"Why are you looking for the living among the dead?"

Why are you looking for the living among the dead? The angels asked the women who were looking for Jesus in the graveyard. Of course, they weren’t being foolish. They saw Him die. They saw Him buried and His tomb sealed. They came to give their final respects. They didn’t yet live in a world where dead people rise again.

Yet, Jesus frequently told them that He would die for the sins of the world and rise three days later. That day, they learned they could trust His words. We can do the same.

If Jesus says that God loves and forgives sinners, He means it. If Jesus tells us not to worry because God provides, He means it. If Jesus says that He is the resurrection and the life, and that all who believe in Him, even though they die, shall live, He means it.

Jesus’ words give life! If you are looking for life, listen to the living Son of God, Jesus Christ.



Are you looking for the living among the dead? Are you looking to the promises of human beings for hope? Are you relying on your catalog of successes and failures to justify yourself before God? Are you hoping technology will save you? Politicians, philosophers, or yourself? Do you feel like you are living in a dying world full of dead promises?

Look to Jesus, who died and rose for you! God loves you, forgives your sins through Christ, and will raise you up. It will be okay! Jesus is life and gives life, not just in the future but today. Knowing that you are not an accident but created and redeemed by God, you have meaning and purpose. Knowing that Christ gladly took away all your sins, you can stop being haunted by your shortcomings. Knowing you will rise again, you can enjoy hope no matter how crazy the world becomes.

Christ has introduced a new era, and He has opened your eyes to a new reality. Death is not the end. Your failures do not define you. Get out of the world’s graveyard of chaos and despair and hang out with the risen Lord at St. James!