Tomorrow we celebrate Easter Sunday - the day that changed the world forever.The story of the resurrection is the most wonderful ending to the greatest love story ever told. You can find it in John 20. The Son of God, slaughtered like a common criminal, fulfils the prophecies of old and the words from his own mouth and rises again - claiming the victory over sin forever for everyone who believes in him.
In Romans 5:6-11, Paul summarised this amazing truth as follows:
When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners. Now, most people woudl not be willing to die for an upright person, though someone might perhaps be willing to die for a person who is especially good. But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. And since we have been made right in God's sight by the blood of Christ, he will certainly save us from God's condemnation. For since our friendship was God was restored by the death of his Son while we were still his enemies, we will certainly be saved through the life of his Son. So now we can rejoice in our wonderful new relationship with God because our Lord Jesus Christ has made us friends of God.
We are friends of God. Let us live life as friends of God today - and love others with everything that we have.
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