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Glorious greetings and welcome to the Easter Edition of your newsletter. We expect that you will have a joyous week celebrating what God did for us in Jesus Christ; we died with Him, we were raised from the dead with Him, and now we are seated in heavenly places with Him. What a beautiful life we have in Him!
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The Devils Danced
by Vivien Wade
The devils danced at mid-day,
darkness had covered the earth,
as Jesus hung on Calvary's tree,
Satan's host danced with mirth.
At three o'clock thunder roared,
the time for death was nigh,
as Jesus cried 'it is finished',
gave up the ghost with a sigh.
The Temple curtain was rent
in a most unusual way,
torn in two from top to bottom,
the old covenant ended that day.
If Satan had known Jesus
would be the victor over sin,
he'd not have had him crucified,
a fight he could never win.
The devils danced at midday
but were the losers sore.
Jesus rose up from the dead,
and is alive forever more.
Copyright © Vivien Wade May 2016
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Mark 16:3-8
"When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him.
'And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb.
'And they were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?”
'And looking up, they saw that the stone had been rolled back—it was very large.
'And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were alarmed.
'And he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. See the place where they laid him.
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Easter - The Whole Outlook Changes
by Peter Wade
The whole outlook changes! What a vivid word picture of the true meaning of Easter. This treasure from Phillip’s translation brings home the truth that things are different because of Easter. “The whole outlook changes — sin used to be the master of men and in the end handed them over to death: now grace is the ruling factor, with righteousness as its purpose and its end the bringing of men to the eternal life of God through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Romans 5:21 Phillips).
Because the Lord Jesus Christ broke the bands of death, the grave could not hold Him, and He arose triumphant over death and hell — the whole outlook changes. The world of a person’s life was certainly dark, but now a brilliant ray of light appears — “because I live, ye shall live also.”
There is no better example than the disciples of Christ and their fellow-believers of how the whole outlook changes because of Easter. Peter went into the high priest’s palace, and sat with the servants, to see the end (Matthew 26:58). When Christ was led to the cross, “ there followed Him a great company of women, which also bewailed and lamented Him” (Luke 23:27).
When Christ was hanging on the cross, “ all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned” (Luke 23:48). This dismal outlook remained right up to the morning of Easter, for the first words of Christ to Mary were, “ Woman, why weepest thou?” Of course, this is exactly what Jesus foretold in John 16:20, “ Ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.”
The whole outlook changes! When the women approached the empty tomb, and heard the angel's message, “ they departed quickly from the sepulcher with fear and great joy; and did run to bring His disciples word” (Matthew 28:8). The two disciples after their Emmaus experience said, “Did not our heart burn [glow] within us, while He talked with us by the way, and while He opened to us the scriptures” (Luke 24:32). And immediately following the ascension of Christ, the disciples “ returned to Jerusalem with great joy, and were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God” (Luke 24:52-53).
Yes, because of Easter, the whole outlook changes! You only have to read the book of Acts to discover that the disciples would never be the same again.
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