EASTER SUNDAY .......... 23.04.11

RANDOM REFLECTIONS

EASTER SUNDAY ....... 23.04.11.

ACTS 10:34.37-43....." WE HAVE EATEN AND DRUNK WITH HIM AFTER HIS RESURRECTION."

1COR.5:6-8............." GET RID OF THE OLD YEAST, AND MAKE YOURSELVES INTO A COMPLETELY NEW BATCH OF BREAD."

JOHN 20:1-9 ..........." HE MUST RISE FROM THE DEAD."

Easter inaugurates the eagerly waiting period for the Second Coming of Christ. The Old Testament finds its fulfillment in the birth, life, passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ in his First Advent on the earth. Now the New Testament reveals the ways and means to live a life faithful to the message and mission of Christ. Our life now will determine our final destination when Christ comes again as the supreme judge and king. The Holy Spirit has been poured upon all flesh and the period of grace and mercy, which is the gift of Easter will draw to a close as the years keep rolling on. Our response to God's grace will decide whether we will participate or not in the eternal banquet with our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. The message of Easter is both joyful and sombre. It is full of hope and it is also full of foreboding. Romans 6:8 says " If we have died with Christ, we will also live with him." Dying with Christ is dying to the world. This is not possible by human efforts alone." God saved you through faith as an act of kindness. You had nothing to do with it. Being saved is a gift from God." Eph. 2:8. It is only possible through faith in the passion, death and resurrection of Christ and leading a good life again by his grace. "A thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy. But I came so that my sheep will have life and so that they will have everything they need." John 10:10. So while celebrating Easter with the joy of the Risen Lord let us be spirit-filled and gladly await his final return as the majestic judge of all mankind.

God Bless and wish you a happy Easter !