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An Easter Message

Bible Study For Beginners

By Holly Newby

    Life without God is empty. The place in our hearts that yearns for him can only be filled with the Father who created us. Many find life lonely and unfulfilling, but that is because they don’t even know that it is God whom they need to seek. Read with me in Matthew 7:7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.” This promise in the Gospel of Matthew is found right after a long message about what we don’t need.
       Read with me in Matthew 7:1-6 “1Judge not, that you be not judged. 2 For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. 3 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? 4 Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.  6 “Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you.”
        We sometimes find folks judging, fussing with, and attacking others, but what we all really need is the mercy of God. Without God, there is no peace. He is the peace in our lives that we are missing and it can only come from him. Our job isn't to judge, micromanage, or review others' behavior, but to correct our own.
    Read on with me in John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life." This is the heart of the Gospel message in a verse. It reminds us that God loves us so much, that he gave his only son for us, even when we didn't deserve it, didn't earn it and sometimes didn't even know we needed him.
        The truth of the matter is this. We all need Jesus. He is the only way for us to ever find love or peace. HE is the way that we can be reconciled to God even in our fallen sinful nature. He unlocks the doors of Heaven for us with his life, sacrificed on the cross. Read on with me in John 14:6 “Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
         Have you ever been locked out of the house or locked out of your car? What would you give to just have those keys back in your hand after you hear that door lock. Read with me once more in Matthew 7:7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.” Jesus is the key for all of us, the only key that will ever work.
        Listen to how simply John put it. Read with me in John 8:32 "And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." Jesus is the key that sets us all free. He is the only truth that can unlock the doors of Heaven and our forgiveness from God the Father.
         Prayer: Heavenly Father, thank you for the gift of Jesus. We have always needed him to be the way and the truth and the life for us, without him there would be no way for us to get back into right relationship with You. May all who seek you find you and rejoice. Father God,  you are great and merciful. That is the truth. Amen.