Easter has come and gone and we are now onto the next week of life.

And back to old habits.

And it is those old habits that we need so badly to eliminate.

The resurrection of Jesus was no small matter.  To those who followed Jesus and had scattered into hiding, it had to have been an incredible moment … And the overwhelming manor in which Christianity exploded onto the world scene is forever a testimony to the response of broken people.

And a monumental moment for us, even 2000 years later.

You see, God tried to redeem us.  And He gave us every opportunity.  But we were unable.

Romans 3 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,24 and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.

This is a mind boggling word.  ALL HAVE SINNED AND FALL SHORT.  Do not subscribe to this idea that we are better, or that there are levels of faith, or that we need another person to lead us to our destiny.  NONE ARE BETTER.  And ALL HAVE SINNED AND FALL SHORT.

The thing I love about God is how He uses words.  When He says ALL, He means ALL.  And when He says fall short he means FALL SHORT.  And in the world of God, falling short is not just missing the mark by 3 inches.  We are 3,000,000,000 miles away.

The gospel is for everyone.

And we are not to water it down.

Sin is everywhere.  And to say that we are not allowed to do whatever we want to do is an understatement.  We must understand that there is RIGHT and there is WRONG, that there is LIGHT and there is DARKNESS, that there is LIFE and that there is DEATH.  God has designed a universe that clearly shows us the extremes.

The enemy, the fallen angel, the “lord of the air” as Jesus describes him, has gone to great lengths to destroy the very idea of:

Creation

Family

Life

Intimacy

And why wouldn’t he?

If we thought that we were an accident, or that parents were not important, or that life could be thrown away and discarded, or that sexual relationships were simply like going to play basketball over at the rec center, then we would be sitting ducks for lies.

And that is exactly what we are … sitting ducks.

But that is not where we need to live.  We are

“are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.”

We are given new life in God through faith in Jesus.

And we are called … to give it away.

We are not to celebrate Easter and return to our lives in a cocoon.  We are to give this truth away.

So get to work.  There are many who need Him.  Now more than ever.

In The Name of the Father and the 

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

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Coach J

Coach J