OUR DAILY BREAD : EASTER EVERY DAY

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April 20
Easter Sunday


EASTER EVERY
DAY

READ:
Hebrews 10:11-18
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A friend of mine, who is a preschool teacher, overheard an animated conversation among her students. Little Maria threw out the question: "Who loves God?" All of them responded, "I do! I do! I do!" Billy said, "I love Jesus." Kelly protested, "But He died." Billy said, "Yeah, but every Easter he rises from the dead!"

Obviously, young Billy's understanding of the meaning of Easter is still developing. We know that Jesus died once for all (Rom. 6:10); Heb. 10:12) and, of course; rose from the dead once. Three days after paying the penalty of our sins on the cross, the sinless Jesus conquered death by rising from the grave and breaking the power of sin. It was this final sacrifice of blood that opened the only way for us to have a relationship with God now and a home with Him forevermore.

"Christ died for our sins,...He was buried, and...He rose again the third day" (1 Cor. 15:3-4). He has promised that He is preparing a place fro us (John 14:1-4), and He will someday return. One day we will be with our risen Savior.

That's why every year at Eastertime__in fact, every day of the year__we have reason to celebrate the resurrection of our savior. "I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth" (Ps. 34:1). __Cindy Hess Kasper

```````````````````````Living, He loved me; dying, He saved me;`````````````````````
`````````````````````````Buried, He carried my sins far away;`````````````````````````
`````````````````````````Rising, He justified freely forever;```````````````````````````
```````````````````One day He's coming__O glorious day! __Chapman```````````````````
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Christ's resurrection is cause for our celebration.

***********************Today's Bible Reading __ Hebrews 10:11-18*********************

11 And every priest stands
ministering daily and
offering repeatedly the
same sacrifices, which can
never take away sins. 12 But
this Man, after He had
offered one sacrifice for
sins forever, sat down at the
right hand of God, 13 from
that time waiting till His
enemies are made His
footstool. 14 For by one
offering He has perfected
forever those who are being
sanctified.

15 But the Holy Spirit also
witnesses to us; for after He
had said before, 16 "This is
the covenant that I will
make with them after those
days, says the LORD: I will
put My laws into their
hearts, and in their minds I
will write them," 17 then He
adds, "Their sins and their
lawless deeds I will
remember no more."

18 Now where there is
remission of these, there is
no longer an offering for sin.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

In Hebrews 10:14 we see this remarkable statement: "For by one
offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified."
How is this possible? Paul in his letter to the church at Corinth
answers this question. Since being "Good enough" through personal
effort is futile (Rom. 7), only a transfer of account from a righteous
person to a sinner could remedy the problem. "He made [Christ]
who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the
righteousness of God in Him" (2 Cor. 5:21). Christ's atoning death
on the cross appeased the wrath of God (Rom. 3:24-26), and His
righteousness was attributed to us that we might be declared
justified before God.