tin.
But we
can't be
let down
by the
resurrection
of the
Lord Jesus
Christ.
Resurrection
is not
only vital
but
resurrection
is a
truth that
comes with
a guarantee.
Christ's
resurrection
is a
guarantee
of your
resurrection,
of my
resurrection.
See what he
says in
verse 20
of chapter
15.
But in
fact,
Christ has
been raised
from the
dead.
The
firstfruits
of those
who have
fallen
asleep.
What does
he mean
by this?
The
firstfruits
of those
who have
fallen
asleep.
Well,
he's taking
us back
to an
Old Testament
illustration.
And he's
showing us
about the
firstfruits
of harvest.
And the
law of
God said
this,
Exodus
23 and
verse 19.
Bring,
he says,
the best
of your
firstfruits
of your
soil to
the house
of the
Lord your
God.
So here
was a
farmer.
His
harvest
began to
ripen.
and he
would take
a sheaf
of that
corn and
he would
bring it
to the
priest at
the temple.
It was
something he
did at the
beginning of
harvest.
It belonged
to the
Lord.
It was
saying to
the Lord,
thank you
for the
harvest.
It was a
recognition of
God's
faithfulness,
his
goodness.
fullness.
But it
was something
else.
The
firstfruits,
you see,
anticipated
the harvest
in all
its
fullness.
It
wasn't just
one sheaf
of corn,
it was all
the corn
that was
going to
follow in
later days
as the
rest of
the harvest
would finally
be gathered.
it was
recognizing
God's
goodness
that seed,
time,
and harvest
would not
cease.
It was an
acknowledgement
that God
was a
covenant
God,
that he
could be
depended
upon
absolutely
and
completely.
So the
firstfruits
were given
to God
in anticipation
of the
final
full
harvest.
So what is
Paul telling
us?
He is
telling us
that the
Lord Jesus
Christ has
risen.
He's the
firstfruits.
He has
offered
himself
to God
and his
resurrection
is a
guarantee,
the assurance,
the promise
of your
resurrection
and my
resurrection.
It's the
promise of
a bodily
resurrection
that we
shall one
day be
with Christ
given a
glorified
body on
that day
when the
Lord comes
in glory
to receive
us.
See what he
says in
verse 13?
But each,
verse 23,
but each
in his
own turn,
Christ
the
firstfruits,
then when
he comes
those
who belong
to him.
What a
lovely picture.
The
firstfruits
being
brought.
Christ
rising from
the dead,
the
firstfruits.
You and
I on
that day
will be
raised up
to be
with Christ
which for
us will
be far
better.
In
John
chapter 12
and verse
24,
there were
some Greek
people who
wanted to
see Jesus.
And this
is what
Jesus says
to them.
I tell
you the
truth,
unless a
grain of
wheat falls
into the
ground and
dies,
it remains
only a
single seed.
But if it
dies,
it produces
many seeds.
What Jesus
was telling
these Greeks
was this,
that I have
come into
the world,
that I
am going
to die.
But in
my death
and in
my
resurrection,
I am
going to
rise again
and produce
many,
many
seeds.
How many
seeds?
Well,
Revelation
tells us
a number
that no
man can
number,
taken from
all peoples
and nations
and tongues.
So every
Easter Sunday
tells us
loudly and
clearly
that he
will bring
all of
us,
every one
of his
people,
to glory.
He has
risen.
We will
rise.
Let me
read in
those fullness
of one,
those verses
from 1
Thessalonians
chapter 4.
And this
is what
the Apostle
Paul says,
Brothers,
we do
not want
you to
be ignorant
about those
who fall
asleep,
or to
grieve like
the rest
of men
who have
no hope.
We believe
that Jesus
died and
rose again,
and so we
believe that
God will
bring with
Jesus those
who have
fallen asleep
in him.
According to
the Lord's
own word,
we tell you
that we
who are
still alive,
who are
left to
the coming
of the Lord,
will certainly
not precede
those who
have fallen
asleep.
For the
Lord himself
will come
down from
heaven with
a loud
command,
with the
voice of
the archangel,
and with
the trumpet
call of
God.
And the
dead in
Christ will
rise first.
After that,
we who are
still alive
and are
left,
will be
caught up
together with
them in the
clouds to
meet the
Lord in
the air,
and so
will we
be with
the Lord
forever.
Therefore,
encourage
each other
with these
words.
Christ's
resurrection
is the
guarantee
of your
resurrection
and my
resurrection.
He is
the firstborn
among
many
brothers.
And all
this means,
of course,
that death
is going
to be
defeated
by his
resurrection.
He tells
us in
verse 22,
as in
Adam,
all die.
He tells
us in
verse 26,
the last
enemy to
be destroyed
is death.
And death
is real.
We all
know something
if we have
lost the
loved one
of the
sting of
death.
It really
does hurt.
death.
But because
of the
resurrection,
death
will be
no more.
It's
guaranteed.
There
will be
no more
death,
says
Revelation
21
and
verse 4.
It tells
us in
verse 25
of 1
Corinthians
50,
for he
must reign
until he
has put
all his
enemies
under his
feet,
even
death
itself.
In
Christ,
we're
told,
all
will be
made
alive.
And you
and I
have a
foretaste
of that.
For we
are a
resurrection
people.
we
enjoy
resurrection
life in
the Lord
Jesus
Christ
now.
But that
day we
shall enjoy
it more
perfectly.
The day
will come
when the
mediatorial
work of
the Lord
Jesus
Christ
will be
over.
And we
shall be
with him
forever
and ever.
No more
sorrow,
no more
pain,
but life
with him.
No
resurrection,
no
Christianity.
Let us
eat,
drink,
and be
merry,
for tomorrow
we die.
What's
the point
of suffering
if no
resurrection?
But I'm
here to
testify
today,
he is
risen.
I
repeat
the words
that I
said a
moment
ago.
up
from the
grave
he arose
with a
mighty
triumph
or his
foes.
He arose
the victor
from the
dark
domain
and he
lives
forever
with his
saints
to raise.
He arose,
he arose,
hallelujah,
Christ
arose.
And
because
he
arose,
each one
of us
can say
with the
apostle Paul,
I have
been
crucified
with
Christ
and I
no longer
live,
but
Christ,
the risen
Christ,
lives
in
me.
So can
we all
say today,
hallelujah,
what
a
saviour.
Let's
pray.
Father,
we bless
you and
praise you
for all
that we
have in
our Lord.