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The Amazing Grace of Easter
Posted: Wednesday, April 8, 2009 2:39 pm
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Easter is almost upon us. Christians the world over hold this as the high point of our spiritual year. It is in this season where we celebrate God’s amazing grace. So that we are all on the same page though, let’s define grace as unmerited favor, getting something we don’t deserve. What we deserve is a punishment that is fit for the crime - that is a punishment that is equal with our sin. When we sin it is a rebellion against an all-wise, all-seeing, all-powerful God. His omnipresence places Him at the scene of every one of our misbehaviors. His omniscience makes Him aware of our every thought, word and deed. God knows all, and sees all, so there are no hidden sins. There is nowhere to run to, nowhere that we can hide. Scary huh?

But amazingly, instead of pouring out His wrath upon us, God extends His grace towards us if we know Jesus as our Lord and Savior. It’s not that God turns a blind eye to our sin, because that would violate His holiness. And God doesn’t offer us only forgiveness. Instead he offers complete justification - forgive and forget - clean sheet. He declares us to be righteous, because if we are followers of Christ, rather than seeing our sin, God sees Christ’s holiness that has washed away our sin in His eyes. Our salvation is one of substitution. God executed His divine judgment - not on us - but upon Himself. On the Cross, the Son of God died in our place - that is God’s amazing grace.

Titus 2:11-13 says: For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. 12 It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, 13 while we wait for the blessed hope--the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Not only does God’s grace save us, but if we embrace it, it will empower us to say no to the bad things of this world! That is the freeing power of grace. Through grace we can be set free from the things that haunt our past. Addiction, abuse, neglect, anger, pain, suffering, lying, cheating, stealing, whatever it is, in the grace of Jesus Christ WE CAN BE SET FREE!

Jesus died to set each and every one of us free. And we have to lean into that grace, and onto that grace to sustain us. When we are tempted or feeling down, we need to turn to that grace. Whatever it is, God has more than enough grace to wipe it out, to make it clean, to make things right again. That folks, is amazing grace. But we have to take it and make it our own. When Jesus died on the Cross as a sacrifice, He became our sin. The exchanged life is the offering of grace that we must receive. That is what we celebrate during Easter, God’s amazing grace.

For more information about Jesus, First Congregational Church or Pastor Chris Meirose you can check us out online at WasecaChurch.org.



Pastor Chris Meirose may be reached at 835.4548 or Email: 1cwaseca@hickorytech.net
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By: mrclm on 4/13/09
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