“Nothing is certain but death and taxes,” the saying goes. Benjamin Franklin wrote that back in 1789. The whole quote goes like this: “Our new Constitution is now established, everything seems to promise it will be durable; but, in this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes.” He wrote this about five months before his own death on April 17, 1790. Today is the 232nd anniversary of his death. Truly there is precious little in life that is certain. Taxes and government: check. Mortality rates hovering at 100%? Check. Christians believe that there is a third certainty: resurrection from the dead. That is the bold proclamation of Easter Sunday: Christ is risen. He is risen indeed. Today we will discuss the resurrection of Jesus and what it means for us today. The title of today’s message is “Death, Taxes, and Easter.” Grab a Bible and we’ll start with a reading from 1 Corinthians 15, then the Easter Gospel according to St Luke, the 24th chapter.1 Corinthians 15:19-25A reading from First Corinthians 15:19-25. If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied. 20 But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. 22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. 23 But each in turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him. 24 Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority, and power. 25 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. 26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death.Here ends the reading.Luke 24:1-12The holy gospel for this Easter Sunday is from Luke 24:1-12. On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. 2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3 but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. 5 In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? 6 He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: 7 ‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’” 8 Then they remembered his words.9 When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others. 10 It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles. 11 But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense. 12 Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.Support the show

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