Why do we presume only certain things from God? And why do we not stop for a moment and think of the verse where Jesus said, “God can do things that are not possible for people.” ( Luke 18:27)

We can’t put God in a box and set Him on the top shelf, expecting Him to do whatever our little minds devise.  God can do anything He desires!  Nothing is impossible for Him. We experience His miracles all around us on a daily basis.  Miracles are one of the ways God gives evidence of His power and His Holiness.  Miracles are meant to glorify God and remind us that nothing is too hard for Him.  God displays His sovereignty by healing people miraculously and His mightiness is on display hundreds of thousands of times each day through the miracle of newborn children. If God can create life, don’t you think He could raise a dead person to life?
Who are we to say, “Oh no, God won’t do this or that.” Why not? After all, He is God and we are not. It is beyond our ability to understand God’s mysterious ways. Thankfully, we don’t need to have the answer to all of our questions in order for us to believe in Him. All He wants us to do is to live by faith — a faith that recognizes the miracles happening around us but does not require them constantly occuring in order for us to believe. We can trust Him with our whole heart because He has a purpose for all He has done and will do.

Based on His unconditional love for us and by His authority, He has done something that no human could do or even hope to understand (except through faith). The world witnessed God’s mighty power in the most important truth in the history – the death of Jesus and His resurrection. Surely it was God’s perfect plan, just as He planned Jesus’ miraculous birth (another event that’s beyond human understanding).  His resurrection has enormous relevance and impact to the lives of all of humanity.
This event was not only predicted by Jesus himself (that He would die and rise again after three days – the description is in Mark chapter 8), but also foretold in ancient times by the Old Testament prophets. Why would God hand His perfect and sinless Son over to religious but blindly misguided people who would harm and kill him?
God’s love and mercy are great, even to the point of His willingness to send His own Son to die on the cross of Calvary to pay the penalty of sinful mankind. He did this so that He, in complete justice, could forgive those who are willing to turn away from self-dependence and sin and turn to reliance upon Christ and His finished work.
As it is clearly stated (in Romans 6), with the death of Christ, our sins become powerless to rule over us. Without the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ as the lamb of God (who was perfect, without any blemishes), we would still be in our sins, unforgiven, unsaved, and unloved. The cross erases our old lives. So the cross is not just a symbol, it is the mark of our salvation.
The story of Christ did not end with his death.  His resurrection is equally vital to the message of the gospel. He rose from death just as He told His disciples he would (in Matthew 16:21).  If He is not risen from the dead, then we would still reside in darkness with no hope.
Because of His resurrection, his promise holds true. He said (in John 14:19), “Because I live, you also will live”. Our great enemy, death, will be defeated.  It is impossible to separate the death of Christ from His resurrection. You can’t believe in one and not believe the other, as that would be a false teaching of the gospel. We are forgiven of our old sins by His blood on the cross and receive our new lives by His resurrection. Now we as believers and followers of Christ are no longer under the power of sin. And that is why we celebrate Easter. Our Lord is risen! Nothing can separate us from the love of God.