What Easter means for singles
What Easter means for singles is different from what it means for married people.
Even though all believers are members of the Kingdom of Heaven, we singles do not necessarily receive all the blessings we would like here on Earth.
That doesn't mean we're cursed, or losers, or second class citizens of the Kingdom. It means Easter addresses our feelings of loss and disappointment. Easter provides a major dose of what every Christian needs: hope.
Let's explore what Easter means for singles and how we can take full advantage of God's gifts for us.
Supernatural proof your sins are forgiven
Anyone can say, "Your sins are forgiven." Only Jesus Christ can back that statement up with an unmatched event: his physical resurrection from the dead.
Jesus performed many healing miracles during his public ministry and sometimes told the person their sins were forgiven. To prove his authority, he then healed the man or woman of their incurable physical affliction. The cynical Pharisees still refused to believe Jesus was the Son of God.
Sadly, you and I can be like those Pharisees. We've been told Jesus's death on the cross paid the debt for our sins, but the resurrection was necessary too.
Theologically, the resurrection means God the Father accepted Jesus's sacrifice, bestowing New Life and a glorified body on him.
Make no mistake. The Church would never have grown unless the resurrection actually happened. The apostles would not have given up their lives in martyrdom for a lie or hoax.
For singles, that means our sins are washed away by Jesus's blood. They're gone forever— past, present and future sins.
Knowing you are right with God brings Christ-confidence. We singles need that, buffeted as we are by criticism and unacceptance. To grasp that you are deeply loved by God is a life-changing Easter gift.
What Easter means for singles: Help now
Easter doesn't just mean salvation. It means real, powerful help here and now in our daily struggles. The indwelling Holy Spirit gives single people strength when we need it.
I don't have to convince you how hard life can be, but God never intended for us to go it alone. Jesus's resurrection led to his ascension, which in turn led to the gift of the Holy Spirit inside you.
We can't always feel God's presence, but our faith is based on facts, not feelings. We don't pray to a God who is far away. He is right here with us, guiding and encouraging us through his Word, the Bible.
Because the Holy Spirit inspired the men who wrote the Bible, we have God's love letter to read any time we want. Daily Bible reading brings us closer to God. We understand his ways better. The Bible affirms God's great love for each of us.
Easter as a celebration helps us remember the favored position we hold with God. We need to be reminded of that not just once a year but every day. That's why Bible reading is so important.
Singleness means lack of a human partner but never the lack of a divine partner. God never leaves. He always listens. He supports us with love and compassion.
Easter means heaven is real
What Easter means for singles is that heaven is our ultimate destination, a place where we will live with God, and all the sorrows of Earth will be healed. It's not "pie-in-the-sky." It's real and it's waiting for every believer.
God's plan from before time was to send Jesus to die for our sins. God foresaw what would happen even before he created Adam, yet he set this great adventure in motion and provided for every contingency. That magnificent plan culminates in heaven.
For those of us who never marry, heaven will mean the fulfillment of God's love which we experience only in part on Earth. When we pass through death to New Life, the spectacular love of Jesus will envelop us for eternity.
It's hard to imagine with our earth-bound minds. For me, heaven will mean vindication, the confirmation that I have been right in Christ all along. In a world where Christians are belittled and scorned, how great it will be to experience our deliverance.
Gone will be all traces of unfulfillment. Any sense of lack we knew in this life will be explosively swept away when we see the face of God for the first time.
The Bible's descriptions of heaven are few because human language is inadequate to express the grandeur of our True Home. But we can be sure it will be magnificent because of the creativity of our God.
What Easter means for singles is wholeness, an end to the striving that consumed us here on Earth. Heaven is the reward for those who surrendered their lives to Christ.
You and I will be re-created into the persons God always intended us to be. Sin will be a thing of the past. We will love and be loved in ways we never have before.
It's enough to make you want to shout "Hallelujah!"
Receiving the gifts Easter brings...
Hope for Hurting Singles is an unusual book because it's based on 45 years of trial-and-error in the single life.
Author Jack Zavada (the creator and sole writer for this web site) set out to create an "owner's manual" for the single Christian. There's no other book like this anywhere, written by a single person for single people.
You'll learn what not to do (saving you years of pain and time), but more importantly, you'll learn what works in the single life to overcome such common problems as:
- Loneliness
- Depression
- Shyness
- Fear
- Anger
- Bitterness
- Low self-esteem
Hope for Hurting Singles is practical, down-to-earth, and written in a clear, straightforward style. It's for singles who want to partner with God for a happier, more fulfilling life.
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