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“Why do you seek the living among the dead?” Luke 24:5 NKJV

Early on that first Easter morning the Bible says the women appeared at the tomb of Jesus with spices to anoint His body. But Jesus wasn’t there. Two angels who stood by asked them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead?” (Lk.24:5 nkjv) The message was clear; Jesus was not there. Why would He be in a place reserved for dead people? It was a dead place. Jesus was alive and not with the dead.

As I read this passage of Scripture this morning those words jumped out at me. ‘Why do you seek the living among the dead?’ I thought of it in a spiritual sense. Some things we may participate in, calling them vices or not so bad, is Jesus there? Those sins that easily entangle us (Heb.12:1), is Jesus there? I would think not. It is a dark place among the dead. Jesus is not there. But those of us who know the Lord as Savior have His Spirit living in us, so, when we engage in that vice or activity we bring Jesus along with us.

The world today has many dead places of sin in which our Lord would never go. It is true He is the creator of the world and ever-present. The world has also been corrupted by sin and is dead, but Jesus is alive. When a person turns to Christ in repentance for their sin they become alive in Him. Once dead, now alive! We cannot get away from the temptations of our sinful dead world, but we have the Christ’s Spirit in us to help us through it. Remember Jesus is not there, don’t bring Him along with you.