Too good to be true?

Their words seemed to [the disciples] like idle tales, and they did not believe them. — Luke 24:11                                  

In the 1980s, John Knoll and his brother Thomas began experimenting with a computer program to manipulate images. Software companies thought they were crazy, because photographers didn’t use computers at that time. Initially, the brothers called their program Display, then Imaginator, and finally they settled on Photoshop®, Today Photoshop® is used by amateurs at home and professionals in business around the world. A San Jose Mercury News article noted its place in popular language. When something looks too good to be true, people say “It must have been Photoshopped.”

On the first Easter morning, the women who took spices to anoint the body of Jesus found the tomb empty and heard angels say, “He is not here, but is risen!” (Luke 24:6). When the women told this to the disciples, “Their words seemed to them like idle tales, and they did not believe them” (v. 11). Nonsense! Mind-boggling! Too good to be true!

If someone manipulated the evidence, then millions of people around the world gather today to celebrate a myth. But if Jesus conquered death, then all He said about forgiveness, power to change, and eternal life is real.

Because Christ has risen and lives today, this news is too good not to be true! — David McCasland                                                 

Up from the gave He arose

With a mighty triumph o’er His foes;

He arose a Victor from the dark domain,

And He lives forever with His saints

to reign.

READ:  Luke 24:1-12

The resurrection is a fact of history that demands a response of faith.