While today we read all of the names of those who have departed this year, we do not lump them all together. Instead, we are asked to see them as God sees them, as individuals.
Jesus is the life of the people of God and, once more, at the empty doorway of His tomb He is the Word of everlasting life because He is not dead but alive forever.
Reformation Sunday is for celebrating not just one day memorializing an event 507 years ago. It is a celebration for every day because of our resurrected Jesus who is the truth we still stand on from Scripture alone.
If Jesus can rise from the dead, then a camel can go through the eye of needle, a rich man can find a place in the reign of God, you and I can be forgiven.