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8/2/2019 The Message of Easter by Rev
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The Message of Easter
Although Christmas is the most celebrated Christian holiday, Easter is by far the most important
event in the life of Christ, for He came to die for the sins of mankind, be buried and rise again on
the third day for our justif ication. This is the Gospel message in a nutshell as Paul proclaims in ( I
Corinthians 15:1-4 :) 'Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the Gospel which I preached unto
you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in
memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first
of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures;And that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures'. Here is
the Gospel given in it's briefest but most precise form, and it consists of three facts all of which
took place during the Easter holiday:
That Christ died
That He was buried
That He rose again the third day
The first of these three, the death of Christ, paid the unpayable price of the sin of mankind.
Unpayable by man himself because of his flawed nature and thereby incapable of paying his
own sin debt! The wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23); this is the price necessary to atone for
the sins of mankind. According to the holy and just requirement of God, somebody had to pay
for the sin debt of every sinner born. This price had to be paid by a perfect sinless sacrifice.
God's requirement was the reason He had to send His Son for He was the only One worthy, the
only One capable of meeting God's standard of a perfect sinless Sacrifice to atone for the great
sin debt of all mankind. Jesus' first tit le given Him when He appeared on the shores of Jordan toJohn Baptist was 'The Lamb of God'! Yes, upon the inauguration of His earthly public ministry He
was given the all-telling tit le of the Lamb of God, the Sacrifice whose destiny was the Cross to
which He would be nailed just a few short years later to provide God with the substitutional
Sacrifice necessary to bring man to God and in the process glorify God Himself!
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affirmation proves the effectiveness of the Cross in confirming the Law.
Although these four truths are important, the main work of the Cross is set forth in( Romans
3:24,25) 'Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in His Blood, to declare His
righteousness for the remission of sins that are past through the forbearance of God'. The
doctrine of justification, which is God's impartation of His righteousness to those who will by
faith believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, finds it 's foundation here in these two verses. First of all we
are 'justified freely by His grace' which underlines the source of justification is found in God's
grace, 'without the law' (v.21) without works, all that is required is the exercising of faith which
also is given by God. So, it is all of grace, grace made possible 'through the redemption that is in
Christ Jesus'. God has set Him forth to be a propit iation, which is the basis, the grounds, the
foundation upon which God could offer remission/ forgiveness of sin past, present and future.
Now, God the Father remains just as He forgives sin past and justifies all those to come who put
their faith in the atoning work of Christ on the Cross!
Let me ask you this important question, have you received Jesus Christ as your Savior from the
penalty of sin? God sent His Son to die on the Cross so that you might have eternal l ife with Him!
Don't let this Easter pass without knowing beyond a shadow of doubt that you are a child of God
headed for heaven because of what Jesus did for you on the Cross! Yes, He died, was buried and
rose again on the third day just for you for the Bible clearly states in this most familiar verse 'For
God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish but have everlasting life' (John 3:16) .
I wish you God's blessingsIn Christ's service and Love
Rev. G.W. Cuthbert
Holy Spirit Ministries Food Basket / Canadian Christian MinistriesIs A Non Profit Ministry and A Non Denominational Ministry
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