In five days we will celebrate Easter Sunday – Resurrection
Sunday! What a joy!
1 Corinthians 15:3-4 (NLT)
3 I passed on to you what was most important and what had also been passed on to me. Christ died for our sins, just as the Scriptures said.
4 He was buried, and he was raised from the dead on the third day, just as the Scriptures said.
3 I passed on to you what was most important and what had also been passed on to me. Christ died for our sins, just as the Scriptures said.
4 He was buried, and he was raised from the dead on the third day, just as the Scriptures said.
As we prepare to celebrate this coming Sunday, let me remind
you of some important things I plan to celebrate this Easter Sunday:
1) The cross as a symbol
of power and resurrection – it is no longer only a reminder of bloody
execution. The cross is now a reminder of love and forgiveness – of
unconditional love and mercy – of perfect love and eternal life – of God’s love that provides a way of reconciliation and
restoration..
2) The burial tomb… a mark of hope… that we no longer have to fear
death – because of Jesus’ resurrection, we can rejoice that physical death for
believers is where real living begins.
Dale Evans once said, "I spent most of my life
searching for the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Then I finally found
it at the foot of the cross."
Luke 24:1-7 (NKJV)
1 Now on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they, and certain other women with them, came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared.
2 But they found the stone rolled away from the tomb.
3 Then they went in and did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
4 And it happened, as they were greatly perplexed about this, that behold, two men stood by them in shining garments.
5 Then, as they were afraid and bowed their faces to the earth, they said to them, "Why do you seek the living among the dead?
6 He is not here, but is risen! Remember how He spoke to you when He was still in Galilee,
7 saying, 'The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.' "
1 Now on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they, and certain other women with them, came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared.
2 But they found the stone rolled away from the tomb.
3 Then they went in and did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
4 And it happened, as they were greatly perplexed about this, that behold, two men stood by them in shining garments.
5 Then, as they were afraid and bowed their faces to the earth, they said to them, "Why do you seek the living among the dead?
6 He is not here, but is risen! Remember how He spoke to you when He was still in Galilee,
7 saying, 'The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.' "
3)True Life - Rich, abundant
living that does not depend on daily circumstances. Jesus said,
John 10:10b (NKJV)
…I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
…I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
John 12:46 (NLT)
46 I have come as a light to shine in this dark world, so that all who put their trust in me will no longer remain in the dark.
46 I have come as a light to shine in this dark world, so that all who put their trust in me will no longer remain in the dark.
Even if our lives on this earth are filled with pain,
loneliness, sorrow, disappointment, frustration, and yes, failure…we are able
to go on because of the strength and confidence that comes through Jesus and
His resurrection power in our lives.
4) The powerful plan of a loving God – We know the message of Easter – that soldiers, and liars, and stones, and plots, and denials can never stop the plan of God. God’s plan of salvation has been accomplished and nothing can stop it from moving forward.
John 3:16-17 (NLT)
16 “For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
17 God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.
16 “For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
17 God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.
Easter is truly a day to remember – a day for celebration!
He is Lord, He is Lord
He has risen from the dead
And He is Lord,
Every knee shall bow,
Every tongue confess
That Jesus Christ is Lord.
He has risen from the dead
And He is Lord,
Every knee shall bow,
Every tongue confess
That Jesus Christ is Lord.
Joyfully,
Yvonne
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