The passage I have chosen for us to read, though, is not about Easter Day - if it relates at all to this time of year, then perhaps it speaks to us of the promise of the cross.
Imagine, if you will, being hooked up to a lie detector, and asked if you had kept every detail of every law.
I wonder how many of us could say ‘yes’?
Even, I, for instance, may have inadvertently allowed my car to stray slightly above the speed limit on a couple of occasions.
The thought that God knows all about our failures terrifies some people. If I were to die now, they think, and had to answer for how I have lived, I would be found guilty on so many counts. How could I hope to be acquitted by God?
Religion seems to say we must keep God’s law in order to stay on the right side of him, but we are constantly breaking the law, so we have no chance of being at peace with him, or being acceptable to him.
But that’s not what Christianity says. The good news of Easter is that God isn’t like that at all. He is not the God of law, but the God of grace.
His way is not about what we do, but about what we believe. God is not waiting to trip us and judge us, but to forgive us and accept us. And, as Paul explains, it took Jesus to make this clear.
So we can start this Easter Day, as we can start every day, with a clean sheet when we turn to the God who waits to forgive and accept us.
A good thought to start Easter Day with. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI've been thinking a lot about this recently
ReplyDeletethank you