Easter Sunday marks the culmination of all our hopes and dreams as followers of Christ.  It is the day that we celebrate the Resurrection of Christ and the effect it has had on all those who have submitted to Christ as Lord.  The Resurrection is proof that Christ was exactly who He claimed to be.  It was the ultimate victory over sin, death and the Devil and heralded our final victory to come at Christ’s return.  It secured our eternity but offers so much more to us if we will understand its power.  But the road to resurrection is not an easy one.  For Christ, the road to resurrection was death; marked by pain, humiliation, and powerlessness.  For us, it requires dying to self, sin, and control of our lives.  But resurrection is worth the pain of dying.  Let’s see how this played out for Christ so that we might be encouraged to embrace our spiritual death and receive the resurrection extended to us.