Sunday, April 12, 2009

The Good News

Happy Easter to you. The Good News is what the elect thinks about during this time of year, the Holy Week. The Good News is that all of us make mistakes and do even worse things like when we hurt ourselves and others with our thoughts, words and deeds. Yet God has commanded everyone to be perfect in our lives (Matthew 5:48). Perfection is the standard we must keep, and yet none of us can keep it. When we do not act perfectly, this is called "sin". And our sin is what separates us from our Creator.


 

OK, be patient, I'm getting to the Good News. So how has God made it so that we can bridge this separation between our "sinful" imperfect lives and a Holy, righteous God? He came to Earth, taking the form of a humble Servant – this is the Son of God, the Messiah named Jesus. And by this Righteous Man's sacrifice on the Cross, God has reconciled the "sinful" world to Himself. But the Gift of Jesus Christ's sacrifice on the Cross can only be received in one way: through repenting of our "sinful" life and through trusting that Jesus' sacrifice was made in full payment of your sins. Yes, once this precious Gift of Jesus' sacrifice is accepted, you should be baptized into your New Life in Christ. And so, I hope you see that Jesus gave His life, so that you may have life – a new life in Christ where 'sin' no longer has control of you. Will you accept Jesus' sacrifice today?


 

And so, this is the Best News the world has seen – that a sinful person like you and me can be in relationship with the Holy Creator of the Universe. And this is only possible through the sacrifice made by Jesus the Messiah, the only perfect man to have lived. Through Jesus' righteous life, those who have repented and put their trust in Jesus now receive eternal life. Praise God the Giver of eternal life in heaven! And God has shown that Jesus is the Son of God through His Resurrection after being dead for three days and coming back to life on Easter morning, that beautiful Sunday morning almost 2,000 years ago today. This is the joy of Easter, our Lord Jesus defeated death and came back to life. He is risen, He is risen indeed!


 

Happy Easter to you all.

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