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The Klang Valley Family Life Ministry committee is organizing and facilitating this program. The program is for married couples to spend time with their spouses.

Date: April 23 to 25, 2010 . Venue: Country Heights Resort, Kajang, Selangor.

Fee: RM400.00 per couple (include a candle-light dinner).

1.              How can sinful man be reconciled   to a thrice –holy God?

2.              How can the infinite chasm separating deity from humanity be bridged?

3.              What ladder shall be able to rest upon earth and yet reach into heaven itself?

                There is only one answer to these questions. The initial step in the work of human redemption must be the incarnation of Christ's deity, followed by His death, resurrection, and ascension.

The Incarnation of Christ

By the incarnation of Christ, we mean His coming into the world as a man. John tells us in the first verse of his Gospel, that Christ was God.” In John 1:14 he says, “The Word became flesh and lived among us.” History recounts the birth of our Lord: The Holy Spirit conceived him. Luke 1:35 says, “Behold the virgin shall be with child “Immanuel.” His human birth arouses sympathy and sorrow. “Great is the mystery of godliness – God was manifest in flesh.”

The Death of Christ

Christ came in human form in order to:

Reveal the Father. See John 14:9 – “He that has seen me has seen the Father.”

Put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. See Hebrews 9:26 – “But now, once in the end of the age hath he appeared...”.

                Christ was really born to die. Jesus Himself said, “As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness even so must the Son of man be lifted up, that whosoever believes, ...”. If the birth of Christ defies reason, then there are three mysteries in the death of Christ that the human mind cannot penetrate. Think of the mysterious darkness that enshrouded the cross. Out of the darkness came but one utterance, so awfully deep that no saint has ever sounded its depths. “My God, My God, why has thou forsaken Me?”

The Resurrection of Christ

When Paul spoke of the resurrection of Jesus, he stirred up violent opposition. See Acts 17:32 . Some mocked, while others said we will hear you again on this matter. The resurrection of Christ was a mind baffling event. No finite being can explain the resurrection; it was divine from first to last. The one who could give three individuals, and give power to Elisha and Peter to raise people from the dead, could also raise Himself.

                His resurrection was predicted by the Psalmist in Psalm 16 who said, :You will not leave My soul in hell, nor permit Your Holy One to see corruption.” On the resurrection morning, His soul was brought back from Hades (the unseen world). His body, though dead for three days, did not see corruption. This was unusual. It was sin that brought corruption and since there was no sin in Christ, His body could not corrupt.

                The grave clothes are another proof of the resurrection – they were left behind in perfect order. The angel said, “He is not here, He is risen.” Amen. Modernism leaves the body in the tomb. Modernism says that He did not rise from the tomb – nor did He ascend into heaven – nor is He in heaven as the glorified Man – nor is He coming again. Stephen saw Him. Saul of Tarsus saw Him. John saw Him. And this monstrosity claims the name of Christianity. The two great pillars upon which Christianity rests are the Virgin birth and the physical resurrection of Christ after He had expired on the Cross as the substitute for sinners. The nailed scarred hands were moved. He ascended.

                The resurrection was in the plan of God. Jesus foretold it several times during His earthly ministry. If the Cross was the climax to the life of Jesus, then the resurrection was a super climax. Although it was shown that Jesus laid down His life and took it up again, the resurrection is also attributed to the Father in Hebrews 13:20, the Son, in John 2:19 -21, and to the Holy Spirit in Romans 8:11.

                This was the supreme miracle of the ages. God enacted the greatest miracles or mysteries, which became the absolutes of our faith, in divine seclusion. No human eye witnessed the ultimate sufferings of Christ. No human eye witnessed the resurrection. But thank God, He is risen, the tomb is empty – an angel sat on the stone.

                He showed Himself alive to His disciples, and to over 500 brethren at one time. No unsaved person saw the Lord in resurrection life (see Acts 10:40 -41 ). “Him God raised up the third day, and showed Him openly; not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before by God, even to us, who did eat and drink with Him after He rose from the dead.” Forty days after His resurrection He was received up into heaven. He is a Prince and a Saviour able to save to the uttermost, all who will come to God by Him.

He is coming again.

“This same Jesus whom you have seen go into heaven shall so come in like manners.”