Easter Sunday commemorates the grand and historical event of the resurrection, where our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ defeated sin and death. By looking back upon Scripture taken from the Old Testament, believers are able to recall the history where man was created in His image, deemed very good in the eyes of God. After deviating away from the original purpose, the commandments known to be Holy, Righteous, and Good—not only assisted in protecting the very image man was created with but also paved the way to establish a relationship with God. As such history would be interconnected with the theme of His long-suffering, God would later demonstrate an indescribable love by sending His one and only Son into the world.
This grand mysterious love was surly upon the disciples, as it was our lord and savior Jesus Christ who not only described what the kingdom of heaven was like using practical ideas that man could understand but would also share about His good and pleasing will. It’s through all accounts of the history along with His life, ministry, death, and resurrection that reveal good news and it’s where many today associate the gospel with love, peace, grace, forgiveness, reconciliation and more.
Such an example can derive from the transformation of Saul who was raised by Gamaliel, a profound teacher of the law. While such positions of a top pharisee and Roman citizen would lead to much respect and opportunities, he would later lay these things down and look towards the lord where he could share this good news with others.
To the loving church in Philippi, the apostle would share how his joy would be made complete by those striving to be like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. (Philippians 2:2-4)
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In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus. Though He was in very nature God, He did not consider equality with God something to be used to His own advantage. Instead, He made Himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to death—even death on a cross. Therefore, God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow—in heaven, on earth, and under the earth—and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. (Philippians 2:5-11)
The historic and grand event of our resurrected lord surly opened up an era where those could not only engrave their hope towards heaven but also be given a right to become children of God.