Momentum- Death where is your sting?

Wednesday night we took at closer look at the Resurrection of Christ.
Is the resurrection important?
Does it have an placein our lives today? The resurrection happened almost 2000 years ago....so how does it affect me today?
Are the other stories that attempt to disprove the resurrection merited!

We say NO!
Not only is the resurrection a hot topic today in light of the recent novel "The DaVinci Code" it is also a key component in the Christian faith.

Many theories have been developed over the years that have attempted to explain the empty grave, however none have proved that Jesus did not indeed rise from the dead. In fact, I believe that many of the theories have actually made Jesus' resurrection even more believable.

Did Jesus just faint on the cross and then later awake to find himself entombed an gently roll the over 3000 lb. stone away by himself? (remember also that He was beat and tortured to the point of almost dying) This would have taken a miracle, not to say that Christ couldn't have performed such a miracle but it was not in His nature to use His power for selfish gain.

What about the account that the disciples went to the wrong tomb?
Would there not have to be a body still left in the right tomb? How could the disciples have missed the tomb that was guarded heavily with Roman soldiers?
This doesn't seem to hold water either does it?

Oh, I know what happened! Jesus followers stole the body and hid it! That is what must have happened. The Roman soldiers probably were asleep or maybe they were compliant with the disciples since they had such a great relationship with the Jewish people!
Come on, I mean really this is the best accounts that people can come up with, I don't think so!

Forget "The DaVinci Code" mumbo jumbo.
Look at the fact! Jesus rose again from the dead concurring death once and for all. Jesus took the sting of death away that their would be no reason for us as believers to fear. We have no fear because for us there is no death. The only thing left for us to do is live the victorious life that Jesus won for us through the resurrection. We must always remember that death has been defeated and we can celebrate the eternally life that we have in Christ.
1 Corinthians 15:55-57
55"Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?"56The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Here is also a great article on the Resurrection of Christ!