"Early on the first days of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance." John 20:1
On Easter morning Mary believed that Jesus was dead and that He was going to stay dead.
If you've got doubts, this is the perfect place for you to be and today is the best day of the year to be in church.
"But the disciples did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense." Luke 24:11
Even the disciples did not expect a resurrection.
"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." Luke 24:12
The first century followers of Jesus documented their disbelief.
But weeks later, these same people poured into the streets of Jerusalem and their story wasn't Jesus lived. There story was Jesus lives!
Before the resurrection every believed that about Jesus. After the resurrection, after people saw a risen Savior, they went from believe that to trust in.
If you're going to believe anything about Jesus, then why wouldn't you believe the most important thing about Jesus?
His resurrection was a validation of who He claimed to be... the one and only Son of God who is your Savior.