“The Good News is about His Son. In His earthly life He was born into King David’s family line, and He was shown to be the Son of God when He was raised from the dead by the power of the Holy Spirit.
He is Jesus Christ our Lord” Romans 1:3-4 (NLT).
Although we study the passion of Jesus, His death on the cross,
Easter is a celebration of His resurrection:
God brought Jesus back from the dead, proving He’d broken the power of sin and death.
After Jesus died, they took His body down and put Him in the tomb,
and a giant millstone was set in front of the cave.
The religious leaders, worried that Jesus’ body might be stolen,
asked for Roman guards to be posted in front of the tomb.
They didn’t want Him coming out!
But of course, He did. You know the story.
But it’s important to remember that Easter is not some memorial to a nice,
good religious teacher who lived 2,000 years ago.
It’s a celebration of the fact that He is alive today !
I’m living proof—and so are the approximately 3 billion Christians who celebrate Easter.
Jesus “ was shown to be the Son of God when He was raised from the dead by the power
of the Holy Spirit.
He is Jesus Christ our Lord ” (Romans 1:4 NLT).
Easter is the good news about God’s Son, Jesus Christ our Lord,
who came as a human baby, born into King David’s royal family line.
Four historical records say that after His resurrection He showed Himself to 500 people
at one gathering.
Can you imagine witnessing His death and then seeing Him walking around
Jerusalem three days later?
What an amazing thing!
When Jesus was hanging on the cross, the skeptics and critics mocked Him and said,
“If You’re the Son of God, why don’t You just pull yourself down from that cross?
Why don’t You just come down and show that You’re really God?”
Jesus had something more spectacular planned.
He said, “I’m going to let you bury Me
for three days,
then I’ll come back to life to prove that
I am who I say I am.”
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Of all of God’s gifts
Easter shows us our fate
Forgiven we will rise
And pass through Heaven’s gate
Easter shows us our fate
Forgiven we will rise
And pass through Heaven’s gate
This Easter remember
The sacrifice of a Son
And through His resurrection
Eternal life we have won
The sacrifice of a Son
And through His resurrection
Eternal life we have won
This Easter I pray
That the love of God
Is resurrected
Reborn, renewed
Inside your heart
God Bless You!
That the love of God
Is resurrected
Reborn, renewed
Inside your heart
God Bless You!
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Colossians 1:15-17 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible,
whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities;
all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things,
and in him all things hold together. (NIV)
Faith in Christ, is just that: not faith in the church,
or leaders or our own ability to follow religious rules -
but trusting in the person of Jesus Christ.
Of course, nobody can believe in Him unless they know who He is.
Therefore it is critically important to know His identity, character, and authority.
Today's verses explain all three.
Firstly, Jesus Christ lived on earth as the visible manifestation of God.
Jesus said, "Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father." (John 14:9).
John 1:18 says, "No-one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only,
who is at the Father's side, has made him known."
Hebrews 1:3 says, "The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins,
he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven."
These are very big statements because they also deny many popular ideas people have about Him.So, Jesus was not just a man - but God in a human body.
Secondly, Jesus is the 'firstborn over all creation'.
'Firstborn' has two meanings: 'the first to be born', and 'the one who has superiority with full legal rightsto deputise for his father and to inherit the estate'.
Of those two meanings, the second only is intended, because before Christ's incarnation,
He was already the creator of everything, so His Spirit was not created.
Although He became a man, He had (and still has) the right of supremacy over the physical creation,
angels and demons, and every authority structure.
He personally sustains the complexity of the cosmos, and has intimate knowledge
of every person and event, even ahead of time.
So when Jesus spoke to demons they knew His authority and submitted:
so did stormy sea, blind eyes, and loaves of bread.
By His authority water turned into wine and the dead were raised to life.
People who believe in Jesus are also changed; they become children of God.
When we say we believe in Jesus,
we are admitting that we are sinners and that Jesus is our Saviour.
Although Christ is over all creation, He personally submitted Himself to death,
accepting responsibility for all our rebellion,
so that we might be made clean for the presence of God.
This Jesus was raised to life again and He now has the final word about everything.
He is the supreme ruler over everything (Philippians 2:8-11).
Is that the Jesus you believe in and worship?
The Bible says that only faith in Jesus brings salvation and peace with God (Acts 4:12).
If you are not trusting Him ... start today .
If you are trusting, don't keep Jesus a secret !
He is wonderful: advertise Him to your friends and colleagues!
Prayer for the day : -
Father God. Thank You for Jesus.
What a wonderfully amazing person He is: so big in every way,
but so humble and kind in being willing to be sacrificed for all my sins.
I am sorry when I do not honour Him as I should;
when I do not live to please Him;
when I am ashamed of Him and when I ignore Him.
Please help me to appreciate the awesome greatness of my Saviour,
to be grateful for what He has done for me,
and learn to live so that He will be pleased and glorified.
In His Name. Amen.
" WHO IS JESUS ? "
For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible,
whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities;
all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things,
and in him all things hold together. (NIV)
Faith in Christ, is just that: not faith in the church,
or leaders or our own ability to follow religious rules -
but trusting in the person of Jesus Christ.
Of course, nobody can believe in Him unless they know who He is.
Therefore it is critically important to know His identity, character, and authority.
Today's verses explain all three.
Firstly, Jesus Christ lived on earth as the visible manifestation of God.
He was, and is, God.
Jesus said, "Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father." (John 14:9).
John 1:18 says, "No-one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only,
who is at the Father's side, has made him known."
Hebrews 1:3 says, "The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins,
he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven."
These are very big statements because they also deny many popular ideas people have about Him.So, Jesus was not just a man - but God in a human body.
Secondly, Jesus is the 'firstborn over all creation'.
'Firstborn' has two meanings: 'the first to be born', and 'the one who has superiority with full legal rightsto deputise for his father and to inherit the estate'.
Of those two meanings, the second only is intended, because before Christ's incarnation,
He was already the creator of everything, so His Spirit was not created.
Although He became a man, He had (and still has) the right of supremacy over the physical creation,
angels and demons, and every authority structure.
He personally sustains the complexity of the cosmos, and has intimate knowledge
of every person and event, even ahead of time.
So when Jesus spoke to demons they knew His authority and submitted:
so did stormy sea, blind eyes, and loaves of bread.
By His authority water turned into wine and the dead were raised to life.
People who believe in Jesus are also changed; they become children of God.
When we say we believe in Jesus,
we are admitting that we are sinners and that Jesus is our Saviour.
Although Christ is over all creation, He personally submitted Himself to death,
accepting responsibility for all our rebellion,
so that we might be made clean for the presence of God.
This Jesus was raised to life again and He now has the final word about everything.
He is the supreme ruler over everything (Philippians 2:8-11).
Is that the Jesus you believe in and worship?
The Bible says that only faith in Jesus brings salvation and peace with God (Acts 4:12).
If you are not trusting Him ... start today .
If you are trusting, don't keep Jesus a secret !
He is wonderful: advertise Him to your friends and colleagues!
Prayer for the day : -
Father God. Thank You for Jesus.
What a wonderfully amazing person He is: so big in every way,
but so humble and kind in being willing to be sacrificed for all my sins.
I am sorry when I do not honour Him as I should;
when I do not live to please Him;
when I am ashamed of Him and when I ignore Him.
Please help me to appreciate the awesome greatness of my Saviour,
to be grateful for what He has done for me,
and learn to live so that He will be pleased and glorified.
In His Name. Amen.
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