Mapperley Tuesday Morning Mail!

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Good Morning!

Sunday was one of the most encouraging services I've ever been to at St Jude's. We had 170 or so people there at 10:30 to praise God together for the resurrection of his Son. Great to see so many of you there, and great to see so many folk I didn't know as well. About 90 stayed to lunch, and a good time was had by almost all (except the hog, which was apparently happy until shortly before being roasted...)

I preached about how the news "He is not here; he has risen!" was the best news ever because it shows that however dark the situation is, God wins; because it shows that the price for sins has been paid once and for all; and because it shows that death has been beaten so that we can enjoy a new life with God.

The classic Easter acclamation is "Christ is risen; he is risen indeed! Alleluia!" I then explained some of the evidence that Christ is indeed truly risen. There's a longer description of the evidence here.

Here's a classic anthem for Easter made up of different quotations from the New Testament about the significance of the Resurrection. Why not use it this week to praise God and give yourself to him?

Christ our passover has been sacrificed for us:

so let us celebrate the feast,

not with the old leaven of corruption and wickedness:

but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

Christ once raised from the dead dies no more:

death has no more dominion over him.

In dying he died to sin once for all:

in living he lives to God.

See yourselves therefore as dead to sin:

and alive to God in Jesus Christ our Lord.

Christ has been raised from the dead:

the first fruits of those who sleep.

For as by man came death:

by man has come also the resurrection of the dead;

for as in Adam all die:

even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

God bless,

John