Happy Easter!

[irishman]

EASTER

But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. Yea and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. (1 Cor. 15:13-15)

Yes, there is a resurrection, both of Christ, and of us too. As He is, so are we in spirit, and as He does, so do we. The resurrection of Christ is the completion of the Gospel. Without the resurrection, Christ is dead, and just another great leader in history as far as the world is concerned; but the resurrection proves Him to be the very Son of God that He claimed to be, and more. The Gospel would have died were it not for the resurrection; the importance of this doctrine cannot be fathomed by man.

We make much more out of Christmas than we do Easter, and it ought to be the other way around. Both days deserve our attention and our honor, but the resurrection ought to supercede the birth, because Jesus was born for that very purpose, to die, and rise again. Yes, He was born to die, but more specifically, He was born to live again, for us. Because He lives, we also shall live; in His victory, we also have victory. Thank God for His victory over the grave and death; thank Him that through that victory, we have hope of the same, and we too shall rise up from the grave, but let us remember that Easter is the climax of the Gospel, it is the finish of it. Without Easter, the Gospel would be incomplete, and we would all perish in our graves; Calvary would have no real meaning because it was not yet finished. Oh, Jesus said “it is finished” from the cross, and that part of it was, but the blood had not yet been offered before the Mercy Seat, and the throne of the Father. It had not yet been accepted as “paid in full”. Though His earthly ministry was finished, and the immediate mission was accomplished, there was yet a resurrection to come, a new life for all of us, already OBtained for us in the fleshly sense, but unfulfilled at Calvary in the Spirit; unfulfilled, indeed, until Jesus rose from the dead and sealed the matter with God the Father.

Without Easter, the preaching of the cross is vain. Paul makes it clear that Easter is very important. There are some who would destroy the meaning of Easter, and seek to ruin the joy of it by questioning its beginning and tradition, but let us all who know the truth, and the Lord rejoice in the “Easter” of Christ. Incidentally, it is thought that this was the same time as the Passover of Israel, and that too would be a great time of celebration, and a reason to rejoice in a holiday time. Where would we be today without Easter?

[Crushmaster]

It is just now midnight. Happy Resurrection Sunday everyone!
(Matthew 28:6) - "He is not here: for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay."
God bless,
Joel.

[JerryNumbers]

My today's morning message is, Resurrection Sunday & or Passover, and we will read 1 Corinthians 15:12-26. I do not use the word Easter in connection with this wonderful day that we celebrate Jesus defeating both the grave, and death. After all Easter is a pagan hoilday celbrated by dyeing eggs that are supposebaly brought by the Easter Bunny. all of which are derived from pagans and their false gods such as Ashtaroth and others.

[irishman]

My today's morning message is, Resurrection Sunday & or Passover, and we will read 1 Corinthians 15:12-26. I do not use the word Easter in connection with this wonderful day that we celebrate Jesus defeating both the grave, and death. After all Easter is a pagan hoilday celbrated by dyeing eggs that are supposebaly brought by the Easter Bunny. all of which are derived from pagans and their false gods such as Ashtaroth and others.

In Acts 12:4 we see that Easter was mentioned (by inspiration of God) and that it was not translated Eshtar, or Astar, whatever the goddesses name was. Personally, I do not worry about its pagan roots, because I would not able to say the names of the days of the week (Moon day; wodens day; Thor's day, etc.) nor would I be able to refer to the months of the year by name since they too are named after mythological gods. The Lord knows that I celebrate it in honor of Him, and that's is what really matters to me. Some have prOBlems with Christmas too, for the same reasons. I do not however, celebrate Halloween but I have different reasons for that.

[JerryNumbers]

Yes, the word Easter is in the Bible, because of what Herod stated, and of course you need to be sure what he was referring to, remember, he was not a Christian.

That said, I was not telling you nor anyone what to do, so do as you please. Our congregations accepted to keep Easter, the pagan holiday of a fictitous bunny rabbit and colored eggs out of our church because it has nothing whatsoever to do with the resurrection of Jesus Christ, but everything to do with false idols, Ashtaroth, Ishtar, queen of heaven, of which God tells His children to have nothing to do with. So we keep them out of our church, therefor not compromising in order to be friends with the world.

1 Samuel 7:3 And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

1 Kings 11:5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

1 Kings 11:33 Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.

2 Kings 23:13 And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.

Jeremiah 7:18 The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.

Jer 44:17 But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.

Jer 44:18 But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.

[Invicta]

Amen Brother.

[John81]

Today is also my wife and I's anniversary so it was a double celebration day.

Services and fellowship was wonderful today. I'm so thankful to have a pastor who preaches by the Book, from the Book!

[JerryNumbers]

Today is also my wife and I's anniversary so it was a double celebration day.

Services and fellowship was wonderful today. I'm so thankful to have a pastor who preaches by the Book, from the Book!

Happy anniversary!

[John81]

Happy anniversary!

Thank you Jerry!

[JerryNumbers]

Your welcome, our 42nd on is coming up next month.