Unlike many
other world religious figures, Jesus is alive! We as Christians serve a real,
true, and alive Savior. No other major religion in the world can say that their
figure head is still alive; Muhammad – dead; Russell – dead; Smith – dead;
Gautama – dead; other world religions don’t even have founders, they were
created in the minds of man to find within themselves the thing only God can
give them through Jesus Christ – freedom. In addition, Bock says the
resurrection shows Jesus is alive, but more importantly, it shows where He is
positioned (at the right hand of God) and what He is doing from there (giving
the gift of the Spirit)[1].
I would add,
in Romans 8:34b it says, “Christ Jesus, who died--more than that, who
was raised to life--is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us.”
Christ is alive, pouring out His Spirit on His beloved sheep, and He makes
intercession for us – making sure that we, the Father’s children, are
constantly in the right because of Christ’s blood. He sits at the Father’s
right Hand, pleased, satisfied; waiting for the time of His triumphant return.
[1] Darrell L. Bock, Acts: Baker
Exegetical Commentary of the New Testament (Baker: Baker Publishing Group, 2007), 133.
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