Michael Johnson:
How can we we be an Easter people 24/7, 365 days of the year?
There’s no simple answer, but I suggest we start with remembering.
Remember God’s words in Deuteronomy 6:12 (right after he gave the Ten Commandments), “…take care lest you forget the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.”
Remember Psalm 119:93, “I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have given me life.”
Remember 1 Corinthians 11:23-25, when the Apostle Paul recounts Jesus’ words that as we partake in communion, we do so in remembrance of Christ's death.
In other words, cultivating a presence of Easter’s ongoing realities begins with remembering that we all too often forget the central truth of Christianity summarized in 2 Corinthians 5:21, “For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.”
In light of what Christ has done for you, remember who you are in Christ. 1 Corinthians 6:11, “But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.”
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