RESURRECTION DAY SERVICE

I had the privilege of attending the Resurrection Day presentation of the Silver Creek Fellowship, in Silverton Oregon.

They began with video clips of Billy Graham proclaiming the proof and reality of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, and what it means to all who have put their Faith in Christ Jesus today—That just as Christ Jesus was raised from the Dead, so will all who have put their Faith, Hope and Trust in Him today, be raise from the dead.

The worship music then continued to proclaim the wonder, majesty and miracle of the Resurrection. They captured the ethos of this World Changing Event in all of its emotion and grandeur.

The message given by Lead Elder Rob Barnes gave an account of what preceded, and what followed, the Resurrection, in the Jewish Community of that day. How the Jewish people were divided as to who Jesus was, some believing Him to be the Messiah and some, especially the Jewish religious leaders, not believing He was the Christ.

He then gave and account of the Christ Jesus' proclamation on the Greatest Day of the Feast, from John 7:37-40: “If a man is Thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. Whoever believes in Me, as Scripture has said, streams of Living Water will flow form within him.” By this He meant the Spirit Whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had no yet been Glorified.

He recounted, that Jesus had told His disciples, that the Spirit was with them and would be in them. On The Day Of Pentecost, this became reality. Christ Jesus poured out upon His disciples what He and the Father had Promised—The 120 were Filled with the Holy Spirit, and the Church of Jesus Christ was given Birth.

Lead Elder Rob Barnes told how, today, the invitation of Christ stands, as it did in the His day; Anyone who is Thirsty can come to Christ Jesus and drink and receive the Spirit of the Living God—And never Thirst again. They can find the one, and only thing, that can satisfy the Soul of man, as designed by God Almighty—Man was design by God to have an empty place within him that can only be filled by the Spirit of the Living God. As the apostle Paul said: It is Christ in us the Hope of Glory. (Colossians 1:27) That is the only Hope that exists in this World, regarding what occurs, following Death.