Day 2233 of the 7 day Bible verse challenge.
Matthew 28:6 NIV Arguably the biggest day of our faith. Growing up it was all about the Easter egg hunts and bunny rabbits. Dyeing eggs and having dinners. Finding a gift basket filled with more sugar than anyone should consume in one sitting. Who would have thought as we grow up and get older that we'd find out that it's about something far sweeter! And the biggest surprise isn't an egg hidden in grass, it's a stone rolled away from a tomb. Resurrection Sunday is the fulfillment of God's promise to set us free and remove our sins as far away as possible. Forgiveness is something truly special and it's a gift that all of us can take part in because of Christ's death. He carried our sins and their punishment in His body to the cross. Then from the cross to the tomb. And that's where they were left. He buried them. He left them behind so that we could too. He washed our sins away so that we wouldn't be buried under their weight anymore. True freedom, t...