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By PRISCILLA MAXWELL Please call 706-678-7657

I hope each of you and your family had a nice, safe, enjoyable Easter weekend. I know a good many families had family get-togethers and egg hunts.

The meaning of Easter: To the world it means that the perfect plan of salvation has been provided. "I declare unto you the gospel . . . that Christ died for our sins according to the scripture and that He was buried and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures. . . . But God commendeth His love toward us in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." I Corinthians 15:1-4; Romans 5:8.

To God it means that He is satisfied with the work of His Son. "Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit." I Peter 3:18.

To the believer it is the promise of everlasting life. Jesus promises, "Because I live you shall live also." "He that heareth my word and believeth on Him that sent me, hath everlasting life and shall not come unto condemnation, but is passed from death unto life." John 14:19; John 5:24.

To you it is a challenge to believe. Jesus claims, "I am the resurrection and the life; he that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live." "If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved." John 11:25; Romans 10:9.

You can know the true meaning of Easter in your life today by taking these steps:

Recognize that without Christ you are separated from God. In honest repentance admit your need to be saved. "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God." Romans 3:23.

Realize that God loves you, and believe that Jesus Christ died for your sins, "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life. He sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that through Him the world might be saved." John 3:16-17.

Receive the risen Christ into your heart by faith, and trust Him as your Savior. "But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name." John 1:12.

Remember. God loves you.

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