We are beginning a new series, HE IS ALIVE, preparing us for the celebration of Easter. Our passage will be Luke 24:1-12. After you read the passage a few times you will observe that both the women and men had a built-in resistance to believing that Jesus was truly alive. Even though during Jesus public ministry he had taught them on several occasion that He would suffer, die and then rise on the 3rd day. You will note that women were perplexed that Jesus body was not there. The men when they heard the report that Jesus was alive thought it was a fable and did not believe. The reason: they had a built-in resistance to believing and accepting this new spiritual reality. We too suffer from the same malady due to our fallen nature.