Craig Smith   Matthew 28:6  Prophets foretold the Messiah would come  Born from the womb of a virgin  His name Emmanuel, God's chosen one  Many blind eyes would receive Him  He spoke with authority, He healed the lame  And the captive cries out to His name  Chorus  He is risen  Just as He said  He is risen  He is risen  Up from the dead  He is risen  He taught that the Kingdom of God was at hand  And that He and the Father are one  Preaching repentance throughout all the land  And redemption would be through the Son  When the Pharisees, they went into a rage  And plotted an end to His days  Chorus  Beaten and mocked, He would be crucified  The sentence of death He carried  Thorns on His head and a wound in His side  He gave up His breath and was buried  He rose from the grave the Son of the Highest  The Horn of Salvation is Jesus  The one mediator between man & God, Jesus the Lord  Chorus  He is risen  Light of the world  He is risen  The Commander, Messiah  Is risen  Son of the Highest  He is risen  The great, mighty God  Lord of all  Jesus is God's fulfillment of His promise given in the old testament. That  promise was a substitute for the sin of each man, by the shed blood of  God's only Son Jesus. Just as the prophet (Isaiah 7:14) foretold. God's  chosen One, Immanuel was born of a virgin. Even as a child of twelve He  astonished the priest (Luke 2:47) with the authority with which He spoke.  His ministry did not actually begin until the age of thirty. But in a span of  three years his life changed the world forever. He preformed numerous  miracles, healing the lame (John 5:8), the blind (Matthew 20:34) even raising  the dead (John 11:43-44). Those trapped by sin, then and now, call on His  name to be set free.  His teaching was radical. Speaking of such things as the kingdom of heaven  is at hand (Matthew 3:2), now is the day of salvation (2 Cor. 6:2), to know Him  was to know the Father (John 14:7). The theme of His message focused on our  need of repentance, and forgiveness of our sins. He boldly stated He was  the only accepted path to forgiveness and fellowship with God. That unless  a man repent of his sins and receive Jesus as his Savior, he could not  enter heaven (Acts 4:12).  For this teaching He enraged the Pharisees, who jealously guarded the  religious control of the people. Thus keeping them in bondage to a false  legalism. This is what the Bible in Proverbs 14:12 tells us, the ways of man  are the ways of death. True to the prophesy of old, He became the Lamb  without a spot or blemish, to be sacrificed for our sin. He who had known no  sin (2 Cor. 5:21), was beaten, mocked, spit on, and crowned with a crown of  thorns. Then in His final act of obedience He suffered the cross. Giving up  His last breath He accomplished what none of us ever could. Jesus became  the perfect and acceptable substitute for our sin. Thus we now have an  avenue to eternal life through Jesus the Messiah. With the resurrection  comes the crushing of the head of Satan. Death no longer has to mean  separation from God. Now as we turn to the Risen One, the Mediator  between man and his Creator, the Horn of Salvation, the Light of the world,  the Commander, we share in His victory of all eternity.--Ron Stumbaugh