We had a community wide Easter-Egg hunt at my church this weekend. It was a big success, we had around 35 kids and their families come and participate. We had plenty of eggs to find, and we used "Resurrection Eggs" as a tool for sharing the gospel. I got to share, with the help of my Pastor Chad, the Easter story and the gospel with everyone - especially the children. It was a humbling experience talking about the death of Christ to children. I spoke of the beatings he took, the crown of thorns and the spear piercing his side. I was reminded with the gruesomeness of the cross. Dear Reader, Jesus paid a terrible price for me and you.
During the presentation, I was humbled with the idea that it should have been me on that tree. My sin had pierced the side of my Savior and I was reaping the benefit of His grace. We are blessed with a chance to receive that grace and let it be a subsitute for the sin in our life.
The hard part of that grace is that it is given as a choice. We can choose to accept or ignore the gift. There are so many who have delayed or even denied acceptance. God is slow in His judgement to give adequate time that none should perish, but all should have everlasting life. Please pray for those families that were there this Saturday, that they would begin to ask questions and seek the face of God. Pray also for those that you know who are on the odd side of God's grace. May their hearts be stirred to change their sinful fate.
1 Corinithans 15:1 Now I want to make clear for you, brothers and sisters, the gospel that I preached to you, that you received and on which you stand, 15:2 and by which you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message I preached to you – unless you believed in vain. 15:3 For I passed on to you as of first importance what I also received – that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures, 15:4 and that he was buried, and that he was raised on the third day according to the scriptures,
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