March 31 Easter Sunday Romans 5:11
Good morning from Pastor Glen Brock, Baptist Tabernacle Church, Wendell, North Carolina… “We also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation” (Romans 5:11)
Easter Sunday, March 31, 2024, has arrived, and we are celebrating another “Easter” season! We have so many things to be thankful for and so many things to Praise God for! God’s Love and His Grace for us, is difficult to understand, because we live in a world where we receive what we have earned. When I was “selling” for a living, I was always told and always taught, “Sell More, Earn More!” In this life, when we perform, we prosper, and when we don’t, we don’t! I used to act as a “Coach” for my sales team, a lot like a sports team, and I would encourage and instruct them to perform at maximum capacity. In the Game of Life, we have a “Coach” called God, and we are now members of a very special team. He lays out the rules by which we will perform, and He has Divine Hopes that we will live better and better! When we stumble or fail to meet expectations, He simply points us to the Cross and says, “Do not worry, I will not drop you. I love you regardless and nothing that you do will make me stop loving and forgiving you!” God loved us enough that He sent His Only Son, Jesus Christ, to die for us on that rugged and horrible Cross, to pay the price for our sins and to provide redemption and atonement for our transgressions! This Love, This Great Love, that has provided Salvation and Restoration and atonement, is freely given to us, by God’s Amazing Love and Desire that we should be Re-Connected to Him through Jesus Christ! Picture Jesus hanging there on that Cross! Remember: Jesus Died on that Cross! He was buried in a borrowed tomb! The Glorious Truth of Easter 2024 (and every single day) is that the Tomb is EMPTY! HE IS RISEN! HE IS ALIVE AND HE IS SITTING AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD, THE FATHER, INTERCEDING FOR US AND OUR HUMAN WEAKNESSES! The wonderful story of Easter is simply this: God Loved Us Enough to Send Jesus to Die for us, to be Raised from the Dead, for us, and to Live so that we too, could live! May we Praise God for His love and reconciliation power to give us a new vision and a new and fresh perspective on living! “We also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation” HE IS RISEN! Stay Strong, Stay Focused…THE BEST IS YET TO BE!