That was the main message in the sermon delivered by Reverend Guy Hewitt, the celebrant and preacher at the 9 a.m. Easter mass at Christ Church Parish Church yesterday.

Using a story which appeared in an English newspaper a few years ago as an example, Hewitt showed the congregation how a thought could be manifested.

The tale was of a railway worker who accidentally locked himself in the freezer of a refrigerated car. Recognising that there was no way out and that noone could hear him, the man set about writing his last moments on the wall of the car.

He was found dead the next day, but the authorities found no physical reason why he should have died. The freezer was apparently malfunctioning and registered 13 degrees Celsius, and there was enough air for him to live on.

The coroner concluded that the man died because he believed he would.

Likewise, Hewitt said, Jesus' disciples were able to build a church that was still successful, because they believed in the Resurrection.

Noting that the disciples' faith seemed to have died with Jesus on the first Good Friday, Hewitt said God was able to restore the faith and the nerve of the disciples through the Resurrection.

Hewitt reminded the congregation, that included members from the electoral staff associations of Barbados, Guyana and Antigua, that the Resurrection was the most important thing Christians believed in, because it was the beginning of their story.

He said too, that people were called not only to believe in the Resurrection, but to live like they did.