Christ's death and resurrection is all the hope we need

Greetings:
Hopeless is a tragic, frightful place to be in life.
Many around the globe find themselves in that spot this  morning.
What those individuals, who are lost and hopeless, need to know is the love, grace and mercy of Jesus Christ. That is the foundation to what we believe. It is why we believe.
We are presently in Holy Week, which is a yearly remembrance of the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ, two events that changed history for believers and non-believers. There is little debate that the Resurrection of Jesus Christ is history's most significant event.
There have been many really important historical events over the centuries, but the raising of Christ from the dead stands in the forefront. This fact has generated heated discussion among the educated and the not so educated, among the rich and the poor, among those to know Christ and those who do not.
Jesus' claims during his earthly ministry are tested about himself in his statements of "Who do you say I am?"
It all rests on whether Christ indeed rose from the dead or stayed in the stone grave.
Some non-believers assert a risen Christ is nothing more than a leap of faith with little basis in truth. Some might even call it fantasy, fiction or an outright lie.
However, when confronted with the facts, those who are intellectually honest with themselves must admit that the resurrection is an historical event based proof and facts.
The Resurrection confirms that Jesus is who He claimed to be - the Son of God.
Jesus Christ predicted His resurrection in Matthew 16:21. From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he would suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.
Even though the disciples did not understand what Jesus was telling them at the time, they remembered His words and recorded them in what is now The Bible. Knowledge and understanding of who Jesus was, what he did as well as what he continues to do in each of the lives of believers is what washes away hopelessness.
Let us thank God everyday, every hour for his mercy, grace and kindness extended to each of us - even the non-believers.  By selecting his son, Jesus, to come to this earth in human form and died so we might have salvation God provides us with hope. Salvation gives us the opportunity to enjoy eternal life in heaven and wipe away that hopelessness that a death without God will give those destined for an eternal place of torment in hell.
Be blessed.