March 15 2018 – Click here to listen
We’re fast approaching the best and holiest time of the year, Easter, and it has absolutely nothing to do with Easter Bunnies. This celebration should exclusively be about Jesus Christ being crucified as a sacrifice for our sins, and three days later arising from the grave and death being defeated forever which made reunification with almighty God reality.
It’s hard to imagine the glory surrounding God and the place that He lives. I’ve been in some high dollar homes and seen my share of splendor in some beautiful places in my lifelong journey but have seen nothing in comparison. The Bible makes clear that” eye has not seen, nor ear every heard” the wonderful things that await us in heaven. I can envision Jesus being attended by innumerable glorious angels in the most beautiful of settings with streets paved with gold leading to the dazzling throne of God that is so gorgeous that it would defy imagination.
I imagine God sitting on that glorious throne pondering the curse upon all of mankind and knowing that there was but one way for reconcilement to occur. That was for Jesus, His only Son, to leave His beautiful heavenly abode and be born in a lowly manger and later become a simple carpenter who after thirty-three years of living a sinless, perfect, life would be terribly crucified on our behalves. Sin must be punished, and the only acceptable sacrifice was the shedding of the blood of His sinless Son.
How it must have agonized Him to think of the suffering that He would endure. As His eyes roamed the earth and He viewed mankind from a perspective of past, present and future, imagine the terrible sins that he saw from His rebellious creatures. And still for some unfathomable reason He steadfastly loves us and has tremendous compassion for every single one of us and willingly died for our sins.
He didn’t have to do it!
Yet God loves us with a love that is far deeper than anyone can imagine. There are occasions when perhaps we question that love, particularly when times are bad or tragic. All one needs to do however, is to remember how Jesus suffered and that He willingly left paradise and His throne because of His love for us and desire that we may be united with Him again forever.
The very least one can do to show our appreciation is to attend church this upcoming Sunday and worship Him and thank Him for loving us enough to die an agonizing death in order that we might live. If you are near Honey Lake Church this Sunday, please visit us and hear my personal testimony of how God had mercy on this very lost sinner and transformed my life. The service begins at 11:00.
In fact, why wait, say a prayer right now wherever you are at this very moment and thank God almighty for what He has done for you personally and begin your walk with Jesus. You will NEVER regret it.
Isaiah 55:6
Seek the Lord while He may be found. Call upon Him while He is near.