By Johnson Omomadia
Today, both Christians and non-Christians all over the world are in this season celebrating Easter. How one celebrates Easter will vary from man to man, from family to family and also from people to people. However, no matter how one celebrates the season it becomes irrelevant if one does not truly know why he or she is celebrating.

You see, in every good thing there is a counterfeit. God is a good God. When He created the world in the book of Genesis, He said it was good and after making man, He said it was very good.

This therefore shows that all that God ever does is beautiful. The bible says, “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the father of light, in whom there is no variableness, neither shadow of turning (James 1:17)”. So you can see that God has no plan of evil. God’s original plan was for man to rule the earth, have dominion, be fruitful and multiply.

There was no place for fear, sickness, disease, poverty, or lack, death, barrenness etc, this all came into existence through Satan whose whole intention is evil. He (Satan) made man to fall from grace to grass in the garden of Eden. Adam and Eve ate of the forbidden fruit.

As a result; man was separated from God, lost the fellowship, presence and glory of God. And ever since then, calamity has come into existence. There has been chaos everywhere. All manner of both imaginable and not are in existence.

However because of the loving nature of God, He set out to correct the situation. We know that the wages of sin is death, and the only remedy for sin is the shedding of blood. When man sin in the days of the Old Testament, the blood of animals was used to cover the sin of man. Though this certified the laws of God at that time, it was not enough because the price of sin needed to be paid once and for all.

God had to come in the form of a man in the person of Jesus who was sinless to pay the price. Jesus had to shed His sinless blood, die, buried and resurrected, so that man can be reconciled back to God and receive back God’s lost glory.

Before Jesus could achieve this victory for man, he was made to suffer; he was arrested, tried by mere men, whom he created. He was beaten, mocked, He was scourged, denied by Peter, a crown of thorns was put on His head, He was nailed to the cross and was crucified.

When this was happening Satan thought he had won over God but now we know better that the devil is a liar, because Jesus, the bible stated put Satan to naught and triumphed over him (Cols 2:15). Jesus stripped Satan of his authority over man.

The victory that Christ won has now been, credited unto us. Christ satisfied the claim of justice over man. He paid the penalty of sin for me. I am now free and victorious.

Listen to me; you don’t have to be paralyzed anymore. No need to be in bondage, you are now free. Jesus has paid the final price and sacrifice for our liberty. We have been reconciled back to God; we have been restored because all that Satan stole has been taken from him. Satan has been defeated and man has been made victorious and more than a conqueror through the blood of Jesus Christ.

Take note, Satan is defeated. Keys of hell and death are no more with him. He cannot control your life any more the way he used to do. Jesus has broken Satan’s power over your life and gave you absolute victory. This is why we celebrate Easter. Jesus is Lord.