HAPPY EASTER

Editing this afternoon.  Came across this partial poem which goes along with this celebratory weekend:

Something that was completed or accomplished once-for-all

was the plan of salvation when Jesus died on the cross for all.

Jesus took your sins and mine and crucified them

so that we could have new, eternal life within.

By simply believing Jesus paid the price

when He became our once-for-all sacrifice,

we are guaranteed an eternity in heaven

because our sins have been forgotten and forgiven.

Once for all! All means you.

The gospel message is true.

Simply believe

then receive.

(Yes, I realize "all" also means for all time instead of individuals.)

There is a hymn entitled "Once for All".

1. • Once for all, O sinner, receive it,
     Once for all, O friend, now believe it;
     Cling to the cross, the burden will fall,
     Christ has redeemed us once for all.
2. Now we are free, there’s no condemnation,
   Jesus provides a perfect salvation;
   “Come unto Me,” oh, hear His sweet call,
   Come, and He saves us once for all.

If you confess with your mouth,

"Jesus is Lord,"

and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead,

you will be saved.

For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified,

and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved...

for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord

will be saved."

Romans 10:9-10,13