The Reality of the Resurrection

You might be the rationalist Only capable of receiving or believing if it's in line with human reasoning You might be the relativist Who lives with the inconsistency of "What might be true for you, isn't necessarily true for me." Or maybe you're religious And believe that you're own self righteous deeds removes any salvific need Maybe you're the reservationist Who refuses to believe the truth even though there is eyewitness testimony as proof Or maybe you're just resentful And maintain a posture that's outright hostile towards the gospel But me, I'm a realist And this is the reality We, are guilty All of humanity That in the court of our creator all creation stands contempt, convicted, and condemned with unclean hands With the evidence presented against us, every word, every deed, every thought We're caught, red handed Every blemish and every spot But we make light the issue of sin I mean, we know it exists but We dismiss it as a simple infraction with a slap on the wrist Or treat it like a violation of a traffic regulation But we never see sin as a serious allegation Never understanding the weight of its impact Or the fact that it's a clear breach of contract There's consequences to a broken covenant Law, judgment, punishment And the consequences of sin is death And it's what we should rightfully get Even though we fail to admit the various crimes we commit But God, met our guilt with His grace And sent His son as a substitute to serve the sentence in our place So He, being perfect and pure, took on the penalty and paid the cost By purchasing our pardon and taking our sin to the cross And even though we owed it, He received the death sentence So that we might be acquitted by way of acceptance and repentance And rather than rightfully receiving retribution We might through Christ receive righteousness, regeneration, redemption, and restitution And because Christ not only died, but was raised from the grave We have evidence of a redeemer that is mighty to save So whether it's reason, religion, reservation or resentment Cling to the cross with a heart that's broken and repentant Because on the day of judgment there will be no defense attorney You will be held accountable, and there will be no hung jury So pray the Lord count you as righteous Not because of anything that you've done Not because of righteousness in your own life But because of His Son Because He is the one who by his risen life justifies So repent, and believe Because the reality is Christ is risen He is risen indeed