Laura Burciaga

Happy Easter and Passover!! I hope everyone has had a wonderful day with family and friends! Easter festivities are fun, but remember the true meaning of it all! Our depravity deserves death, but Jesus had mercy upon mankind and died the ultimate death, in our place. He took the sins and sickness of the world upon Him and died a terrible death. He experienced unimaginable pain and torment at the hands of you and I. But He was willing to make that sacrifice so that we could be redeemed!! Our death sentence was paid for by Jesus!! I am eternally grateful that He died in my place. But the Good News is that death could not hold my Jesus in the grave!! He arose on the third day with new life!! Something that has changed my life recently and brought everything to a new level for me was when I heard my pastor share that Jesus not only died for me– He LIVED for me!! He not only paid my debts and died a sinner’s death, but He lived a perfect and righteous life in my place!! Because I cannot!! No matter how hard I try, my best attempts fall WAY short. God deserves nothing short of perfection, but I can never have the perfect life that He deserves. The good news is that Jesus lived in my place and there is grace for me! This is not a license to sin all I want; on the contrary, it makes me WANT to live for Him! And He gives me the POWER to live for Him! What amazing freedom we have in Christ Jesus!!

“God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ–by grace you have been saved– and raised up with Him… For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God.” Ephesians 2: 4-6, & 8

That is what Easter is truly about! Praise God!

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