As we move towards our Easter Services at All Saints, our music group are learning a new song for [email protected].
The first line of the chorus is, “Christ is risen from the dead, trampling over death by death.”
At Easter we can marvel at the breathtaking wisdom of our God, that He destroyed our great enemy death, through death – even the death of His only Son.
The next line of the song is, “Come awake, Come awake, Come and rise up from the grave.”
This is from Ephesians 5:14, where Christians are challenged by Paul to live lives of love because of the reality that we have all received new life in Jesus Christ: “Therefore it says, ‘Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
This is the invitation that the Easter message, the message that Jesus Christ is risen, makes to the whole world.
It’s the invitation every Christian has accepted.
It’s the story of victory won, of hope secured.
Let’s enjoy celebrating it this Sunday together.
In the meantime you can enjoy our new song here: