"What the Resurrection Means in the Lives of Christians,

Excerpt from "The Greatest News Ever Heard," Message by Billy Graham, April 2010 Issue of DECISION Magazine

From Page 4:

When we come to Jesus Christ, we bring everything we have. Our bodies with all their members, our faculties, our talents, our time, our money, our possessions, our hearts, our will, are all His.

Our faces become the faces in which the Resurrected Christ shows forth His beauty and His glory. Our eyes become the eyes of the resurrected Christ, to exhibit His sympathy and His tenderness. He wants to look on the world's needs through your eyes. Your eyes should never be lent to the devil; they belong to God. Be careful how you use your eyes!

Our lips become the lips of the resurrected Christ, to speak His messages. The harsh, unkind remain unspoken. Other people marvel at the gracious words that come out of our mouths. When He was on earth, the people said, "No man ever spoke like this Man!" (John 7:46). And this is the One who lives within you. Your lips become an instrument for the expression of His message. His words are spirit and life. The word going forth out of His mouth cannot return unto Him void. Remember, your lips are His; they should never be lent to the devil.

Our eyes become the ears of the resurrected Christ. They will be sensitive to every cry of spiritual need. Jesus living in us today listens through our ears and hears the plaintive cry of the world's needs. Take heed what you hear. Refuse to hear the voice of the tempter or give your sanction to the spread of false reports and idle rumors concerning others. Your ears are Jesus' ears; never lend them to the devil.

Our minds become the mind of the resurrected Christ. The Scripture says, "Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus" (Philippians 2:5). Cultivate spiritual thinking. Your intellect becomes His so that He may plan through you and you may be an instrument for the realization of His purpose. Yield your mind so that you may know His secrets and be kept in His will. Never lend your mind to the devil; the mind is the devil's favorite avenue of attack.

Our hands become the hands of the resurrected Christ, to act on His impulse. He will work through us. The living Christ dwells in our hearts and gives us power to live the victorious life. The Apostle Paul said that the same power that raised Christ from the dead is ours to enable us to live for Him!

The feet of the Christ need to tread the narrow path that the Savior trod, keeping in step with Him throughout the earthly pilgrimage. He lives in you. Let your feet direct you only to those places where Christ wants you to go.

We are to allow the resurrected Christ to allocate our time as His own; to control our money as His own; to energize our talents, our zeal and our ability with His resurrected life; to have complete right-of-way throughout our beings. He does not want an apartment in our house. He claims our entire house from attic to cellar.

Not only does the resurrection give us hope of immortality, it also provides Life with a capital "L" here and now. Before the resurrection of Christ, the Holy Spirit came upon individuals only on certain occasions for special tasks. But now, after the resurrection, Christ through the Holy Spirit dwells in the heart of every believer to give us supernatural power in living our daily lives. The Scripture says that the same power that raised Jesus from the dead on the first Easter will raise us from the dead if the Spirit lives in us. Call upon His resources. His grace is more than sufficient; He will cause you always to triumph over the world, the flesh and the devil.

Perhaps you do not know the power of the resurrected Christ. You have never knelt at the foot of the cross and had your sins forgiven. On that first Good Friday, Jesus Christ died on the cross in your place. He took your judgment, your sin, your death. Scripture teaches, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved" (Acts 16:31). The Bible says, "The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin" (I john 1:7).

On the third day Jesus was raised from the death. That fact is a guarantee that the atoning work of Christ on the cross was acceptable to God in your place.

Now you need to receive Him and to believe on Him. God says that He will clothe you in His righteousness. . Everyone can know the power of the resurrected Christ. Through disappointments and trials, through all the circumstances of life, the resurrected Christ will go with you, if you will put your trust in Him by faith.

At this glorious Easter season, what a time to give your life to Christ, to bend your will to His; to let the resurrected Christ come to dwell in your heart and give you supernatural power to meet the problems of the day. So many people are confused, lonely, discouraged. Give your heart to Christ. Let Him transform your life so that you will have a glow on your face, a spring in your step and joy in your soul.

First, you need to renounce your sins. Second, by faith receive Him as your Savior. Will you do that today? If you will, the resurrected Christ will come to live in your heart!"--Billy Graham (1965)

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