It wasn’t Judas or Caiaphas. It wasn’t Pilate. It wasn’t even the religious leaders who hated Jesus. Yet, it was God.
As the apostle Paul says, “He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification” (Romans 4:25, NIV). And, because Jesus died on the cross, our sins are forgiven.
Indeed, too many believers are saved + they’re full of shame and guilt. And, it dominates everything they do. They believe in Jesus, but they haven’t been set free from the condemnation of sin.
The apostle Paul says, “Christ sacrificed his life’s blood to set us free, which means that our sins are now forgiven. Christ did this because God was so kind to us” (Ephesians 1:7, CEV) and again, the apostle Paul also said, “Now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus” (Romans8:1, NLT). And, I praise Jesus that He took my condemnation away at the cross. Hence, I live with hope and not condemnation, being able to live a victorious life from sin
Are you glad that Christ has given you a life of victory free from sin today?
Indeed, I also noted how Jesus explained to His disciples that they needn’t to feel afraid when He greeted them as He has risen from the grave (Matthew 28:10, NIV). And, this encourages me to share the love of a risen Saviour with a pre-believer who has not known the love of God in his/her life, and that, may this pre-believing soul believe & encounter Jesus through my sharing of gospel with him/her today as I did my Easter Sunday’s reading.
Are you sharing the gospel of the risen Christ with a pre-believer today?
Jeremy
Koh is a disabled graduate from Cerebral Palsy Alliance Singapore –
formerly known as Spastic Children Association (1987–1997). He graduated
with Certificates in Microsoft Office Skills & a HR Administrator Graduate (CHRA) under Human Capital
Singapore–SGEnable Collaboration of Partnership – HCS HR PowerBank (7th Dec
2021 to 3rd June 2022). Jeremy has also
worked in ServeHope Pte Ltd – Project Assistant/Email Marketing
Consultant for 5 years (March 2008 – August 2013); as KeyGuard
Specialist @(these)abilites Pte Ltd handling all KeyGuard Operations for
10 months in World United College South East Asia (Tampines Branch); an
Executive Assistant with Vision Strategy Storytelling (3 months, Aug to
Oct 2017); as GB Connector in GrowthBeans Team in Savior-Asia
Consulting Pte Ltd (October 2018 to December 2019). Today, Jeremy is a
Founder in the ground up initiative project called – Project Stories for
LIFE (Affiliated with Youth Corps Singapore, a former member of the
Special Needs Cluster) that serves the Special Needs Community at-large
in the society, as well as being a PwD Advocate – a representing voice
of the Disabled Community to the public today.
Prayer Response to this featured article:
Jesus, enable us to share about your resurrection – being the risen
Christ today. Thank you for redeeming us from the price of sin as well.
(Written by Jeremy Koh, 12th April 2020 – Easter Sunday)
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