12 April 2009
Sharon’s Sunday Blog
Posted by Joy Bischoff under: General .
By Sharon Anderson
“He is Risen”
Today we celebrate the empty tomb. Because Jesus, the Lamb of God, was crucified, died, and was resurrected, each of us will be freed from the effects of physical death and will rise from death to immortality.
Because the Son of God suffered for our sins, He can cleanse us from the effects of our disobedience as we repent and come unto Him. Only because of Jesus Christ can we overcome the spiritual death that separates us from God and return to the Father pure and spotless. No other person could do this and we could not do it for ourselves.
Because of our Savior’s infinite atonement and everlasting love, we can overcome both physical and spiritual death. Knowing we are made free, we have cause to rejoice.
He is Risen
He is risen! He is risen!
Tell it out with joyful voice.
He has burst his three day’s prison;
Let the whole wide earth rejoice.
Death is conquered, man is free.
Christ has won the victory.
Come with high and holy hymning;
Chant our Lord’s triumphant lay.
Not one darksome cloud is dimming
Yonder glorious morning ray,
Breaking o’re the purple east,
Symbol of our Easter feast.
He is risen! He is risen!
He hath opened heaven’s gate.
We are free from sin’s dark prison,
Risen to a holier state.
And a brighter Easter beam
On our longing eyes shall stream.
As Another Testament of Jesus Christ, the Book of Mormon gives an account of the appearance of the Lord to the inhabitants of ancient America shortly after His resurrection. Here are some excerpts from that sacred record:
“And it came to pass that the Lord spake unto them saying: Arise and come forth unto me, that ye may feel the prints of the nails in my hands, that ye may know that I am the God of Israel and the God of the whole earth, and have been slain for the sins of the world. And this they did do, going forth one by one until they had all gone forth, and did know of a surety and did bear record, that it was he, of whom it was written by the prophets, that should come.
“And he commanded (Nephi) that he should come forth and he called others and gave unto them power to baptize.
“And he cast his eyes round about upon to multitude. And he said unto them, Have ye any that are sick among you? Have ye any that or lame, or blind, or halt or that are afflicted in any manner? Bring them
hither and I will heal them.
“And it came to pass that he commanded that their little children should be brought. And he spake unto the multitude and said, Behold your little ones. And as they looked, they saw angels descending out of heaven and the angels did minister unto them.”
To the witnesses of scriptures and the testimony of many others who know, I add my personal testimony that He lives! Let us rejoice this day.
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