Pastor's Corner

Remember Easter

 
The time leading up to Easter is perfect for diving into the scriptures to prepare your heart for the coming celebrations. To help you get started, here are two verses I think will prepare your heart for this Easter Sunday. “But I know that my redeemer lives, and at the end he will stand on the dust” (Job 19:25).  Job was a man who never met Jesus. He was ridiculed by his
friends and experienced physical pain with no relief, yet he had a hope that we too can hold on to today. Job knew that His
redeemer lived and would relieve him of his earthly chaos.  We have a redeemer in Christ. When Jesus rose on the third
day, he stood on the dust. He proved He was the Messiah that would rule over the Earth. 
 
“But he was pierced because of our rebellion, crushed because of our iniquities; punishment for our peace was on him, and we
are healed by his wounds” (Isaiah 53:5).  Isaiah was a prophet speaking seven hundred years before the birth of Jesus. Today, we have the knowledge that his prophetic message came to fruition. This truth makes his words even more powerful. God did not just decide one day to send His Son to die; He already knew what we needed to have the life
He planned for us.  There is comfort in these words as we read the promise that we will be healed by the wounds Jesus sustained on the days leading up to His crucifixion.  

Praise God for Resurrection Day!

Pastor John R. Reed