He is Risen, Risen Indeed!

"Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends."

 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

"But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man's trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many. And the free gift is not like the result of that one man's sin. For the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brought justification. For if, because of one man's trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ."

Happy Resurrection Sunday! Praise the Lord for his many blessings to us, and love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God! He died that we might live; God separated himself from his Son that we might never be separated from him; Christ became sin that we might become righteous; Christ was debased so that we might join him in his glory!!! And all because he desires that all have the gift of eternal life!

"Thine be the glory, risen, conquering Son;
endless is the victory, thou o'er death hast won;
angels in bright raiment rolled the stone away,
kept the folded grave clothes where thy body lay.
Thine be the glory, risen conquering Son,
Endless is the vict'ry, thou o'er death hast won.

Lo! Jesus meets us, risen from the tomb;
Lovingly he greets us, scatters fear and gloom;
let the Church with gladness, hymns of triumph sing;
for her Lord now liveth, death hath lost its sting. 

Thine be the glory, risen conquering Son,
Endless is the vict'ry, thou o'er death hast won.

 
No more we doubt thee, glorious Prince of life;
life is naught without thee; aid us in our strife;
make us more than conquerors, through thy deathless love:
bring us safe through Jordan to thy home above.  

Thine be the glory, risen conquering Son,
Endless is the vict'ry, thou o'er death hast won."

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