So is Easter just about bunnies, eggs and
chocolates? Just like is Christmas
about Santa, lights and presents?
No. At Christmas, we celebrate
Jesus coming to earth in human flesh – God Incarnate – born as a baby. He grew up to become a man just like we do,
but He was no ordinary man as we have been studying the last few weeks. He is God Himself and is our Savior. He can be trusted as our Savior because of
all the amazing attributes that He and He alone has that allows Him the claim
to be our Savior. At Easter, He was
sacrificed on the cross – sacrificed as the Lamb to accept the penalty of death
for our sins. However, just as He
claimed though, He conquered that death because He is God Almighty and rose
Himself the third day – our Resurrection Sunday. This time of year known as Easter – or better
yet to be known as Resurrection time, or instead of Easter Sunday be celebrated
as Resurrection Sunday - is our remembrance of that time. God wants us to remember things – He wants us
to have remembrance times because it helps us be thankful for the past and for
the future. We who trust in that death
of Jesus as the penalty of our sin and place our faith in the Resurrected Jesus
who conquered death and sin, we can be thankful for our past and its forgiveness
by God and the future of a new, eternal life to be spent with Him. We just have to have true faith in Him and
surrender our old ways and old life for new life, reborn life for us through
Him. We have learned the past few weeks
that Jesus can be trusted as that Savior from the death of our sins. Ask your Sparkie why and how He is, then ask
your Sparkie about the specific events that led to the Resurrection that we
celebrated on Easter Sunday – Resurrection Sunday.
You are welcome to join us anytime
at Sparks! You can also check out the
AWANA program at www.fbc.littletonil.org.
Mrs. Jennifer Schroeder, Mrs. Carol
Sheley, Mrs. Barb Stein.
