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Remember!
From the Pastor's Desk
The angel told the women at the empty tomb to “Remember!,” Not, “remember?” – as in an invitation to simply “recall the past,” but “Remember!” – as in the command to “be aware of the present!” To acknowledge the facts! To live in the awareness of the way things are.
Remember what He said – “The Son of man must suffer many things, be killed, and on the third day be raised again (Luke 9:22)” – Because it’s a done deal: Christ was dead, but now He lives. He is risen (Luke 24:6). Alleluia!
Remember what He does – He comes for His own, teaching and feeding (John 21:13), forgiving and restoring (John 20:19), strengthening and creating faith (John 20:27-28) for life and salvation.
Remember how He comes – in the water of Baptism, the washing of rebirth and renewal in the Holy Spirit (Titus 3:5); in the bread and wine, His flesh and blood given for you for the forgiveness of sins (Matt 26:28; John 6:56); and in His Word, that whoever hears and believes has eternal life and will not be condemned (John 5:24).
Remember what this means – that you are now a new creation in Christ; the old has gone, the new has come (2 Cor 5:17). You have been baptized into His death, so that just as Christ was raised from the dead, you also will be united with Him in His resurrection (Romans 6:3-5). “Whoever believes in Me, though he die, yet shall he live” (John 11:26)!
Your Fellow Servant in Christ,
Pastor Holowach