Q: Does God love sinners?

A:  Yes.  He loves you and I, doesn't He?

What He doesn't love is the SIN in our lives.  God is holy...and being holy means without sin.  Therefore God is without sin and cannot be apart of anyone with sin.  Insert Jesus here.  He comes to save us from our sins so that we may have a relationship with God.  The only reason that Jesus could save us from sin is because He Himself, was without sin.  Jesus is a clean man, coming to save an unclean human race.

Let me make this clear, God loves all His children.  He created us in His image and wants us to have a relationship with Him.  But He hates the sin in our lives and thus offers us a way out.  This is really the basic Christian Gospel.

This coming Friday is Good Friday, which in the Christian faith is the day in which we remember the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross.  It is the pinnacle moment in which our loving God sacrifices His holy son in order to save us...all due to His love for us.

I invite anyone who is reading this post to come to our church and be apart of the service. Details are below.

 


[answered by Pastor KJT]

Q: Where does the Easter Bunny and Easter Eggs come from?

When I spoke at Thornlea Secondary School, I was asked to talk about the origin of Easter, among other things. HERE is a good article about this topic. Another is found HERE.

Summarily, for Christians, the origin of Easter is simply the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Sadly, traditions that have nothing to do with Jesus, such as the Easter Bunny and Easter Eggs have become very popular. In fact, two animated feature films have been commissioned about the Easter Bunny. One such films tells the story of how the Easter Bunny is injured by a reckless driver, forcing the driver to take up the role of Bunny in order to "save" Easter. How ironic. 

And sad.