THE EASTER MESSAGE:
We all know the Gospel message of the resurrection which began with fear, confusion and amazement. The women went to the tomb to anoint the body of Jesus and they found that the stone over the entrance had rolled away and the body of Our Lord Jesus Christ had gone. Angles appeared to them and they were terrified. A message was delivered - "Why do you look for the living among the dead" - but it made no sense. They did not know what to think or to believe. The first message of Easter, delivered from the empty tomb was this:
HE IS RISEN
"He is not here. He is risen." - they encountered The Lord in the garden, on the road, and by the beach. Even as he leaves to go to the Father, He says that He will always be with us.
What does this mean for us, his followers of the present day? Well, it means that we must look for Jesus not just where he has been, and not just in what is familiar, but beyond ourselves, and beyond our present understandings. He is going before us, and we will now find him in ways that challenge and disturb. And in all this we must be his witnesses.
So the Easter message today is "Look for Jesus. Serve him. Tell his story. Let his new and radical availability change your life and change the world". May the joy of celebrating Easter be with each of you, and may we rise up to tell the story of our amazing Jesus Christ. Our world needs what only the Risen Christ can supply. Happy Easter and may this Easter be special.
BLESINGS:
As the Archbishop of this Global Fellowship & Ministry may I extend the Blessings of the Lord
Jesus Christ on each and every one of you and welcome you to and into:
The Spirit Filled Fellowship Global church!
His Grace, The Most Archbishop. Deric Bircham.
Apostolic Archishop - The Spirit Filled Fellowship Global Church & Network!
