Live like Easter People
1 John 4:7-11 7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. 9 In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. 10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
Yesterday we celebrated another Easter, and the older I become the more I understand the extreme love of God. He had one plan for the redemption of mankind—let’s call it Plan A.
Some might think of the Great Flood as Plan A, but no, the flood cleansed the earth without redemption of sin. The earth became repopulated but with no less sin than before.
It took a Savior, one born without sin, to redeem mankind and provide that living hope that only He could give. There was never a need for another plan, never a reason for a do-over.
May we accept the salvation provided by God, love with His love, forgive with His heart, and live as Easter people all year long.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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