What if Christ had only died for our sins? Is the resurrection really that important? Oh yes, it is!

Today, I will be the entertainment at a Senior Adult function for a fellow minister. As I put together my song list, I was pondering what I would like to tell them that would encourage them in their walk with Jesus. Another one of the songs on the list is an original called, “God and Country.”

We love to sing of God and country, “God bless the U.S.A.”
But, what if Christ had only died for us that fateful day?
What if the tomb was silent, no life would it release?
Our sins might be forgiven, but with God, there’d be no peace.

But He, indeed, rose from that grave just as He said, on that third day;
An earthquake shook, an angel pushed and the stone just rolled away!
Through one man, death had entered, but now through Jesus all can live
because the power of sin is shattered!

So, now you know why every time we sing of the blood of Calvary
I always think of the empty tomb and what the resurrection means to me.

Jesus is coming on the clouds, the first-fruits risen from the dead;
He will take us home to be with Him just as He said.
Amazing grace, how sweet the sound that saved us all that day,
But, praise the Lord! He rose again and is coming back for us some day!

So, now you know why every time we sing of the blood of Calvary
I always think of the empty tomb and what the resurrection means to me.
And what the Lord has done for me.
Someday He’ll return for you and me.
This is what I mean by God and Country.

Here’s the link to the song, God and Country. Here again, I’m just trying to give a little focus to our Christian culture. Everything we see, say, sing and do should have Christ in mind. In fact, we are to have the mind of Christ (1 Corinthians 2:16)!

Abba, help us to think of You all the time. We would do well to ask You about everything that comes into our minds. I think that we would find real quick that we do have Your mind because we know when things aren’t right and we usually know how to fix them or avoid them. Help us to grow in our spiritual disciplines so that we can be even more like You! Amen.