Easter

​There are a wide range of definitions people give to God.  The Atheist says he doesn’t exist.  Some Eastern religions deny the personhood of God while most of the polytheistic belief systems make their gods out to be bigger versions of humans with super powers.  Almost all of them define their god as amoral, even the monotheistic religions.  Those that do ascribe a moral sense to their god explain it as an act of their divine will.  It is what they chose to be.  There is one exception to that norm and that is the God of the Bible.  The Bible states that God is a moral being.  He is good and righteous.  His moral attributes are just as much a part of His essential essence as is His eternality, omniscience, omnipresence and omnipotence. 
 
The Bible reveals these moral attributes are inherent to His person.  Therefore, there is an absolute moral standard that springs from the nature of God and is not subject to the whims of cultural change.  The Apostle John pointed out one other factor about God’s moral attributes, they have no boundaries.  The God of the Bible is infinite in all aspects of His being.  John wrote in 1 John 1:5 that “the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all.” 
 
That is why there is a Christmas and Easter to celebrate every year.  God’s perfect sense of right and wrong guided by His perfect love, compassion and mercy cannot give our sin a pass.  He must judge our sin and carry out the sentence justice demands be pronounced which is the death of being separated from Him.  But His love and rightness demand He show us compassion and mercy.  Jesus Christ chose to do the one thing that could satisfy God’s goodness, love, mercy and righteousness so that we could be reconciled to God.  He took on the role of judge & jury, passed sentence on us and then took the penalty for our sin on Himself.  He died the death we owed.  That allowed Him to be Just and the justifier of all who will believe in Jesus Christ for everlasting life.  John 3:14-16 & Romans 3:21-26 
 
If you live in Northwest Wisconsin and are anywhere near Trego, I invite you to come visit with us on Easter Sunday this year.  It’s on April 20th.  Get here at 9 am and join our annual Easter Fellowship Breakfast served by the men of our Church.  The Easter service starts at 10:30 am.  Jesus Christ died for your sin and rose from the dead 3 days later.  His resurrection is proof that He can give you everlasting life.  Living forever in the New Heaven and Earth we call Heaven is guaranteed.