We just remembered Jesus death on the cross this
past Friday and celebrated His resurrection on Sunday!
After a Good Friday service, we came home and got
baths and then had our evening Bible reading and prayer time in a dark bedroom (instead
of in the well-lit den). I used a flashlight as we read the crucifixion story
together from the book of Luke. It’s a new tradition we started last year,
remembering the utter darkness God sent while Jesus hung on the cross to pay
for our sins. The kids had clear memories from a year ago (when we read the
account from John)!
It’s hard for us to grasp all Jesus did in those
dark hours on the cross. His death freed us from the penalty of sin and His
resurrection freed us from the power of sin.
Romans
6:1-5 What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace
may increase? 2 By no means! We are those
who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? 3 Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized
into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We
were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just
as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may
live a new life.
5 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will
certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his.
Are you and I truly living in the new life Jesus
provided and looking forward to our resurrection someday? Or, is there some habitual sin that
reflects a lack of union with Jesus’ death? Let’s ask the Holy Spirit to help
us overcome those sins, living in the victory Jesus has already won!
Alice
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