Easter

What does Easter mean?  Jesus was arrested on the Friday night, crucified and today He is alive.  Why was He arrested?  Why was He crucified?  Why did He come back to life?

The cross at that time was the maximum penalty, there was no worse punishment, it was the maximum pain.  Jesus accepted to go through that for us to be saved.  We believe in Jesus because He died for us. 

While on the cross, He said a few words and then at the end He said, “It is finished”.  Someone came with a spear and stabbed Him in the side after He’d already died.  Water and blood came out.  Usually only blood should come out.  The water was separated from the blood.  Miraculous.  This is only seen when a baby is born. 

When we trust in Jesus, when we go to the cross, we see our new birth, we are born again.  Repent, ask for Jesus blood to wash you and with that blood, we are born again.  Jesus accepts us as new children. 

One day we will die or Jesus will come back for us.  We need to be ready for that.  To be ready we need to:

1. Accept to know what is sin and try your best to live without sin and if you do sin, repent.  If you know how to repent and ask for forgiveness, this is a big step.
2. Feed your soul.  Read your Bible daily.
3. Actions.  On the day of judgement, Jesus will sit on the throne and you will be judged only by your actions.  If your actions are not good, fix them.  If you have a problem, fix that problem with that person. Mark 11:25, “And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.”  Don’t wait for the person to come to you, go to them. 

Jesus died for you to be saved and we can be children of God.  We must prepare our way for heaven.  The only thing you will take with  you to heaven is your soul and your actions so be careful with your actions.  Do you treat yourself as a Christian or not?  Am I a good Christian or not?  If Jesus comes back now, will He take me or not.