I
read a humorous story from one of the blogs in the net about a pastor who took his
pastoral responsibility so seriously that he would move around seeking his lost
sheep. This pastor once entered a pub and found three men sitting at the bar.
He asked the first, "Do you want to go to heaven?" The man said, “yes”.
The priest said, "Then go stand against the wall." He asked the
second if he wanted to go to heaven. The man said, “yes”, and the priest told
him to stand against the wall. He asked the third, "And you, do you want
to go to heaven?" The man said, "no." The priest was taken
aback; he asked, "What? When you die, you don't want to go to
heaven?" The man said, "Well, yes, when I die. But I thought you were
getting a group to go right now!" Many of us are like the third person in
the story. We want to go to heaven when we die, not today.
What
is the resurrection of Christ all about? What is Easter all about? Has it got
any significance here and now, while we live on this earth? Or is it
significant only after our death? Resurrection of Christ is not about a heaven
after our death, but it is about living a life victorious over sin and death
today. What are the implications of Christ’s resurrection for our life in the
world, here and now?