He is risen
He is risen. Those three words stand at the center of the Christian faith. The tomb was sealed, the stone was set, and everything looked finished. Hope appeared buried. But Jesus did not stay in the grave. Matthew 28 records the moment death was defeated and the truth about Christ could no longer be ignored.
The resurrection is more than an encouraging ending to a tragic story. It is victory. Jesus went to the cross, died, was buried, and rose again. The grave could not hold Him. What looked like defeat became the clearest declaration that Jesus is exactly who He said He is.
That changes how we understand Easter, but it also changes how we understand our entire faith. Christianity is not built around a dead teacher whose ideas survived Him. Our faith is centered on the risen Christ.
“He is not here, for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay.” Matthew 28:6 (ESV)
The resurrection also demands a response. We cannot reduce it to tradition, celebration, or something we acknowledge once a year. If Jesus truly rose from the dead, then His words carry authority, His claims matter, and following Him cannot remain a casual part of our lives.
The empty tomb confronts every one of us with the same reality. Jesus is alive. The question is not simply whether we know the resurrection story. The question is what we will do with the risen Christ.
The full message above explores why “He is risen” is more than a statement of comfort. Matthew 28 reveals the victory of Jesus over the grave and the response His resurrection demands from every person who encounters the truth.
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