Today we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
I want to share with you what His death and resurrection really means so you know why you have so much to thank God for.
Romans 5:8
“But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
And…
John 3:16
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”
In all four accounts of the Gospel (Mark 15:6-15, John 18:39-40, Luke 23:17-25, Matthew 27:15-26), Governor Pontius Pilate was forced to release Barabbas, a notorious prisoner and murderer (a vile sinner) instead of Jesus, who had no sin, knew no sin and did no sin.
Barabbas is actually a picture of you and me: a sinner who deserved to be crucified but instead God sent Jesus, our sacrificial lamb, to take our place at the cross to pay for all our sins.
2 Corinthians 5:21
“For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.”
At the cross, the divine exchange took place. Jesus took in Him all our sins and bore the full blunt of God's wrath (against Sin) and as He cried out “Finished!”, we can now rest in His perfect finished work and boldly proclaim “I am the righteousness of God in Christ!”
His resurrection is a divine receipt (proof) that all our sins have already been FULLY paid for!!! If there were still any traces of our sins left unpunished, Jesus could not have been resurrected. The work is DONE once and for all… It is finished!
Today, our Lord is risen and sits at the right hand of God (Luke 22:69, Mark 16:19). We can rejoice because as believers, we can now come boldly to God's throne of Grace to FREELY receive all His blessings (Hebrews 4:16).
Today (and forevermore), God sees you as He sees Jesus: Perfect, Righteous, His Beloved. Yes, you may not feel that way sometimes and from time to time, you might still fall into sin, but that doesn't affect your permanent standing of righteousness in His eyes. There is now no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus (Romans 8:1)
Hallelujah!!!
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Give Lord Jesus all the praise, all the glory and all the honor!
To Your Success,
Yee Shun-Jian
Founder and Chief Happiness Officer,
101PowerfulAffirmations.com