在许多国家，四月一日都是庆祝愚人节的日子，在这天，会对朋友或者毫无戒心的人搞恶作剧。
今年，四月一日刚巧是复活节，尽管庆祝复活节并不是一场玩笑，它却一定充满喜乐！因为我们在今天所庆祝和记念的，正是我们作为耶稣基督跟随者的主要原因。
复活节——复活的主日，这一天各地基督徒都怀着喜乐和权柄宣告：“基督复活了！祂真的复活了！”
但是，如果我们是第一个复活节故事中的角色，当发现坟墓空了，又有位素未谋面的人坐在那里，告诉我们不要忧虑时，我们会有什么反应呢？我们是否认为那只是个残酷的恶作剧，还是认为那是非常真实、大能和改变生命的事件呢？
这就是那些最先来到坟墓的人要弄清的问题，也是每一个听过耶稣故事的人都必须做的事。相信耶稣的降生、受死和复活能使我们的生命进入复活带来的一切喜乐、能力、自由，和盼望。这就是福音的故事，这就是改变生命的好消息！
你相信这个好消息吗？
亲爱的耶稣，今天我要相信、庆祝和宣告祢是复活的主。今天以及每一天，求祢以复活带来的盼望、大能、爱和喜乐充满我们。奉祢的名祷告。阿们。
马可福音 16:1-8
1 过了安息日，抹大拉的马利亚和雅各的母亲马利亚并撒罗米买了香膏，要去膏耶稣的身体。
2 七日的第一日清早，出太阳的时候，她们来到坟墓那里，
3 彼此说：“谁给我们把石头从墓门滚开呢？”
4 那石头原来很大，她们抬头一看，却见石头已经滚开了。
5 她们进了坟墓，看见一个少年人坐在右边，穿着白袍，就甚惊恐。
6 那少年人对她们说：“不要惊恐！你们寻找那钉十字架的拿撒勒人耶稣，他已经复活了，不在这里。请看安放他的地方！
7 你们可以去告诉他的门徒和彼得说：‘他在你们以先往加利利去，在那里你们要见他，正如他从前所告诉你们的。’”
8 她们就出来，从坟墓那里逃跑，又发抖又惊奇，什么也不告诉人，因为她们害怕。
“Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here.” — Mark 16:6
In many nations, April 1 is celebrated as April Fool’s Day—a time for playing practical jokes on friends and unsuspecting individuals.
This year, April 1 is also Easter Sunday, and although the celebration of Easter is no joke, it is certainly full of joy! What we celebrate and remember today lies at the heart of who we are as followers of Jesus Christ.
Easter, Resurrection Sunday, is the day when Christians everywhere exclaim with joy and authority, “Christ is risen! He is risen indeed!”
But if we were to put ourselves as characters into that first Easter story, what would our reaction be to finding an empty tomb and a stranger sitting there, telling us not to worry? Would we think it was a cruel practical joke or something very real, powerful, and life changing?
That’s what those first visitors to the tomb had to figure out. And everyone who has ever heard the story of Jesus must do the same. To believe in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus opens our lives to all the joy, power, freedom, and hope the resurrection has to offer. This is the gospel story. This is life-changing good news!
Will you claim this good news?
Dear Jesus, today we claim you, celebrate you, and proclaim you as the risen Lord. Today and every day, fill us with the hope, power, love, and joy your resurrection offers. In your name we pray. Amen.
诵读: 楚云
片头: 张妙阳
