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Happy Easter Easter is an awesome time, in fact for Christians it should be
the greatest time of celebration, because it is when we recognize the endless
gifts given to us by the Father and the Son. Unfortunately it is far from the
largest holiday and even gives what to a night of evil, sin, and temptation. During the last few days of Jesus’ life before he was crucified
He showed us many things. On His trip into Jerusalem He bypassed the
opportunities for the praise and pats on the back and when directly to right
the wrongs that were taking place. An when He went into the temple that had
been turned into a market place he was not passive but voice directly the
wrongs that were taking place, even taking physical action. During the last
supper He showed us how as believers we are to unit in Him and He also showed
us that in serving Him and tending His sheep there is no task we should not
be willing to perform; as He stooped down to wash the feet of His disciples.
We also saw Him endure immeasurable suffer in our name and even though He
could have taken the easy way out, He chose to Die on the Cross for each of
us. From His Death and Resurrection have come many benefits for us,
not just forgiveness to those who repent, but much more. NEW COVENANT/RECONCILIATION: We are at peace with God. When
Jesus Christ died on the cross, He made it possible for us to be reconciled
to God and restored to fellowship with Him by faith in Christ. God makes a
new covenant with His people. “For this reason Christ is the mediator of a
new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal
inheritance-now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins
committed under the first covenant.” Heb 9:15 JUSTIFICATION: We are declared right before God. When Jesus
Christ died, He absorbed our punishment. Therefore, when we believe in Him,
our sins are no longer held against us. But now a
righteousness from God, apart from law, has been made known, to which
the Law and the Prophets testify. This righteousness from God comes through
faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference, for all
have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by
his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. Rom 3:21-25 REDEMPTION: We are ransomed from our sin and condemnation. The
death of Christ also means we have been bought out of bondage to sin and
Satan. The ransom price for our sin has been paid in full. Instead, whoever
wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be
first must be your slave just as the Son of Man did not come to be served,
but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." Matt 20:26-28 FREE: We are free from God's wrath. This is possible because an
acceptable offering has been made on our behalf. The offering has been made
to appease God, to turn His wrath from us. For this reason he had to be made
like his brothers in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and
faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for
the sins of the people. Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he
is able to help those who are being tempted. Heb
2:17-18 Be Close/Part of Him - HOLY COMMUNION: This gives us the
opportunity to be closer to Jesus each time we partake of His body and blood.
What a gift, one that we can and should receive as often as possible. The
Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given
thanks, he broke it and said, "This is my body, which is for you; do
this in remembrance of me." In
the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new
covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of
me." For whenever you eat this
bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. 1 Cor 11:23-26 The bottom line is this, Easter is NOT about a bunny, chicks,
eggs, hunts for candy, or baskets magically placed in the home of children,
it is about OUR Salvation, OUR Eternal Life, AND where we will spend that
eternal life – Smoking or Non-Smoking. Those who do not believe in Jesus
worry about one thing more than anything else, the possibility of the Eternal
Life. For them, if this is true, if will mean an
eternity of misery and that scares them. A fellow skeptic once asked the
famous atheist Voltaire if he would speak some words of comfort to a friend
who was dying. Voltaire responded, "I don’t think I can do that. The
thought that there might really be a hell plagues me continually." In fact
many atheist; upon taking their last few breaths have seen that Jesus is for
real and have commented on what a mistake they had made: The English atheist Thomas Hobbes said, "I am taking a
fearful leap into the dark!" The French infidel Voltaire cried out, "I am abandoned by
God and man; I shall go to hell!" Sir Francis Newport wailed in anguish, "Oh, eternity,
eternity forever and forever! Oh, the insufferable pangs of hell!" What a sobering contrast to the last words of people who knew
and loved Christ as their Lord and Savior. Like Dwight L. Moody who said,
"This is glorious! Earth recedes; heaven is opening; God is calling
me!" Sir David Brewster declared, "I will see Jesus--see Him as
He is. I have had the light for many years. Oh, how bright it is! I feel so
safe, so satisfied!" And these words from a man being burned at the stake:
"Blessed be the time that ever I was born for this day. We shall not
lose our lives in this fire," he said to his fellow martyrs, "but
only change them for something better." Easter means everything to us and should be a holiday celebrated
for more than a day and should be a celebration that in compasses all that it
means. Many celebrate Lent and Holy week to lead up to the excitement of
Easter Day and keep it going through Pentecost. Let us all be these kinds of
people growing in excitement of Jesus, not of the commercialism that has
leeched itself to the day. Let your cross be carried highly and proudly for
without Jesus and the Cross there would be no Easter, no Salvation, and no
Heaven for most everyone. And if you sit passively thinking you have your
baptism certificate and confirmation certificate so you are just waiting to
go to heaven let me leave you with a few thoughts that will hopefully get you
up out of that chair and serving the Lord in some way every day. First, if Jesus was to come today, He would mark 144,000
faithful followers with His mark to go out during the Last Days and to
witness for Him. Would you be one of them? "Do not harm the land or the
sea or the trees until we put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our
God." Then I heard the number of those who were sealed: 144,000 from all
the tribes of Israel. Rev 7:2-4 Second, we are often taught that you cannot earn your way to
heaven; it is by the Grace of Jesus you may enter. This is true in the since
you cannot simply not believe and do an action or pay a tithing to enter
heaven, but First you must believe and have faith, but to sit back and do
nothing will not necessarily get you through the gate of heaven; Show me your
faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do. You believe
that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that — and shudder. You
foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless? Was not
our ancestor Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his
son Isaac on the altar? You see that his faith and his actions were working
together, and his faith was made complete by what he did. And the scripture
was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to
him as righteousness," and he was called God's friend. You see that a
person is justified by what he does and not by faith alone. In the same way,
was not even Rahab the prostitute considered
righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them
off in a different direction? As the body without the spirit is dead, so
faith without deeds is dead. James 2:18-26 Third the way to heaven is not the eight lane super highway you
may think it is. Jesus tells us many times that there are two gates a wide
one and a very narrow one through which few will enter. Some of us may be
fooling ourselves if we think we have reservations. "Enter through the
narrow gate . For wide is the gate and broad is the
road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the
gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and
only a few find it. Matt 7:13-14 Finally, many who think they are going to heaven will not. In
fact many teachers, pastors who have worked hard their whole lives will fall
short of the glory of heaven because they will fall to temptations, evil, and
probably the most common, Pride. Do you not know that in a race all the
runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the
prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do
it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will
last forever. Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not
fight like a man beating the air. No, I beat my body and make it my slave so
that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for
the prize. 1 Cor 9:24-27 Strive every day to walk the path Jesus has put before you, not
a stroll on Sunday, but an ongoing journey that never stops to rest. Work to
be as close to Him as possible and deny all things but Jesus, less you never
forget that the gate is narrow and few will find it. All the Glory to the Father and the Son Pastor Scott (Blackbart) INFORMATION Missionary TIP: Anti virus programs
cause the most problems with Miss/Rev since they are encrypted and appear as a
virus threat. Make sure you do the following exclusions. Also turn OFF the
auto update for the anti virus program and manually
check for updates yourself. When the program does an update it will usually
remove all exclusions, so when you do an update, re-verify the exclusions Missionary\Reverend.exe MOHAA Folder Missionary\Reverend Folder Turn OFF script blocking |
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