My dear friends, as we commemorate the death, burial, and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, I want us to ruminate the very reason that infinite sacrifice was made. Jesus Christ went through excruciating pains to offer us the most exorbitant gift of resurrection.
The transgression of our first parents-Adam & Eve, brought upon the human family a condition in which all of us must unavoidably perish. In this condition of eternal doom, we cannot save ourselves. Hence the coming of Christ to die for us so that whosoever believes in him "should not perish but have everlasting life" and again that "the world through him might be saved" (John 3:16-17).
This gift of resurrection is for you, for me, for all who have lived, are living and those who will yet live on this earth. The efficacy of the Atonement of Jesus Christ is infinite and eternal-meaning it has no end. Because Christ resurrected from death, all mankind will be resurrected both male and female, black or white, both the wicked and the righteous and all shall be brought before the bar of God to be judged of their deeds whether they be good or evil.
I am celebrating this Easter with a renewed assurance that though I may die, I shall live again. Easter comes with this firm and irrefutable confirmation that death is not the end of man's existence-it's only a passage through which we must follow to inherit eternal life. To those who are bogged down to the emotional quagmire of losing a loved one to the cold hands of death, or those who are at the verge of losing a loved one, I say weep not! for you shall see that person again because DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY. If only in this life we have hope said Apostle Paul, "we are of all men most miserable, But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive." (1 Cor. 15:19-22).
But my friends, though we may all resurrect, eternal life is granted on the conditions of 1. Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, 2. Repentance, 3. Baptism by immersion for the remission of sin, 4. Laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost, and 4. Enduring faithfully to the end of our mortal probation. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out" (Acts 3:19).
It is my wish and prayer that our hearts be enshrouded with this eternal hope of a glorious resurrection as we celebrate this Easter and that we would always live in thanksgiving for the matchless gift of the Son of God. God bless you all.
The transgression of our first parents-Adam & Eve, brought upon the human family a condition in which all of us must unavoidably perish. In this condition of eternal doom, we cannot save ourselves. Hence the coming of Christ to die for us so that whosoever believes in him "should not perish but have everlasting life" and again that "the world through him might be saved" (John 3:16-17).
This gift of resurrection is for you, for me, for all who have lived, are living and those who will yet live on this earth. The efficacy of the Atonement of Jesus Christ is infinite and eternal-meaning it has no end. Because Christ resurrected from death, all mankind will be resurrected both male and female, black or white, both the wicked and the righteous and all shall be brought before the bar of God to be judged of their deeds whether they be good or evil.
I am celebrating this Easter with a renewed assurance that though I may die, I shall live again. Easter comes with this firm and irrefutable confirmation that death is not the end of man's existence-it's only a passage through which we must follow to inherit eternal life. To those who are bogged down to the emotional quagmire of losing a loved one to the cold hands of death, or those who are at the verge of losing a loved one, I say weep not! for you shall see that person again because DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY. If only in this life we have hope said Apostle Paul, "we are of all men most miserable, But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive." (1 Cor. 15:19-22).
But my friends, though we may all resurrect, eternal life is granted on the conditions of 1. Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, 2. Repentance, 3. Baptism by immersion for the remission of sin, 4. Laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost, and 4. Enduring faithfully to the end of our mortal probation. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out" (Acts 3:19).
It is my wish and prayer that our hearts be enshrouded with this eternal hope of a glorious resurrection as we celebrate this Easter and that we would always live in thanksgiving for the matchless gift of the Son of God. God bless you all.
