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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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