Its come that time of year again, when we celebrate an important part of our Christian faith.At Christmas we celebrate the coming of our Lord and Saviour. Mary sang for joy about the coming of Christ (Luke 1:39-56) . This is something we can share in too because we all know that at that time: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners (1 Timothy 1:15)
But at Easter we celebrate one of the greatest acts of love one could ever imagine (John 3:16). The freedom we enjoy today came at a great price, but that price has been paid on the cross. This Easter we should remember that the amazing act of love by God is some thing we didn't deserve. However, Paul's great words in the book of Romans sums the whole thing up for me when he said:"Where sin abounded, Grace did much more abound" (Rom 5:20 KJV).
How is the reality of this effecting your life today? Paul said: I have been crucified with Christ and i no longer live, but Christ lives in me. This is something we partake in too.
If i am honest I'm also writing this to myself, i really do lose focus sometimes and forget how radical and life changing the basic tenants of our Christian faith are. We live the way we do, make sacrifices and sometimes have persecution all because of this amazing act of grace and love that happened 2000 years ago.
We should never forget that or lose sight of it, no matter how hard life gets.
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