ITs been awhile

I have not posted on this in a while and I am in the process of re-updating this blog spot. In the meantime here is a post I just recently wrote:

Happy Easter to you all!

I wanted to take a moment and reflect a bit on what this week means in the life of Christians around the world. To do this I wanted to look at Romans 3:25. "God put {Christ} forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins."

Does anyone know what the word propitiation means in this verse? It refers to the removal of God's wrath by providing a substitute. That substitute was Jesus. Think about all the things you have done this week. Good or bad, our Lord was hung on a cross for those sins that you have committed even this day. God knew that we would choose sin and his wrath was and is unimaginable.

However, 2,000 years ago, God, instead of pouring out his wrath upon his people, provided a substitute for you...Himself in man form as Jesus. It does not get rid of the wrath it simply means as Jesus was on that cross he absorbed the very wrath of God.

The meaning of Easter has been watered down by our modern society because who really wants to celebrate someone dying a brutal death some 2,000 years ago when there is a Easter egg hunt? Think about it!

This is Maundy Thursday. This a day that many churches will honor the last few hours of Jesus life, more specifically the last supper. In several hours, 2,000 years ago, Our Lord and Savior would make a walk that would virtually change history for ever. As you go into this weekend, my prayer for each of you is that you take a few minutes amongst the hype and Easter dinners and thank the Lord for his son who died to make it all possible. I have been reading a book by John Piper entitled, Fifty Reason Why Jesus Had To Die. It is a powerful book about Grace and I want to end my thoughts to you with a quote from his book.

"But when, by grace, we waken to our unworthiness, then we may look at the suffering and death of Christ and say, 'In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his son to be the propitiation for our sins'" (1 John 4:10)

The most beautiful part of this story happens on Easter Sunday. I pray that you awaken to the most glorious of days and when you walk into the house of Worship, sing loudly and strongly! The God who placed the sins of the world on His son, also defeated death and most importantly ROSE FROM THE DEAD! Celebrate! 

I will be writing more on my blog at least once a week. Hopefully I will get more into the habit! But I miss writing and I think I will start up again!