He is Risen!
This post first appeared in the Bainbridge Post Searchlight (Bainbridge GA)
There are no words more significant in any human language than the words spoken by the angel on that first Easter morning. On Good Friday, it seemed that death had claimed one more victim. For fear of their own lives, those closest to Jesus went into hiding. It was just a matter of time before the Roman soldiers would come to arrest them, and possibly each of them would be nailed to a cross of their own. It seemed that with the death of Jesus on the cross, all the hopes of his followers were banished forever.
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Is it Finished?
Therefore when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And He bowed His head and gave up His spirit (John 19:30).
Jesus had a singular purpose in life and that was to accomplish the will of Father (John 5:30; 6:38). The will of the Father is “that the world might be saved” through Christ (John 3:17). The death of Christ on the cross was essential to God’s redemptive plan.
For it was the Father’s good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him, and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross; through Him… He has now reconciled you in His fleshly body through death, in order to present you before Him holy and blameless and beyond reproach (Col 1:19–22).
The last words of Jesus on the cross were an acclamation of victory. With his final breath Jesus affirmed that he had accomplished the will of God. But how can death on the cross be victorious? Is there nothing more? Is the redemption work of God really finished? In fact, there is more and it’s the more that makes the cross victorious.
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Open the Eyes of My Heart
When We Lose Faith
Let’s tell the Story of Life
I once saw a “Jesus” (a man dressed in costume) walking the streets carrying a sign that declared, “Jesus shed his blood for you.” While I understand the significance of that profound statement, I am forced to wonder “What does that mean for someone who doesn’t know the story?” In other words, in our post-Christian, biblically illiterate, and theologically uninformed society, how is that statement interpreted by unknowers and unbelievers? During this Holy Week and season of Easter, how can I best proclaim the Gospel?
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He is Risen!
There are no words more significant in any human language than the words spoken by the angel on that first Easter morning. On Good Friday, it seemed that death had claimed one more victim. For fear of their own lives, those closest to Jesus went into hiding. It was just a matter of time before the Roman soldiers would come to arrest them, and possibly each of them would be nailed to a cross of their own. It seemed that with the death of Jesus on the cross, all the hopes of his followers were banished forever.
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