SO WHAT…SO WHAT…WHY DID JESUS DIE?WHY DID JESUS DIE?

Ephesians 3:12 (NIV) says, “In Ephesians 3:12 (NIV) says, “In Christ we can come before God Christ we can come before God with freedom and without fear. with freedom and without fear. We can do this through faith in We can do this through faith in Christ.”Christ.”

Easter is relevant…Easter is relevant…

SO WE COULD SEE, SO WE COULD SEE, UNDERSTAND AND ACCEPT UNDERSTAND AND ACCEPT GOD’S LOVEGOD’S LOVE

““Where God’s love is, there is no Where God’s love is, there is no fear because God’s perfect love fear because God’s perfect love drives out fear” (1 John 4:18).drives out fear” (1 John 4:18).

John 3:16 For God so loved you…John 3:16 For God so loved you…

2 Corinthians 5:20, 21 “Be 2 Corinthians 5:20, 21 “Be reconciled to God. God made him reconciled to God. God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the that in him we might become the righteousness of God. righteousness of God.

2 Corinthians 5:20, 21 (The 2 Corinthians 5:20, 21 (The Message) “Become friends with Message) “Become friends with God; he’s already a friend with God; he’s already a friend with you. How? You say. In Christ! God you. How? You say. In Christ! God put on him the wrong who never put on him the wrong who never did anything wrong, so we could did anything wrong, so we could be put right with God.be put right with God.

Easter is relevant so we could see, Easter is relevant so we could see, understand and accept God’s love & …understand and accept God’s love & …

So We could believe that Jesus So We could believe that Jesus died and rose for usdied and rose for us

Philip said, "Lord, show us the Philip said, "Lord, show us the Father and we will be satisfied." Father and we will be satisfied." Jesus replied, "Philip, don’t you Jesus replied, "Philip, don’t you even know who I am, even after all even know who I am, even after all this time? Anyone who has seen this time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father." John me has seen the Father." John 14:8-9 (NLT)14:8-9 (NLT)

"Those who believe in me, even "Those who believe in me, even though they die like everyone else, though they die like everyone else, will live again. They are given will live again. They are given eternal life for believing in me and eternal life for believing in me and will never perish." John 11:25, 26 will never perish." John 11:25, 26 (NLT) (NLT)

Hebrews 2:14-15 (NLT) says, “Only Hebrews 2:14-15 (NLT) says, “Only as a human being could he die, as a human being could he die, and only by dying could he break and only by dying could he break the power of the devil, who had the the power of the devil, who had the power of death. Only in this way power of death. Only in this way could he set free all who have lived could he set free all who have lived their lives as slaves to the fear of their lives as slaves to the fear of dying.”dying.”

Easter is relevant so we could see, Easter is relevant so we could see, understand and accept God’s love, so wunderstand and accept God’s love, so we e could believe that Jesus died and rose for us could believe that Jesus died and rose for us and so…and so…

We Could commit our fears and We Could commit our fears and our lives to Christ our lives to Christ

1 Peter 3:14-15 says, “Don’t be 1 Peter 3:14-15 says, “Don’t be afraid of anyone and don’t worry, afraid of anyone and don’t worry, but have reverence for Christ in but have reverence for Christ in your heart and your heart and honourhonour him as him as Lord” (Good News).Lord” (Good News).

……just as Christ was raised from just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the dead by the glorious power of the Father, now we also may live the Father, now we also may live new lives. Romans 6:4 (NLT)new lives. Romans 6:4 (NLT)

So Why is Easter Relevant?So Why is Easter Relevant?

Easter is relevant so we could Easter is relevant so we could see, understand and accept see, understand and accept

God’s love, so wGod’s love, so we could believe e could believe that Jesus died and rose for us that Jesus died and rose for us

and so we could commit our and so we could commit our fears and life to Christ.fears and life to Christ.