Happy Easter Everyone!!

I enjoyed this post from Mike over at www.oneyearbibleblog.com I thought I put it here for you to enjoy as well. Have a great Easter Sunday! - B.J. Price

Happy Resurrection Sunday to you and your families! As we're going through the One Year Bible together this year, I wanted to note that this year we'll read about all of these resurrection appearances of Jesus' listed below:

1. The empty tomb (not an appearance so to speak - but no body was in the tomb - the first indication of the resurrection)
2. To Mary Magdalene in the garden
3. To the other women
4. To two people going to Emmaus
5. To Peter
6. To the ten disciples in the upper room
7. To the 11 disciples in the upper room
8. To seven disciples fishing on the Sea of Galilee
9. To the 11 disciples on a mountain
10. To more than 500
11. To James
12. To the disciples at His ascension
13. To Paul on the road to Damascus

Jesus' resurrection is the key to our Christian faith. The resurrection is the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy and of Jesus' own statements. The Christian faith stands or falls on the bodily resurrection of Jesus. We can read more about this important point from Paul in 1 Corinthians 15. The resurrection guarantees:

1. Jesus was truly the Son of God. (Romans 1:4)
2. God the Father accepted what Jesus did on the cross on the basis of the resurrection. (Romans 4:25)
3. Jesus as our Risen Lord pleads for his people before the Father. (Romans 8:34)
4. Believers have the hope of eternal life. (1 Peter 1:3-5)
5. Believers will also rise and have resurrected bodies like that of Jesus. (1 Corinthians 15:49, Philippians 3:21, 1 John 3:2)