Easter is worth finding out what it means

Happy Easter
Maybe you have an Easter basket hunt or search for eggs or candy? Maybe you don't really know what Easter is all about? It is worth finding out. Let me show you...

Many people do not know what Easter is about. This is particularly true with younger people. It is also easy for many people to fuzzy about Easter. A key holiday in our culture has been removed from public knowledge. Our cultural silence has had an effect. We don’t talk about it, we rename it; by doing so, very important information and why it is significant to each of us. 

Easter concerns the death, burial and ressurection of Jesus Christ. Why these historical events matter to us you are going to have to do a little reading and possibly listening to and explanation of Good Friday and Easter.

If you don’t know about Easter, I am not going to tell you right here. Rather I want to challenge you to find out for yourself. Here are some ideas how to do that?

1. In the Bible there are 66 books. The Old Testament and the New Testament. In the New Testament there are four books in the beginning called the gospels. Read one of the four. I don’t care which one. You will have to invest about one hour to read a gospel. Each of them will tell you about the life and works of Jesus Christ. They all will end telling your about the the death, burial and ressurection of Jesus. Since most I know have never done this you will discover things most people don’t know.
2. Gospel means “good news”. The bottom line on the bad news is everybody dies. How does God work to help us through death to eternal life in heaven? Again I am not going to tell you here. if you want to know you are going to have to do a little reading. So once again I want to return you to the New testament. Look at the table of contents. You will find the book “Romans”. Look up the page number. To get a good idea of how God helps you have eternal life read the first 8 chapters. It will take you about an half an hour. 
3. By now, you have valuable information. You may have questions or maybe you have figured it out. It is a big world out there so let me share will you some resourses that can help you put it together.
1. The following link comes from Our Daily Bread. It is a good site with great resourses. One booklet I recondmend is - http://discoveryseries.org/discovery-series/a-rumor-of-hope-the-good-news-of-easter/
2. There 60,000 people who go to bible.org everyday. here are some articles on Easter - https://bible.org/topics/374/Easter
3. I often listen or watch church services from Moody Church in Chicago. Like any preacher you may or not agree but Dr. Lutzer is very clear and helpful. Here is a radio broadcast on Easter. http://www.moodymedia.org/radio-programs/moody-church-hour/beyond-the-empty-tomb/#.Vvd3EseJa7Y

By now you have a better idea of Easter and what it means for you. If you have questions or concerns now I would like to hear from you. Keep walking