The Most Important Day of our Life

Went to church last Sunday and the priest’s sermon had touched me so much. From the sermon I have learned that the most important day of our life, is not our birthday, it is our BAPTISMAL DAY!!! Yes, we can’t deny that our natal day is important because that’s the day we were given life…mortal life. But think of it, on our birthday, we were given life… but on our baptismal day, we were given….ETERNAL life. See the difference? A world of difference indeed. Because on our baptismal day, we accept Jesus Christ in our lives. John 3:16, remember? “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life?” Thus, our baptismal day is a day not to be ignored, but rather a day to be celebrated.

I bet nobody remembers what their baptismal day is, and have even misplaced their baptismal certificate. We should also celebrate our baptismal day as much as our birthday.

I will ask you, what’s the most important day in a Christian’s life? I’ll bet that you will all answer…CHRISTMAS. Yeah, it’s important because it’s the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ. But I have learned that the most important day ever in our life as a Christian is the EASTER because the resurrection of Christ is the linchpin of Christian theology. Yes, we celebrate His birth on Christmas, and that is a much bigger holiday in secular societies than is Easter. But as important as that date was, it is not the most important one. Yes, the fact that Jesus was born and the circumstances of his birth are crucial and we should indeed celebrate it. But if He had been born, lived, and died, that would not have influenced the world in the same way as His resurrection. You see, Christianity doesn’t rest on the birth of Jesus or even His death, as great as these events were. Jesus claimed to be God, claimed that He could forgive sins, and claimed that only through Him could people find a place in Heaven. His death and subsequent resurrection showed that He had the power of God, for only God could rise from the dead. If Jesus had stayed dead, it wouldn’t have impacted His followers. In fact, after His crucifixion, the Disciples were all despondent and scattered. Only after His return from the grave were people willing to die to share Jesus’ message. Only by rising from the dead did Christ prove that he actually could forgive sins and prove that everything he claimed was actually true.