Easter is on Sunday, and it is one of the two most important holidays in Christianity (the other being Christmas). It is what the religion is based on. The song "Hero" takes us through Jesus' life. Jesus performed many miracles throughout His life, and taught about love, but many people thought that He was a hypocrite, that He didn't really live the life He preached. The final part of Jesus' life was the death and resurrection. Jesus was to be a flawless sacrifice, the only way that we can live and still may see God's face.
Jesus was brutally murdered by being beat, having His limbs be broken, and nailed to the cross to die of suffocation. It was excrutiating pain, nothing can compare to it. Did He want to be put through that pain? No. In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus prayed to God, His father and asked if there was another way for this to be done (Matthew 26:36-46). This was the only way. Jesus did not want to be in pain, but he wanted to take the pain away from us. He wants to be on your side and help you.
Jesus did the hard work for us, and paved the way to salvation. It's now our decision to follow Him and spread His message. He is giving us the ability to say I've sinned/I've messed up (even on purpose), but will you take my issues as your own? He will take our issues. He is giving you the opportunity to go to Heaven. He is handing salvation to you on a silver platter. All you have to do is ask for it.
This is what the Christian faith is about, Jesus dying and coming back to life, but people still do not believe.
17 The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life—only to take it up again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father.”
~John 10 (NIV)
Jesus said that we need to have faith, to believe without seeing. We believe without seeing all the time: we believe that our family is safe when we are not with them, and we believe that the school building is still standing even when we are home. How can we know it's true? How can we believe without seeing? We can see God work in many ways. We need to watch and listen for God.
"Hero" by Abandon
He walked the dirty streets famous for nothing
He said, "Come follow me" and they came
A face like all the rest, but something was different
The Son of God would lead the way
And soon they all would say
There He goes, a hero, a savior to the world
Here He stands with scars in His hands
With love He gave His life so we could be free
The savior of the world
He spoke with clarity, walked across the sea
A single word would calm the storm
His touch could heal the sick, but He was called a hypocrite
Laid behind the stone, his death was shortly mourned
He left the curtain torn
There He goes, a hero, a savior to the world
Here He stands with scars in His hands
With love He gave His life so we could be free
The savior of the world
He chose to take the cross, shed tears for the lost
The broken and the needy, forgiving those who were and will be
The angel made it clear, he told them, "Have no fear
He's not here, He's not here"
There He goes, a hero, a savior to the world
Here He stands with scars in His hands
With love He gave His life so we could be free
The savior of the world
The savior of the world
(The savior of the world)
The savior of the world
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