The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ are central to the Christian Faith. Easter marks the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ and many regarded this day as more significant than Christmas itself. The power of the resurrection can be forgotten, however, because the Gospel emphasized the content that Jesus died for the sins of the world. Resurrection message has a very powerful significance whereby missing it will be tragic. The first question is do you encounter the resurrected Jesus as a Christian today? This question is an important one because if we are just living in the gospel of Christ Jesus died for our sins we have only a partial Gospel. We only feel a need for Him when we commit wrongful acts or sin. We only remembered Jesus being punished for the wrongs we committed and thanking Him for being our sacrifice. Then life goes on and we seek again His forgiveness the next time we sin again. This is putting faith in Jesus that ends on the cross. Encountering the resurrected Jesus Christ brings us beyond the death of Him. There risen Jesus that appeared to Mary, His disciples and the 500+ was more than a dead man in the tomb. He won death, dressed in new heavenly linen, and was later risen to heaven. The resurrected Jesus overcomes sin and the world and has power over death. Encountering the post-Easter Jesus completes the Gospel. Imagine Him giving us the same power to overcome sin instead of being powerless over it. We know that is sin is more than a wrongful act or earthly desire. Sin lives in us and needs the power of the resurrection to be overcome. The resurrected Christ can keep sin dead in our bodies. The post-Easter Jesus gives us this hope, this good news contains the power to transform. Hallelujah!

May we encounter the resurrected Jesus. 

For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again. Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more. Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. (‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭5‬:‭14-17‬ KJV)