In Three Days... It All Changed
“He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”
- 1 Peter 2:24 NIV
The true message and blessing of Easter... “but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinner, Christ died for us.”
“But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared. And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel. And as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and on the third day rise.” And they remembered his words, and returning from the tomb they told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest. Now it was Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them who told these things to the apostles, but these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them. But Peter rose and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths by themselves; and he went home marveling at what had happened.” - Luke 24:1-12 ESV
The garden…
not my will but Yours…
the soldiers…
the betraying kiss…
the trials…
the beatings and mocking…
the rooster crows…
the whip…
the blood...
the nails…
the cross…
the death…
the burial.
Three days…
The stone rolled away...
the guards frightened and gone...
the tomb empty...
empty...
EMPTY!
“Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen...”
HE HAS RISEN INDEED!
May you and yours have a happy and blessed Easter.
Keep the Faith... Carpe Diem
“For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.”
- Romans 5:6-8 ESV
