Just this last Sunday we celebrated Easter again. This is absolutely my favorite holiday of the year. Not only do we get to celebrate our faith that we have eternal life in Christ and we will experience resurrection after we die, but we also have the opportunity to evangelize this "good news" to unbelievers in the here and now.
First and foremost I do rejoice in the faith that I have. It is a gift that has been given to me by the grace of Christ. And I accept it gladly. Probably the greatest need anyone has is to find eternal life so that they know they will not perish when they die. The Bible clearly teaches in John 3:16, "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." The primary issue for all people is to know that we will not perish, but have eternal life when we die.
But there's more as you can imagine. The Christian faith transforms our whole life in the here and now. By accepting the Son of God we receive his Spiritual life and that causes us to be born again and become a new person. This is the "resurrection" life even now in Christ. And with this new life, we are able to tell people they too can be saved. It often comes spontaneously because we are living a different life, we are filled with the Holy Spirit and have a Spiritual nature that spills out.
The resurrection life sounds like "pie in the sky" and idealism to some but it really comes down to earth when we experience its power. We can live differently than the secular culture because we have experienced a Spiritual rebirth. Even though we will never be perfect in this world we have tasted the sweet Spiritual blessing of Easter resurrection. This touches at the deepest point in our souls, we have found God through the grace of Christ. We can experience the life of Jesus because of the death and resurrection of Jesus.
He is risen, He is risen indeed!
FAITH TODAY: Mark 12:26-27, "But concerning the dead, that they rise, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the burning bush passage, how God spoke to him saying, "I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?" He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living."
First and foremost I do rejoice in the faith that I have. It is a gift that has been given to me by the grace of Christ. And I accept it gladly. Probably the greatest need anyone has is to find eternal life so that they know they will not perish when they die. The Bible clearly teaches in John 3:16, "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." The primary issue for all people is to know that we will not perish, but have eternal life when we die.
But there's more as you can imagine. The Christian faith transforms our whole life in the here and now. By accepting the Son of God we receive his Spiritual life and that causes us to be born again and become a new person. This is the "resurrection" life even now in Christ. And with this new life, we are able to tell people they too can be saved. It often comes spontaneously because we are living a different life, we are filled with the Holy Spirit and have a Spiritual nature that spills out.
The resurrection life sounds like "pie in the sky" and idealism to some but it really comes down to earth when we experience its power. We can live differently than the secular culture because we have experienced a Spiritual rebirth. Even though we will never be perfect in this world we have tasted the sweet Spiritual blessing of Easter resurrection. This touches at the deepest point in our souls, we have found God through the grace of Christ. We can experience the life of Jesus because of the death and resurrection of Jesus.
He is risen, He is risen indeed!
FAITH TODAY: Mark 12:26-27, "But concerning the dead, that they rise, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the burning bush passage, how God spoke to him saying, "I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?" He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living."
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