Easter 2026: Consider Jesus

This powerful Easter message challenges us to wrestle with one of life's most important questions: What does it take to be made right with God? We discover that Christianity is not a roadmap but a person—Jesus Christ. The message walks us through the radical nature of Jesus's ministry, reminding us that He didn't come for those who had it all together. Instead, He came for the misfits, the rejected, the religiously unclean—the very people that religion pushed away. This is beautifully illustrated in Mark 2:17 where Jesus declares that He came not for the healthy but for the sick, not for the righteous but for sinners. We're invited to consider the resurrection as a historical event that transformed billions of lives, including our own. The disciples went from denying and doubting to dying as martyrs because they witnessed the empty tomb. This wasn't blind faith—it was a response to a risen Savior. The message culminates in a crucial distinction: religion says 'do more and maybe God will accept you,' but relationship says 'it's already done.' Through Romans 3:22, we learn that righteousness comes from God through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. The word 'believe' here means more than intellectual acknowledgment—it means to trust in, cling to, rely on, and commit ourselves to Christ completely.