On Easter we celebrate Christ risen. The following thoughts tell why:*

1. The empty tomb fulfills God’s promise to send his Son to defeat sin and death by his crucifixion and resurrection.
2. The empty tomb reveals God’s power over death.
3. The empty tomb promises that God will receive us into a paradise free of sin and suffering.
4. The empty tomb demonstrates God’s power to change us from sinners to saints.
5. The empty tomb guarantees that nothing can separate us from the love of God.
6. The empty tomb offers assurance that God is always with us.
7. The empty tomb proves that we are saved, not by works, but by the loving grace of God. 

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith–and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God–not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.