Easter

Question: what do you think about when you think about Easter?  Some people think about Easter bunnies and Easter eggs and Easter egg hunts.  There are others that aren’t into the worldly traditions but they think about time off work, just to party and have a good time.  Then there are the faithful that think about the resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, God’s only begotten Son which is why the faithful set this day aside as a remembrance of what took place when the Lord laid down His life for the sins of the world and was crucified, died and was buried and rose again.

Did you ever think on this: if Jesus was willing, and He was, no one could have taken His life?  If He gave His life, died and was buried and that was the end, all of that sacrifice would have meant nothing and we would be without hope.  We would still be in our sins, the Holy Spirit would not have come and we would be living in a faithless world just waiting for death and eternity in Hell to be in torment night and day forever.  I know you don’t hear about hell very often but it is a real place and if we heard about it more often there would probably be far less people going there.

But praise be to God, Jesus was raised from the dead because God was not willing that any be lost but all would come to repentance.  He sent Jesus because He loved humanity so much He didn’t want to condemn us but to give us new life in Him.  Read John 3:16-17, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.”

Then read 2 Corinthians 5:17, “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.”

This is the real meaning of Easter, that God so loved the world that He sent His Son to be our sacrificial Lamb, without sin or iniquity, to suffer in our place taking on Himself our shame and our blame so that we could be reconciled to God the Father through Jesus His Son, praise be to God and our Savior!!  So if you feel like the Holy Spirit is convicting you of your sins, repent and, if you are sorry, tell Him and ask Him to forgive you and to come into your life and to be your Lord and Savior and let Him make a new person out of you.  It is only the Lord that can save us and change us, so come as you are with a humble and contrite heart.

Read Ephesians 2:8-9, “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.”  

Then find a Bible believing church and start growing in your faith.  Something to think about and I hope this has been an encouragement to you as the reader.  May the good Lord bless you and yours and may you have a super day. PS don’t forget to thank and praise the Lord for He is worthy!!