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Easter is a special time of celebration. Winter is finally passing, and spring has arrived. But for believers, Easter Sunday is far more meaningful than egg hunts, colorful baskets, and baby bunnies. It is the day we celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus.
Easter reminds us of God’s promise of redemption—the reason why Jesus was born, lived on this earth, and died. He paid the ultimate price for our sin, and His resurrection conquered death once and for all, so that we could spend eternity with Him in heaven. “For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life” (John 6:40).
Resurrection Sunday—or Easter—is the day we celebrate the hope of our eternal salvation. We reflect on Jesus’s death on the cross (as well as the death of our own sin) and focus on the new life that He has given us through His resurrection. “That I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead” (Philippians 3:10-11).
But Easter doesn’t just serve as a reminder of the life that is to come. It is also an invitation to live in the fullness that Jesus has made possible for us today through our salvation. The cross doesn’t just secure our eternity with God when we die. Jesus’s resurrection opens the door for us to experience a transformation right here on earth. “We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life” (Romans 6:4).
This newness of life includes a closer relationship with Jesus—as His children. “But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ” (Ephesians 2:13). And as part of His family, we can enjoy the covering of His love, protection, and guidance in our daily lives. That brings joy, peace, and hope not just for eternity, but every day of our lives.
If you have not experienced this new life, it can be yours today. “If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved” (Romans 10:19). We hope you will join us in celebrating the real meaning of Easter with us on this special day and every day of the year to come.
25 Scriptures from the Bible about the Resurrection of Jesus
Romans 5:8 – But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
John 11:25-26 – Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die.”
Mark 16:6 – And he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. See the place where they laid him.”
1 Peter 1:3 – According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
John 3:16-17 – For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
Matthew 28:5-6 – But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here, for he has risen, as he said.”
Isaiah 53:5-6 – But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
John 6:40 – For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.
1 Corinthians 15:3-4 – Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures.
Romans 6:3-4 — Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
Philippians 3:10-11 – That I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead.
Psalm 49:15 – But God will ransom my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me.
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Ephesians 2:13 — But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
Romans 10:9 – If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
Luke 24:5-6 – The men said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen.”
Philippians 2:8 — And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
1 Corinthians 15:21 – For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead.
Romans 6:8-10 – Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God.
Job 19:25-27 – For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth. And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God.
Luke 24:46-47 – Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
Romans 8:11 – If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
1 Peter 2:24 – He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
1 Corinthians 6:14 – And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power.
1 Thessalonians 5:9-10 – For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him.
Colossians 1:19-20 – For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
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