We Do Not Serve a Dead Hero

 

We Do Not Serve a Dead Hero

Matthew 28:6 “He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.”

          One of the major differences between Christianity and other religions is the fact that we serve a risen Savior instead of a dead hero who is now considered to be a god.  God did not declare “I was”, but rather Exodus 3:14 declares, “And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.”

          We, as His musical servants are presenting musical offerings to a living God who by virtue of His omnipresence is in this world today.   When we present to the God “who is” our best musical offerings as prayers, we have the assurance that he is able to receive them because 1Peter 3:12 explains,” For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.” 

          So, our hearts with great confidence cry out, “He is risen—He is risen indeed.”  The fact that he is alive gives all Christians a “lively hope”. 1Peter 1:3 states, “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead…”  This lively promise should cause you as a Christian musician to music unto God looking forward as 1Peter 1:4 explains, “To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you…”  Christian musicians do not music in memory of a dead ‘superstar’ but unto a living Savior who is ‘I AM THAT I AM’. 

          B.D. Ackley wrote these words in His gospel hymn He Lives:

Rejoice, rejoice, O Christian Lift up your voice and sing
Eternal hallelujahs to Jesus Christ, the King
The Hope of all who seek Him, the Help of all who find
None other is so loving, so good and kind.

Ackley understood that Christ is “The hope of all who seek Him”.  He understood that this lively hope causes those who seek Christ to rejoice.  Christian musicians have the marvelous privilege of musicing the good news that Jesus Christ is the hope and help of all who seek Him.  It is a shame that so many Christians fail to take advantage of the joy and peace that comes to those who practice His presence throughout their daily activities.  Remember, we do not serve a dead hero but rather a living Savior who is ‘I AM THAT I AM’. 

 

 

 

Song for the Day He Lives by B.D. Ackley

 

Thought for the Day

Every musician who musics about Jesus Christ must be sure that he or she actually knows Christ by the life changing experience of becoming a born again Christian.  B.D. Ackley penned these words in his song He Lives “You ask me how I know He lives?  He lives within my heart.”