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Here's Water! Baptism Service on Easter Sunday

Acts 8: 26 Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Go south to the road—the desert road—that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” 27 So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, an important official in charge of all the treasury of the Kandake (which means “queen of the Ethiopians”). This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship, 28 and on his way home was sitting in his chariot reading the Book of Isaiah the prophet. 29 The Spirit told Philip, “Go to that chariot and stay near it.” 30 Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.  31 “How can I,” he said, “unless someone explains it to me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.  32 This is the passage of Scripture the eunuch was reading: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he did not open his mouth. 33 In his humiliation he was deprived of justice. Who can speak of hi

Easter Sunday People Living In A Good Friday World*

This morning we celebrate one of the most important Christian events, Easter. Christianity rests on the foundation that Christ died and was resurrected. The celebration of His resurrection not only reminds us of the price He paid for us on the cross, but the greatest gift that He made available to us, eternal life.  This morning my Easter message is simply this, we live in a Good Friday World but we are Easter Sunday People.  The Good Friday World It all started the night before when Judas, one of Christ’s disciples and one that He trusted, made the decision to betray Christ for 30 pieces of silver.  His act of betrayal set in motion a series of events that can only be described as traumatic.  Good Friday is known as the day of suffering, Christ suffering, which led to our salvation. Through Christ’s suffering, we are given direct access to God. When you think about what Christ went through, all of the suffering at the hands of His fellow man, and what that Friday came to b