He is Risen, We are Risen

Easter. Resurrection Sunday. We proclaim that He is risen, that He is risen indeed.

This is not only a day of celebrating the resurrection of Jesus, but also our resurrection.

Ephesians 2 talks about how dead we were. Dead like a zombie. Consumed with the cravings of the flesh, with no hope of life.

But because of the resurrection of Jesus, we also will be resurrected and seated with Christ in the heavenly realm.

For it is only by Grace that we could ever hope to become alive, and that is exactly what God, in His mercy, bestowed upon us.

Praise His glorious Name

Pastor Wayne

Knowing God, Knowing his gifts

On Palm Sunday, the crowd celebrated the coming of the Messiah. They knew a lot about Jesus, but they did not know enough, so their celebration lasted for a day.

In Eph. 1:15-23 Paul commends the Ephesians for their faith and love, yet he desires so much more for them. While we may appear fine, yet there is always a need for more. More in the realm of knowledge, and more in the realm of faith.

May Paul's prayer be ours, both for ourselves, and for the people around us.

Pastor Wayne

According to the will of God

Paul, an apostle, by the will of God.

It was only by the will of God that Paul ever became an apostle. Paul's will was otherwise, and it took a divine act of God to break thru to him.

God, by his will chose us to be holy and blameless - we would never achieve this on our own.

God, by his will, adopted us as sons and daughters, even tho this came at great cost.

But what was the plan? Why was this his will? And why is the pleasure of God so tied into these actions of God?

God's greatest joy will be when all things are brought together, and we will all truly be one, so that our enjoyment of each other, and our enjoyment of our Savior will be complete.

Let us praise Him for his will in our lives

Pastor Wayne

Go and rest

In this last of Daniel's visions, He sees a great war, and it greatly disturbs him.

Normally, when Daniel has a vision, the meaning and the answer come to him quickly, but in this case, he remains in the dark for 3 weeks. That is a long time.

Why does Satan not want Daniel to know the meaning of this vision?

What makes this vision so much different than the rest? Do they not all have wars and horrible things happening? This one does not even have dreadful beasts. So why does this vision warrant such a fierce heavenly battle, just to bring the meaning to us?

Perhaps because it focuses in on the eternal consequences of man's decisions, the eternal destiny of both the wicked and the righteous.

Perhaps also because it tells us how we should live, in light of the current world situation.

May God give you rest and peace as the chaos approaches.

Pastor Wayne