Easter is about life from death. Most of us are aware that we celebrate Jesus' resurrection from the dead on Easter. But I am not sure that we think of our own selves - death to life. Colossians 2:13-15 speaks of us in terms of life from death - being brought to life spiritually from the dead. I think we often miss this - we think of a decision, a renewal, a change, a commitment - when we become Christians. We don't often think of ourselves as spiritually dead people who needed to be brought to life. I think it was Ravi Zacharius who said that "Jesus did not come to make bad men good, but to make dead men live."
Becoming a Christian is not like reading a good self-help book, it isn't a medicine that helps me feel better - but a change in identity, from death to life.
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I was going to comment here, but I'd rather just redirect you to my own blog
post. I think its a relevant, illustration of the Easter Story.
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