Happy Easter

Over the last several years I’ve heard of this wonderful concept called resurrection eggs. I heard of them both by people saying how cool they are and also by those making fun of them. Until 2 weeks ago I had never actually seen them though. Personally I think that they are good tools to use as long as the gospel is presented well and the toys/symbols are not a distraction. As I walked through the story of the resurrection with my group that night it started to sink in how close Easter was fastly approaching which has lately been met with preparation by reading the Gospel of Matthew.

Now after reading the Lords supper passages it has brought me to looking over some sermons on the subject and I found one by John Piper that intrigued me entitled The Lords Supper as Worship. He say’s in it “The essence of worship is the inner experience of treasuring the true beauty and worth of God. And the outward forms of worship are the acts that show how much we treasure the beauty and worth of God. Therefore God created all of life as worship because he has told us, “whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God” (1 Corinthians 10:31). Do everything you do in a way that expresses your treasuring of God.”

The base scripture of the sermon was 1 Corinthians 11:17-34. In this Paul covers alot about the Corinthians and needs that they have but he warns of the seriousness of taking the Lords Supper. It is not to be taken lightly. But I do believe that it is also to cause us to worship through remembering, acknowledging, and proclaiming the gospel and all that it entails. Especially with the cross and the perfect sacrifice of the Son of God in mind.

Happy Easter!
Grace and peace