Christ is Risen!
While we celebrate Christ’s death and resurrection every Lord’s Day, on this another glorious Easter Sunday we celebrate in a particular way Christ’s resurrection from the dead. Easter is a modern English word which derives from what English speakers used to call the month of April, which was named after the goddess of spring, Ēostre in old English. It is fitting that now, this term is almost entirely associated with the resurrection of our Lord (except for a few well meaning curmudgeons who do more than any atheist to re-associate Easter with the goddess of spring).
Of course, in submitting himself to death on the cross, and rising again from the dead, Christ conquered all the gods sinful men could devise. It is right and proper that what was once a device of pagans is now a device made to serve our Lord.
Today, lift up your praise for Christ’s glorious victory over your sin, over death, and over false gods. And as you celebrate this day, someone will, no doubt, say to you, “Christ is risen!” And having now considered Christ’s victory over pagan gods and what victory is made yours through Him, your hearty reply in light of that is one of affirmation, “He is risen indeed!”