The Beautiful Things Of Easter
The exciting Easter season is here again, and it's
obvious in the atmosphere. However, beyond the eating and drinking and
holidays, we must place emphasis on the most important thing: The
Resurrection of Christ. Without the Resurrection, there won't be Easter
celebration.
A lot of
folks celebrating Easter don't even know the purpose of the Resurrection
- which explains why many abuse a day like this on sinful activities
all in the name of Easter celebration.
However,
this is a time to reflect upon the great sacrifice Jesus Christ made
for undeserving folks like us, and it should stir up worship in our
hearts.
It is humbling to
know that Jesus Christ was only compelled by Love to pass through the
pain of death just to procure salvation to us and make humanity an
honorable race once again. After man fell in the Garden of Eden, mankind
lost the glory of God which it was originally clothed with, and we
entered the class of mere animals. However, the resurrected Jesus Christ
came to restore the glory, and we became creatures operating in the
God-kind of class. If the Resurrection had not taken place and the
process of salvation completed, we will still be ignorantly living below
dignity, like animals of the wild! Thank You Jesus!
The Beautiful Things Of Easter: The Procurement Of Eternal Life
"Jesus
said to her, 'I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in
Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in
Me shall never die" John 11:25,26
John
3:16: "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,
that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life
The
Resurrection ensured the tangibility of eternal life. The eternal life
will be divinely obtained if "... you declare with your mouth, 'Jesus is
Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you
will be saved" (Romans 10:9).
The life we obtained because of the resurrection, empowers us to overcome these five integral enemies of mankind.
1. Death
2. Sin
3. Satan and Hell
4. Self
5. Sickness and Poverty
Because of space, I will only talk about Death here. If you need the full text of this message, contact me via https://www.sundayakanni.com/p/contact-me.html
Enemy Number 1: Death
"Knowing
that Christ, having been raised from the dead dies no more. Death no
longer has dominion over Him. For the death that He died, He died to sin
once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God" Romans
6:9,10
The
very first enemy God informed Adam of beforehand, was death. So when
God told him to not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,
He was only trying to secure him from an enemy he (Adam) wasn't aware
of - death. Unfortunately, Adam and Eve, through disobedience, gave
death the right to rule over them.
Death
became a nasty ruler over mankind, finding expression in different
ways. It (death) first ensured separation between man and God (spiritual
death), before it started weakening his body and soul, to the degree
that his body can degrade and die. Death was having a field day
terrifying mankind (death is usually excited when it makes mankind
sorrowful), until God brought the solution. Jesus Christ died and
resurrected, and faith in this will get us infused with eternal life
(which is the perfect antidote to death).
So,
we are no longer spiritually dead, as this eternal life (which comes
with the gift of the Holy Spirit) awaken our spirits and makes us alive
in the realm of our Source - God. The Spirit approve us that we are no
longer separated from God, but are now His sons and daughters, even His
Living Stones.
Additionally,
we are empowered to pick our inheritances as sons of God - one of which
is long life in this physical world. "With long life I will satisfy
him, and show him My salvation" (Psalm 91:16). Permit no thought of
premature death! You cannot die prematurely! In fact, nothing dies in
your hands!
Hallelujah!
In conclusion, the celebration of Jesus' Resurrection should compel you to yield yourself to the LORD in total surrender.
If
you are yet to give your life to Jesus, today is the best day! Anywhere
you are right now, ask Jesus for mercy, and ask Him to come into your
life. He won't reject you!
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