Pastor Justin shares that God wants the best for us. God doesn’t just want us to live life but to have a blessed and abundant life. It is through living in God’s grace through faith that our lives become abundant because in God’s rest there is peace and understanding that God has everything under control. God knew that for man to survive life we would need to rest. We needed to learn that we cannot live the life we are supposed to on our own. It is through a relationship with Jesus that we gain access to God and rest.

Entering God’s Rest

Pastor Justin explains that before Jesus died He wanted to make sure that His disciples understood who He was and what was coming after His death. Was He the Son of Man or the Son of God? You can’t answer the question who Jesus is based on what other people believe or say. If Jesus is your God and Savior, then you have to be able to personally answer the question Jesus asks: Who Do you say I am? There is power in the truth of who Jesus is. And the truth is Jesus is both the Son of Man and the Son of God.

Easter Series / Who Is Jesus? / Part  1

Pastor David shares why Jesus was arrested and crucified and had to die in such a shameful and painful death. Jesus had to be crucified because there was no other way that Jesus would fulfill God’s plan for our salvation than to shed His blood for us. Jesus’ shed blood was the once and for all sacrifice and without His blood, there is no forgiveness for our sins. It had to be this way because sin causes shame and pain. Jesus’ crucifixion illustrates this like nothing else could.

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