Easter

Many people long to have a new start. Since last Easter a new government has been voted into power in the United Kingdom, and a new President has been voted into power in the United States.  People went to the polls and cast their votes in the hope of a new start.

 

On a more personal level we often find ourselves longing for a new start.  There are times that we wish we could turn the clock back and begin again.

 

The message of Easter is good news because it is all about a new start.  It is a message of sorrow replaced by joy.  It is a message of despair and fear replaced by hope and peace.  It is a message of sin and guilt being forgiven and washed away.

 

The message of Easter is all of these things because it is the message of a man who died and rose again. Jesus Christ was crucified, confirmed dead by Roman soldiers, and buried in a tomb.  Three days later he walked out of the tomb, and in the weeks that followed was seen by many witnesses.

 

Easter is good news because it is not about us trying harder or changing ourselves.  It is about Jesus Christ giving people forgiveness and new life.

 

There is a place in the Bible where it says that “if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!”  Jesus Christ can give us the new start that we need.

 

Why not come to church this Easter and find out more?