The Greatest Holiday

With Holy Week quickly approaching I see many churches in the area advertising their Easter services in much the same way as they do their Christmas services and pageants. I must say that I find this to be somewhat ridiculous. Who are they trying to attract? Fellow Christians whom have congregations of their own? Unbelievers? Non church going Christians? What significance does Easter have to the unbeliever? Why aren't the non church going Christians bothering to turn out for Easter? And most importantly, why aren't these churches promoting their Good Friday service? Is it not, after all, the most important Holiday that we as Christians observe? It is the remembrance that the Christ was willing to suffer an agonizing death to pay for our sins. He did not just have the discomfort of having nails driven through his arms and feet, not just the exquisite agony of suffocating under his own weight as his body slowly sagged and pushed in on his chest, he suffered the full, THE FULL, wrath of God. Yes, WRATH!! He bore it ALL so that there would be no more for us! It is the giving of grace. It is the giving of salvation!

Why do I say these things? Because we have elevated the resurrection of our Lord above his atoning death. I say this in reprimand to the churches not offering Good Friday services. I say them because of those who don't believe that Christ covered all of their sins on that cross. I write it for those who refuse to believe in the wrath of God. I say them for the joy that my dead bones have been brought to life! I say them in rejoicing that this was ordained to occur to save my soul!