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Making Easter Great Again!

 


Oh Happy Day! When Jesus Walked! Out of that Tomb! Death was defeated! Hope generated! 


Easter Sunday should be a cause for rejoicing! For it is when our Lord Jesus rose from death and delivered us from power of death, “Because God’s children are human beings—made of flesh and blood—the Son also became flesh and blood. For only as a human being could he die, and only by dying could he break the power of the devil, who had the power of death. Only in this way could he set free all who have lived their lives as slaves to the fear of dying.” (Hebrews 2:14-15). And it also means Jesus is alive! Ad it says at The Garden Tomb in Jerusalem, “He is not here, He is Risen!” (Matthew 28:6). The Risen Jesus lives in us! (John 14:23, Colossians 1:27). We are not abandoned, left to  our memory of Him, no!, “I Will Be with You Always Even Unto The End of The World..” (Matthew 28:20). The Third Day is our July 4th! Our Emancipation of Proclamation from death! We should celebrate it with yellow, purple, and teal fireworks! We should dance in our churches and sing “He is Risen! He is Risen! Death where is your Sting?” Easter ought to be the biggest party day in The Church, and not just because many celebrate fasting during Lent! How about that be a resolution this Easter? To make it a day of jubilation and joy! To be so excited! To radiate such a fever and brimming smile you get accused of being a Joel Osteen look a like! 


What if we showed the world what Christian parting is like? To make Easter a day when people say, “those Christians get groovy for their God on Easter!” I mean David danced before The Ark of God’s Presence (2 Samuel 6:14), may you have that spirit of rapture in God’s Spirit where you cannot contain your happiness! Why is Easter excitment kept to four somgs and two encores at the end of service? Why does non-Christian Easter Bunny and his eggs get our eagerness?! The Easter Bunny did not defeat death and save you from eternal death! Jesus Christ did! Listen I am not knocking traditions, if you like Easter Egg hunts and the Bunny, that’s your taste, but if it eclipsed your joy over Emmanuel’s Easter and you yawn at service, you might need to do some introspection and ask God to search your heart that His Triumph and First fruits of The Resurrection does not move you who call yourself His. 


I say blast at Church for the final song, “Everyone Dance Now!” And let people cut a rug and dance congo style in the pews and around the Sanctuary! All in praise of Jesus! It will accomplish a few things, connect saints, show kids God is fun (finally), and turn Easter into a real party celebration! If you like Solemn and Holy without such boisterous stuff, there sre plenty of High Churches to attend for that sort of thing. I am just saying, what if we made Easter Sunday in our churches feel like The Live Aid Concert when Queen played? Everyone joining in the joy! Amen.  


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