April 16 2017 Easter - The Foundation For Happiness
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EASTER, THE FOUNDATION FOR HAPPINESS
Col. 1:14 – Christ bought our freedom with His blood.
John 10:10 – Jesus said, “I come to give you life to the full.”
Matt. 28:5 - He is not here, He has risen.
Psalm 146:5 – Happy is he whose hope is in the Lord.
Happiness is Possible:
1. Because Christ can free you from guilt.
Eph. 1:7 – By the death of Christ we are set free, that is, our sins are forgiven.
Col.2.14 – He has cancelled every record of the debt
we owed. Christ has done away with it by nailing it to the cross.
Rom 8:1 – There is no condemnation awaiting those who belong to Christ.
2. Because Christ can free you from worry.
I Peter 1:2 – God’s Spirit has been at work in you heart through Jesus Christ. May God grant you increasing freedom from all anxiety and fear.
Ph. 4:13 – I am ready for anything through the strength of Christ who lives in me.
3. Because Christ can give you purpose.
Eph. 2:10 – We are God’s work of art, created in Christ Jesus to live the good life as He meant for us to live it.
Acts 20:24 – Life is worth nothing unless I use it for doing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus.
4. Because Christ can give you a home in heaven.
Col. 2:20 – Christ has set you free from following the world’s ideas of how to be saved by doing good and obeying various rules.
Rom 4:4 – You don’t earn the right to heaven, no, for being saved is a free gift. If a person could earn it by being good, then it wouldn’t be free, but it is.
Rom. 6:23 – The free gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ.
A Prayer That Leads to Happiness: Dear God, I believe Jesus Christ was who He claimed to be, Your Son, and that He proved it by rising from death. Jesus Christ, thank You for dying for me on the cross. I want You to forgive my sins and I want to know You personally and experience the freedom You offer. As much as I know how, I ask You to come into my life and be my Lord and Savior. Amen.
