Happy Easter! Christ is Risen. Hallelujah! He has defeated sin and death and is sat at the right hand of the Father in heaven. He has gone ahead to prepare a place for us. In the mean time it is our duty to go make disciples of ALL nations. Our saviour didn’t expect us to do this on our own of course as human nature is weak and quick to give in! He has poured His Holy Spirit into us so that we may have the necessary strength to witness.
On this Easter Sunday morning I am so encouraged and overjoyed as I remember that Christ rose again and ascended into heaven having completed His work on earth…. The exciting thing is, although he completed that part of Gods plan, He is still working in the lives of countless Christians around the world through the power of His Holy Spirit. It wasn’t the plan to die on the cross, tell a few people then disappear and wait for people to react! It was His plan to unleash power to those who believe that they may grow strong in faith and wisdom, and be a shining light to the lost to guide them home.
As Christians we need to embrace the full power of the Holy Spirit! The Holy Spirit is real and so important to the Christian life! The Spirit is not something we should avoid talking about in church, nor is it something we should assume is a taboo subject. We are talking about Gods OWN Holy Spirit that he has poured out to give you and me strength! Not only did He give His life, but He is here among us and in our hearts continuing His works in our lives.
16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.
I remember when this finally dawned on me that I was a child of God! My first words were WOW! Of course wow doesn’t even do the honour justice! Because of Jesus death and resurrection, we as believers are adopted into God’s family! In the UK, and adopted child becomes a lawful son or daughter, and legaly inherits an equal share of their adopted parents estate. We are His Sons and Daugthers. Heirs to the Kingdom. We will inherit eternal life with Him. WOW!
With that we need to rid ourselves of things that would cause us to sin, things that would enslave us. For we need to be living each day by the Spirit. For just as Jesus was raised from the dead, the Spirit will raise us from the dead (the depths of Sin) and bring us new life! Amen
