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Spring Edition 2017 Plan of Salvation:
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever shall believe in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Romans 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
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Jesus Christ's Ascension into Heaven & His Resurrection
The Significance of Easter For Christians The biggest celebration within Christianity may be Christmas, but the most important celebration is Easter. The entire basis for the Christian faith is based on the events that occurred on the first Easter weekend. While Christmas is about how Jesus came to earth as a baby, Easter is about the reason he came. Christians believe the whole reason he came was to die and to rise again. Most historians agree on these facts, which are the foundational events of Christianity: • Jesus Christ was executed by crucifixion on the Friday during the Jewish Passover. • He was buried in a tomb owned by Joseph of Arimathea.
• Guards were posted to keep watch over the tomb. • On the third day, the tomb was found to be empty. His body could not be found, nor could the Roman or Jewish authorities explain what had happened to it.
the tomb was empty and that there were post - crucifixion sightings of Jesus because Jesus had physically risen from the dead. This, combined with the apparent fulfillment of centuries - old prophecies contained in the Jewish Scriptures, firmly established the belief that Jesus was God in the flesh and that he had power and authority over life and death.
• Over the next forty days, his disciples plus hundreds of other people claimed to have seen Jesus, spoken with him, eaten This belief in the resurrection with him, and listened to his of Jesus spread rapidly throughteachings. out the Roman Empire and it continues to spread today. For • These disciples (and others) nearly 2000 years, Christians went to their deaths - some have placed their faith in this through torture—maintaining resurrected Jesus, believing his that their claims of seeing promise that he will someday a resurrected Jesus were true. return to take his followers to Those are the historical facts. be with him throughout eterniThe signifi-cance is found in the interpretation of those ty. facts. Christians maintain that
The Christian message is often referred to as the "Gospel," which means "good news." Specifically, it is the good news about Jesus—who He is, what He has done, and what He offers. Essentially, the message is that Jesus was God in the flesh, that He came into the world to reconcile humanity to Himself, and that his salvation is freely offered to each person who will respond in faith. The Gospel message explains that salvation is only possible through the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus. Through his sacrifice, Jesus paid the price for our sinfulness (rebellion against God), thus offering us forgiveness. Then through his Resurrection He conquered death, removing it as the penalty for our sin and replacing it with the offer of eternal life that is only available from Him to all those that place their faith in Him.
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