Easter is resurrection Sunday. It is the fulfillment of scripture, Jesus, salvation and the truth about this world we live in. It is hotly contested by those who don’t believe in it and ignored by many who neither believe nor disbelieve. How can you prove the resurrection? What do you believe? Why do you believe that?

Resurrection means Jesus is alive, alive in scripture, alive in circumstances, and alive in people. He is verifiably alive today and making Himself known, as promised in scripture, through the non-stop work of the Holy Spirit, His living presence is in and among us. 

Sin is in denial of the living Christ, and sin is all around us and in us too. The problem becomes one of faith and choice. Some people believe that only science has the answers, but I don’t believe it (see the irony there).

Take evolution as an example. There are scientists on both sides of the discussion, each believing they have the definitive proof of their arguments. Science requires faith and choice as much as religion. Science is tied to its time and often disproves what it knew through what it learns in what is current.

The scripture prophecies have been proven absolutely accurate after centuries when fulfilled. The revelation of Jesus is rock solid throughout time. Love requires faith and choice. Jesus reveals humanity as it is, how it was created, what the Creator meant for it, and how the Creator resolves the destruction of sin through the life, death, resurrection — the truth — of Jesus.

Jesus is a person and God. Scripture gives a true portrayal of His character, values, personality, and qualities, not just in the New Testament, but also throughout the Old Testament. One Bible, sixty-six books, centuries to write, one story, all in alignment, with Jesus as the perfect fulfillment of all of it, still living today.

I am thankful for Christians. They have chosen Jesus. You can see Jesus alive in them. They are proof of the resurrection. They are proof, not because they are perfect, but because God is at work in them and through them, with and without their permission, in perfect harmony with scripture. People who are not Christian are proof of the living Lord because they live according the the creation laws and the laws of sin which are clearly explained in scripture and through the life of Jesus. The enemy is also alive, proving the truth that Jesus is alive. We are surrounded by evidence. Those “for” and “against” both serve to prove the truth of the living Jesus. 

The evidence brings us to the faith and choice place. The truth is evident, but we chose what we believe. We choose the facts we use to explain our faith and choice from all the facts that exist, or from the facts that we can see.

I have tasted the freedom and change Jesus provides to His children. My life has changed and continues to change because He is alive. The entire world compares selfish gain to selfless love through all literature and news as villainous and heroic. The values of the villain and the hero cross all time, all cultures, all faiths, in believers and unbelievers alike. Jesus is the ultimate hero. I am one among many rescued by him and learning to be less selfish (an uphill battle, I assure you). Books are filled with the testimonies of people who have met Jesus and experienced Him personally in their lives.

Easter is a day to celebrate the truth of scripture and the fulfillment of God’s promises in Jesus. Every day is a day to celebrate the resurrection because Jesus is alive and with us, working to free us and rescue us in all the ways we need rescue. Life, all life around us, proves the resurrection because Jesus is alive and well on planet Earth.  The true joy of the resurrection is that Jesus is alive, here, now, and closer than the next prayer because He knows and cares for you.