Easter
Videos
From the "I want to know Christ" Easter Resources. Developed by Corps Resources
Maundy Thursday
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Better - Have you ever thought yourself better than someone else? Friends? Family? how about the homeless guy on the street? What does Jesus think about the idea of 'better'? |
Good Friday
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Passion - The final week of Christ is one of the central events of history. But how did Christ feel about it? How did those around him feel about it? What does it mean for all of us? |
Easter Sunday
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Resurrection - This clip looks at what Jesus' resurrection means for us in our daily lives, featuring Major Geoff Webb, Principal of The Salvation Army Training College in Melbourne. |
Easter people
We are an Easter people! This was the expression of a mentor of mine years ago. The power of his message still captures me and aptly conveys the essence of our ‘Army.’
Let me explain:
Do you know why we have our primary worship on Sundays instead of the Hebrew Sabbath? It’s because we are an Easter people. The Sabbath is from sundown Friday night to sundown Saturday night. When Jesus died on the cross for the healing of our souls, he was resurrected on Sunday. That’s the day Easter people worship.
Do you know why we believe in heaven? It’s because we’re Easter people. Jesus’ resurrection showed us God’s plan. He said, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies.’ See? We end up alive because we’re an Easter people.
Do you know why we’re so interested in helping people? Yes, it’s because we’re Easter people. When you know that there’s hope for living fully as God has designed us, and that he enables us to live above any and all circumstances, you know it’s worth it to help others.
Everyone can be an Easter person. God’s love revealed by the sacrifice of his Son, Jesus, on the cross of Calvary proves his willingness to give everyone this new Easter life.
I hope you’re an Easter person. It doesn’t really matter if you go to church or if your name is on their records. You simply need to embrace God’s love and declare that you agree with him about Easter for yourself. It’ll put a resurrection smile on your face and transform your life from death to life. God bless you this Easter.
Commissioner Jim Knaggs, Territorial Commander
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The General's Easter Message 2010
The events of the first Easter are recorded for ever in our Bibles. The four gospel writers devote ample space to it all. Matthew’s account (please look it up in your Bible and read it for yourself) climaxes in his 28th chapter where he describes what took place on the day after the Sabbath. We call that day Sunday. Every Sunday is a celebration of resurrection. The Sunday after Good Friday, Easter Day, is a great day of rejoicing for Christian believers.
It was dawn when the two Marys went to look at the tomb where others had laid Jesus. There they encountered a Heavenly messenger who, because the huge stone covering the mouth of the grave had been rolled back and because the Roman military guards were paralysed with fear, anticipated their shocked reaction. ‘Do not be afraid,’ they were told.
Announcing to the women that the Lord was risen, the angel invited them to enter the tomb and see for themselves. They did so and at once returned to the other disciples to report their extraordinary encounter. What a wonderful privilege for these two women! They were the first to see and enter the empty tomb of Jesus and the first to go and tell of it.
More was to come. As they hurried to find and tell the others, suddenly the Risen Lord appeared to them. We note again the privileged role of women early on that Resurrection Morning. This reminds us to thank God for all women believers and for women who are called to sacred ministry roles in the Body of Christ today. These include thousands of women in The Salvation Army who have been called, commissioned and ordained to spiritual leadership. This Easter they will proclaim again faithfully the Resurrection story and many will be blessed.
The two Marys fell at the feet of the Lord on that first day of the week. Will you? Gladly they heard his Resurrection greeting: ‘Do not be afraid.’ Do you hear it too? Is not your heart reassured? ‘Go and tell,’ he commanded them, and they obeyed. Will you?
I enfold in my prayers all who read this short Easter message. May the crucified agony of Jesus, endured for you and me, move us to the depths of our being, and may the matchless joy of that first Easter day and of our Lord’s Resurrection fill us all through and through!
Christ is risen! Hallelujah!
by General Shaw Clifton
