So, what's it really all about?
MORE THAN JUST A BUNNY?
What is Easter all about?
Is it just another religious holiday that we celebrate? Just another paid holiday off from work? Is it just about the ‘Easter Bunny,’ ‘egg hunts,’ ‘big dinners,’ or ‘just another day that we get together with the family?’ According to Christianity, Easter is the day that we celebrate the Resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
So, what does that have to do with me?
Easter is a day that brings hope! On that first Easter Sunday morning a group of women went to the tomb of Jesus and they found it empty. There was an angel that spoke to them and this is what he said, “why seek you the living among the dead?” Jesus is not here, he has risen just as he said he would. Then he said something that is, in my opinion, some of the most precious words ever spoken, “go and tell his disciples that he is alive, but especially tell Peter!”
Why, especially tell Peter? Because, it was Peter who had boldly proclaimed that he would never deny Jesus, even if everyone else did. It was this same Peter that denied him 3 times, just as Jesus said he would. After his denial, Peter was heart broken and guilt ridden. Yet Jesus wanted Peter to know there was hope!
Dear friend, many of you are just like me and millions of others, ‘we have failed miserably.’ We have believed a lie that we are doomed! We are without hope! We are lost! But Jesus today, says, ‘I am the way, the truth and the life.’ I am the resurrection and the life. I bring hope to the hopeless. I bring forgiveness to those who see no way out. Jesus says, I died in order that you might live.
This Easter, why don’t you stop trying to get good enough, stop trying to earn your way to heaven and maybe for the first time start trusting the only one that is able to say, “I love you and I forgive you!”
Coming to Jesus is as simple as ABC.
ADMIT That You Are A Sinner -- The Bible says, ‘we have all sinned and come short of God’s glory.’ Romans 3:23
BELIEVE That Jesus Died On A Cross For Your Sins And That He Rose Again On The Third Day – If Jesus had just died he would be no different that any other world religious leader but, Jesus died, he was buried and 3 days later he rose! Romans 10:9-10.
CONFESS Him, CALL Upon Him, as your personal Lord and Savior. Romans 10:13
Maybe right now, you could pray a simple prayer, something like this: Jesus, I know that I am a sinner. I believe that you died on a cross for my sins and that you rose from the dead. Right now, I ask you to come into my heart and save me. I commit my life to you.
It’s not so much the words that you say as it is the attitude of your heart. If you sincerely accept what Jesus did for you we believe that one day we will see you in heaven. But until then, find a Bible believing, God honoring church and get involved. Let us know how we can pray for you. Please contact us at freedomchurchgadsden.com
We look forward to hearing from you.
