The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has released a statement testifying of the reality and resurrection of Jesus Christ and extending an invitation for all to seek him this Easter season.
“Jesus Christ is risen. He lives! The Savior of the world was crucified and, on the third day, rose from the dead,” wrote President Dallin H. Oaks and his counselors in the First Presidency, President Henry B. Eyring and President D. Todd Christofferson in their annual Easter message.
Following is the full text of the message:
“As Mary Magdalene and her companions mournfully approached the Garden Tomb, two angels appeared to them and shared the clarion call of all Christianity:
“‘Why seek ye the living among the dead? He is not here, but is risen’ (Luke 24:5–6).
“This Easter season we also joyfully testify of this same eternal truth — Jesus Christ is risen. He lives! The Savior of the world was crucified and, on the third day, rose from the dead, ‘the firstfruits of them that slept’ (1 Corinthians 15:20). His Resurrection allows all to be resurrected, and through His grace, we can find peace ‘which passeth all understanding’ (Philippians 4:7) and ‘be perfected in him’ (Moroni 10:32).
“We invite each of you during this Easter season to ‘seek this Jesus of whom the prophets and apostles have written’ (Ether 12:41). As you do so, we testify that your Easter celebrations can strengthen your own faith and testimony that ‘death is conquered; man is free. Christ has won the victory’ (’He Is Risen!,' Hymns, no. 199)."