{"id":346,"date":"2023-03-26T20:45:29","date_gmt":"2023-03-26T20:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newlightministry.org\/?page_id=346"},"modified":"2024-03-31T00:56:16","modified_gmt":"2024-03-31T00:56:16","slug":"easter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/newlightministry.org\/index.php\/easter\/","title":{"rendered":"Easter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/newlightministry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-fr-daniel-ciucci-NxZn94apfjc-unsplash-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newlightministry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-fr-daniel-ciucci-NxZn94apfjc-unsplash-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newlightministry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-fr-daniel-ciucci-NxZn94apfjc-unsplash-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newlightministry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-fr-daniel-ciucci-NxZn94apfjc-unsplash-scaled-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newlightministry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-fr-daniel-ciucci-NxZn94apfjc-unsplash-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/newlightministry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-fr-daniel-ciucci-NxZn94apfjc-unsplash-scaled-1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Happy and Blessed Easter from NewLight Ministry<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>We pray you have a happy Easter in remembrance of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who died, was buried, and rose again for our salvation. Please remember Him on Easter and on every day of the year. Remember Him as He remembers and loves you.<br>Our Savior Lives!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"710\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/newlightministry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/nl-banner.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newlightministry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/nl-banner.jpg 710w, https:\/\/newlightministry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/nl-banner-300x42.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Arise My Love by Newsong\" width=\"780\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EMHyGh0RgCA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>THE ROCK, THE ROLL, THE RESURRECTION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>John 20<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Early on Sunday morning, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb. She saw that the large stone was moved away from the entrance. So she ran to Simon Peter and the other follower (the one Jesus loved very much). She said, \u201cThey have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don\u2019t know where they put him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So Peter and the other follower started going to the tomb. They were both running, but the other follower ran faster than Peter and reached the tomb first. He bent down and looked in. He saw the pieces of linen cloth lying there, but he did not go in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then Simon Peter finally reached the tomb and went in. He saw the pieces of linen lying there. He also saw the cloth that had been around Jesus\u2019 head. It was folded up and laid in a different place from the pieces of linen. Then the other follower went in\u2014the one who had reached the tomb first. He saw what had happened and believed. (These followers did not yet understand from the Scriptures that Jesus must rise from death.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then the followers went back home. But Mary stood outside the tomb, crying. While she was crying, she bent down and looked inside the tomb. She saw two angels dressed in white sitting where Jesus\u2019 body had been. One was sitting where the head had been; the other was sitting where the feet had been.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The angels asked Mary, \u201cWoman, why are you crying?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mary answered, \u201cThey took away the body of my Lord, and I don\u2019t know where they put him.\u201d When Mary said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there. But she did not know that it was Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He asked her, \u201cWoman, why are you crying? Who are you looking for?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She thought he was the man in charge of the garden. So she said to him, \u201cDid you take him away, sir? Tell me where you put him. I will go and get him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jesus said to her, \u201cMary.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She turned toward him and said in Aramaic, <em>\u201cRabboni,\u201d<\/em> which means \u201cTeacher.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jesus said to her, \u201cYou don\u2019t need to hold on to me! I have not yet gone back up to the Father. But go to my followers and tell them this: \u2018I am going back to my Father and your Father. I am going back to my God and your God.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mary Magdalene went to the followers and told them, \u201cI saw the Lord!\u201d And she told them what he had said to her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The day was Sunday, and that same evening the followers were together. They had the doors locked because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. Suddenly, Jesus was standing there among them. He said, \u201cPeace be with you!\u201d As soon as he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. When the followers saw the Lord, they were very happy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then Jesus said again, \u201cPeace be with you. It was the Father who sent me, and I am now sending you in the same way.\u201d Then he breathed on them and said, \u201cReceive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of anyone, their sins are forgiven. If there is anyone whose sins you don\u2019t forgive, their sins are not forgiven.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thomas (called Didymus) was one of the twelve, but he was not with the other followers when Jesus came. They told him, \u201cWe saw the Lord.\u201d Thomas said, \u201cThat\u2019s hard to believe. I will have to see the nail holes in his hands, put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side. Only then will I believe it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A week later the followers were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. The doors were locked, but Jesus came and stood among them. He said, \u201cPeace be with you!\u201d Then he said to Thomas, \u201cPut your finger here. Look at my hands. Put your hand here in my side. Stop doubting and believe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thomas said to Jesus, \u201cMy Lord and my God!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jesus said to him, \u201cYou believe because you see me. 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