1 Peter 3:18-20
(Use the link below to read the verses.)
The Columbus Blue Jackets amazingly swept the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-0, in the opening round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. It was the first Stanley Cup series win for the Blue Jackets. But what was most amazing is that Tampa Bay was the best team in the NHL during the regular season, and the Blue Jackets were the last team to qualify for the playoffs.
Throughout the game, the crowd had been chanting “CBJ! CBJ! CBJ!” Even on the TV, you could tell the noise was deafening. It was an amazing game to watch. And when it over, the crowd stayed. They didn’t leave the arena. They just kept chanting “CBJ!” until a few of the players came out to speak over the PA system.
Pronouncing the victory, one of the players said, “This was a great victory, but we’re not done. Keep being loud and we’ll keep playing with desperation to win it all!” The fans went wild! “CBJ! CBJ! CBJ!”
19 After being made alive, he went and made proclamation to the imprisoned spirits … NIV
Like the Blue Jackets, Jesus proclaimed his victory too. Not to a packed arena with crazed fans, but to the waiting world. He was announcing salvation to those who would listen and believe; to you and to me. So how should we respond?
31 What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? Romans 8 NIV
He is risen.
He is risen indeed.
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