Easter

Easter is coming. Resurrection. This is the Gospel, the good news. He is risen. He is Lord.

They used to proclaim the gospel when a new Caesar came to power with the same words: He is lord. The good news was the empire had a king. Legionnaires went thought out the empire with the gospel that the new Caesar was Lord. It didn’t matter if you believed it or not, the legionnaires were prepared to prove it at the point of a spear.

We proclaim the good news that Jesus is Lord with the belief it doesn’t make much difference to His Lordship weather it is believed or not. I admit it is a foolish idea if you’ve not had personal experience with Him. I can’t give you proof He exist
Any more than I can give you proof the sun will come up tomorrow. I believe both things by faith. I have seen the sun come up day after day for almost sixty years now and I make the reasonable leap of faith it will do so tomorrow.

In the same way, over the years I have seen the Godhead manifest Him self or Them selves, some of it very mysterious and I make no claim to understand any more than a very small portion. Anyway, I have seen the Godhead manifested an astounding number of ways and times in the lives of fellow believers, my own life, the lives of those around me, and in the world where I live. From this I make the reasonable leap of faith and proclaim the Gospel that Jesus is Lord.

The difference with the gospel of the ancient Romans and the upstart counterpart and followers of The Way, and Christians of today if they understand the great commission they are called to, is that proving the Gospel at the point of a spear is done in direct opposition to the Gospel of Christ. Jesus said,

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me,
Because He anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor.
He has sent Me to proclaim release to the captives,
And recovery of sight to the blind,
To set free those who are downtrodden,
To proclaim the favorable year of the Lord.”

And so it is. Amen.