So What?

By Dan Franklin, Pastor of Teaching

Easter: Who cares? It sounds dangerous to say, right? It sounds sacrilegious. But let’s feel free to be honest and go ahead and say it. Easter is coming. So what?

Every year, Easter rolls around. And every year, churches all over the world celebrate by talking about the resurrection of Jesus. The Bible teaches, and history confirms, that Jesus rose from the dead on Sunday after being crucified on Friday. Churches celebrate this through songs, through sermons, through dramas, and sometimes through sunrise services. 2012 will be no exception to this trend. Millions of people will
gather because of the resurrection of Jesus.

For many of us, though, the response to the resurrection of Jesus is a question: So what? This is a completely legitimate question for both Christians and non-Christians. Easter celebrates a historical event that took place almost 2,000 years ago. So what?

Most of us don’t spend most of our waking moments thinking about things like the Civil War or Pearl Harbor, let alone the Magna Carta or the Fall of Rome. These events have little connection to our everyday lives. They happened. That’s wonderful. So what?

Most of our time is spent thinking about how we’re going to make our mortgage payments, or how we’re going to raise successful children, or how we’re going to work through issues in our relationships, or how we’re going to find a way to live a meaningful life. Why celebrate a 2,000 year-old event when our minds are filled with much more pressing matters?

This Easter, at Life Bible Fellowship Church, we will look to answer this question. Why does the resurrection of Jesus have significance to your life today? Why should Holy Week (including Palm Sunday, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday) have special significance for you? And, more importantly, how should the news about Jesus’ resurrection impact your life beyond the annual Easter celebration?

This significance of Easter is for everyone. It is for you. It is for the non-Christian who is searching for the significance of the holiday and looking for answers on what it has to with life today. It is for the Christian who is struggling to center his or her life on Jesus, and wondering what this looks like on a daily basis. It is for the Christian who is walking with Jesus day by day, and can’t wait to celebrate the good news of Easter.

On Easter this year, don’t come to church simply to fulfill or requirement or a tradition. Come for answers. Specifically come for an answer to the question, “So what?”

This year at Life Bible Fellowship Church. We will have four identical one-hour services on Sunday, April 8, at 7:30, 8:45, 10, and 11:15 a.m., in addition to other Easter events. Find out more about the Easter week services at LBF here.