Here is how the resurrection of Jesus changes you! When God looks at you, He does not see you through your past sin. He sees you through Jesus! So, this does not mean you are a sinner trying to do better. It means you are someone who died with Christ and now lives in Him! The church isn’t trying to earn a new identity. It is simply living out the one Jesus has already given!
The excitement over Christ’s missing body is growing among the disciples now. Jesus appears to two men on the road to Emmaus. These two men run back to the disciples and tell them Jesus is definitely alive! Then Jesus appears to the disciples in a room and says, “Peace be to you.” Can you imagine a man you thought to be dead …that you saw die with your own eyes…is now in the room talking to you?! Their response…
