Sunday, March 31, 2013

JESUS LIVES!!!!




Do you know that HE LIVES???  Do you know that MY SAVIOR lives???




Do you know that JESUS died and rose again???


1 Corinthians 15:3-8 (CEV)

I told you the most important part of the message exactly as it was told to me. That part is:
Christ died for our sins, as the Scriptures say.

He was buried, and three days later He was raised to life, as the Scriptures say.

Christ appeared to Peter, then to the twelve.

After this, he appeared to more than five hundred other followers.
Most of them are still alive, but some have died.

He also appeared to James, and then to all of the apostles.
Finally, he appeared to me, even though I am like someone who was born at the wrong time.



You know, today is Easter Sunday!!!  And most folks are celebrating Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection. 



But we shouldn’t just celebrate one day a year!!!  We should be celebrating the fact that JESUS LIVES every day!!!



I thank God for Jesus!!!  I thank GOD for sending HIS SON to die for me!!  He paid a debt I could NOT pay!!!  HE died so that I could be forgiven!!! 


God sent HIS SON to die for ALL of us, so that we could have eternal life!!


John 3:16 (NKJV) For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.




God sent HIS ONE AND ONLY SON to pay for our sins-my sins and yours.



But Jesus also died to pay for the sins of the world. 



God loved this old world so much that
HE GAVE UP HIS ONE AND ONLY SON TO BE SACRIFICED ON THE CROSS TO SAVE EACH AND EVERY PERSON IN THE WORLD!!!



John 3:16 (NCV) God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son so that whoever believes in him may not be lost, but have eternal life.

 


This scripture says, “that whoever believes in HIM may not be lost, but have eternal life.”



That means that we have a choice!!! 
Each and every one of us has the right to choose where we will spend eternity!!! 



Knowing that Jesus died for us and rose again makes the choice very simple!!!  We can choose GOD or the devil!!!  We can choose life or death!!! 



God wants ALL of us to live forever with HIM in Heaven!!!  And we can do that!!!



The choice is ours because Jesus conquered the grave.  HE conquered DEATH, and HE ROSE AGAIN!!!



1 Corinthians 15:57 (KJV) But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.



Hebrews 2:9 (NCV) But we see Jesus, who for a short time was made lower than the angels. And now he is wearing a crown of glory and honor because he suffered and died. And by God’s grace, he died for everyone.


Hebrews 2:14 (CEV) We are people of flesh and blood. That is why Jesus became one of us. He died to destroy the devil, who had power over death.


Hebrews 2:15 (CEB) He set free those who were held in slavery their entire lives by their fear of death.

 

And because JESUS DIED AND ROSE AGAIN, we can say…



O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?  1 Cor. 15:55 (KJV)

 

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