BEHOLD, HE MAKES ALL THINGS NEW
We know the real meaning of Easter! He is RISEN!! Christ died and rose again. And He makes all things new. The tomb could not hold him. His crucifixion brought us salvation. The resurrection victory is a new beginning. Bonhoeffer said, “In Jesus God has said YES and AMEN to it all, and that Yes and Amen is the firm ground on which we stand.” May the God of everlasting power and might make us new in Christ by the power of His resurrection each and every day of our lives.
So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them... 2 Corinthians 5: 17-19
Death has been swallowed up in victory. Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death is your sting? The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 15: 54-57
“I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. John11: 25
May grace and peace be yours in abundance. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who are being protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 1Peter 1: 2-5
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the sake of the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God. Hebrews 12: 1-2
Pastor Lynette
