The Greatest News

Death carries with it a certain dread. It has always been the enemy; the great, mysterious monster that makes people quake with fear. Death stalks the rich and the poor, the educated and the uneducated. Death is no respecter of race, color, or creed. Its shadow haunts us day and night. We never know when the moment of death will come for us. Is there any hope?

The greatest news that mortal ear has ever heard is the news that Jesus Christ has risen from the dead, as he had promised . . . Because Christ lives, we also shall live. The greatest truth that you can ever hear is that Jesus Christ died but rose again, and that you, too, will die but can rise again into newness of life.

—Billy Graham

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

(1 Peter 1:3)