Message from the Pastor

Romans 5 is sometimes known as the “much more” chapter of the Bible.  In it the apostle Paul contrasts the sin and destruction brought about by Adam’s disobedience with what Christ accomplished when He came to earth to live among us.

Every day we experience the damage and destruction caused  by the damage done when Adam and Eve broke the one commandment they were given in the Garden of Eden.  This legacy is sadly one of greed, cruelty and injustice, and left to our own devices our situation would be utterly hopeless.

However, Christ won a great victory when He made His sacrifice of His own Self on the cross, winning against sin and evil.  His subsequent resurrection was a victory over death.  Put together we can declare that much more has been won by Christ than what was lost in the fall of humanity.

“But there is a great difference between Adam’s sin and God’s gracious gift.  For the sin of one man, Adam, brought death to many.  But even greater is God’s wonderful grace and his gift of forgiveness to many through this other man, Jesus Christ.”

 (Romans 5:15 NLT)

Truly we can declare with wonder, relief, faith and joy:

“Christ has died

Christ is risen

Christ will come again.”

                                                                                                                                  Have a blessed Easter.

      Alan