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Easter message
christianreview | 입력 : 2013/03/27 [07:32]
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Rev. Hon. Fred Nile ED., L.Th., M.L.C.Parliamentary Leader, Christian Democratic Party
Parliament House, Macquarie Street, SYDNEY NSW 2000
Telephone: (02) 9230 2478 | Facsimile: (02) 9230 2098
Email: f.nile@parliament.nsw.gov.au
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Media Release
Rev Fred Nile gives Easter message in NSW Parliament
Tuesday 26 March 2013
The Rev Fred Nile MLC, Leader of the Christian Democratic Party, stressed the importance of Easter and the need to repent to receive eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ.
In his speech to the NSW Parliament on Monday 25 March 2013, Mr Nile stated the following:
CHRISTIAN CELEBRATION OF EASTER
Reverend the Hon. FRED NILE [10.08 p.m.]: I wish to speak on the Easter celebrations that will take place next weekend. Next weekend Christians celebrate the two fundamental doctrines of the Christian faith. The first is the crucifixion, which is commemorated on Good Friday; the second is the resurrection, which is celebrated on Easter Sunday. The crucifixion is described in the Gospel of John, chapter 3 verse 16, in these words:
For God so loved the world, He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have eternal life.
It is difficult for people to comprehend that wonderful, simple truth. Jesus Christ physically rose from the dead on Easter Sunday but not as a ghost or spirit. Some reject the resurrection in saying that Jesus Christ rose like the sun rises in the morning; it is far more than that. Jesus Christ rose bodily. When the disciples told the disbelieving Thomas—whom we call "Doubting Thomas"—that they had seen Jesus, he said, "I do not believe that. I will not believe until I can put my fingers into the nail holes in Jesus Christ's hands and put my hand into his side where the spear entered his body." Then, to the great surprise of Thomas, Jesus appeared and said, "Put your fingers into the nail holes and your hand into my side where the spear entered my body." He then ceased to be Doubting Thomas and said he believed in Jesus Christ as the son of God.
Interestingly, because of the Australian immigration policy the number of different religions in this country is growing. People of faiths such as Buddhism, Hindu and so on do not have material that attacks or criticises Jesus Christ because they existed before the Christian faith. The Islamic religion is the only religion formed after the Christian period, and it has a lot to say about Jesus Christ. The Koran, which Muslims believe is the literal word of Allah, their God, rejects anyone who believes Jesus Christ is the son of God. In the Oxford University Press translation of chapter ix: repentance, verse 30, page 182 of the Koran it says:
The Christians say the Messiah is 'The Son of God'. That is the utterance of their mouths conforming with the unbelievers before them. Allah assail them. How they are perverted.
The Muslim religion, as distinct from other religions, criticises the fundamental doctrines of the Christian faith. Even the belief of Christians that Jesus Christ died on the Cross of Calvary is rejected in the Koran at chapter iv: women, verse 155, page 95, where it says:
And for their (the Jews) saying, 'We slew the Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, the Messenger of God' … Yet they did not slay him, neither crucified him, only a likeness of that was shown to them.
They reject the resurrection and the crucifixion and that creates tension in Australia and other countries such as in the Middle East and Indonesia. It is wonderful that God did so love the world that he gave his only begotten son. With that simple truth, it is a wonder that not everyone is a Christian. It is so simple to believe that Jesus Christ died on the Cross of Calvary for our sins. By believing that truth Christians receive forgiveness for their sins and eternal life. I urge everyone to give serious thought to the meaning of Easter this coming weekend.
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