Woot! Blogpost! again.

Hello people!

Once again, the amazing blog of the fireac of the of the. Okay i lost my train of thought. Oh wells.

But hey people who read this blog, and are actually taking time to read it! heh. Okayzzz. Me turn to share this week.

Its been a crazy week for me, as a year 6, and in the middle of the week i decided, well, since im down and rostered to write i might as well write now.

EASTER IS COMING! ARE YOU EXCITED!!! :DDDDDD. Cause I am.

Funny how we all seem to trivalise these events. Like me. Oh easter, another holiday, another presbyterian convention, etc. etc. For crying out loud, Hop is in cinemas! The easter bunny on a big screen! Delivering eggs. (Don't get me wrong, the movie was quite cute).

HELLO! JESUS ROSE FROM THE GRAVE PEOPLE! THATS WHAT EASTER IS ABOUT!!!

Rose from the grave! Rose from the grave! Not from his bed leh, From the Grave! Why arent we on our knees giving thanks! Easter is the ultimate proof of God's power, and his sovereignty in our lives.

Ephesians 2: 1-10

Made Alive in Christ

¹ As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, ² in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. ³ All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh^[a] and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. ⁴ But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, ⁵ made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. ⁶ And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, ⁷ in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. ⁸ For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— ⁹ not by works, so that no one can boast. ¹⁰ For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

Don't you see! Don't you realise! God has a MASTERPLAN! Because of Easter, we are alive in christ! Because, we were all dead once, in our sin, in our sinful nature, but now we live! Forever!!!!!!

Grace. Faith. Love. Such amazing words. But they simply represent what God has done for us, in our lives!

Grace - an unmerited favour

Faith - Belief in what we cannot see

Love - God.

Love, in his Grace, came down for us, and died to remove our sins, so that by faith all who believe shall not perish but have eternal life. AMEN.

And so how. Because of Easter, because we are safe, what do we do????? Sit back and relax?

NO! MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS NO! CANNOT!

Look at verse 10! We are created to do good works! (c.f. James: Faith without deeds is useless) Because of easter, we are saved, and hence, are called to do good works in our LORD Jesus Christ. To go out, to spread his love, and to preach to the masses.

Well, FireAC, how can we do this? Very easy.

REW is coming. We can encourage others, and we can pray for them.

Therefore, if you are convicted, i invite you to pray. Pray for the speaker, pray for the people serving in the REW itself and the followup. And more importantly, PRAY FOR A NON-CHRISTIAN FRIEND TO BE IMPACTED. We never know how God will move. But, we can always pray.

SO IN SUMMARY:

JESUS LOVES YOU. ME. AND EVERYONE. EVEN THE VILEST SINNER. SO LETS PRAY FOR THEM.

kthxbai.

God Bless

-

Jon Wong!