Happy Easter!

Today is the day that Christians across the world celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. You're welcome to attend Easter Service with us at the First Baptist Church of Mt. Washington -- services will take place at 8:15, 9:35, and 11:00 in the morning. :) If you can't make it to church, feel free to tune in to Reach 95.3 FM at 11:00 a.m. to listen in on our Easter service. Wherever you attend or celebrate, it is a great day!

Easter is a wonderful time, and is important to Christians in-that it celebrates the Resurrection of Christ and what that means for us. Read what the Apostle Paul had to say about the Resurrection, and why it is so very important to us:

   
Now if Christ is preached that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen. And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty. Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God, because we have testified of God that He raised up Christ, whom He did not raise up—if in fact the dead do not rise. For if the dead do not rise, then Christ is not risen. And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins! Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable.   
But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. (1 Corinthians 15:12-20, New King James Version)

The Resurrection of Christ is very fundamental to our worldview -- if Jesus wasn't resurrected, we are indeed to be pitied! But we believe he was sent by God as a final, permanent sacrifice for the sins of man, and by living out a life in pursuit of Him we can freely enjoy and worship the good Lord this Easter day. I'll leave you with this:

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?”
(John 11:25-26, New King James Version)

Have a good day!