
{"id":9450,"date":"2024-04-01T14:00:41","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T21:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefount.church\/church\/?p=9450"},"modified":"2024-03-28T15:34:43","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T22:34:43","slug":"easter-whats-the-big-deal-the-fount-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefount.church\/church\/2024\/04\/01\/easter-whats-the-big-deal-the-fount-account\/","title":{"rendered":"Easter, What&#8217;s the Big Deal? &#8211; The Fount Account"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, we had our fabulous Easter Celebration Worship yesterday at The Fount! We joined with our sisters and brothers of Free Life and sang our hearts out to the Lord! The choir did an amazing job, with singers from The Fount, Free Life, and Surf City. I brought the sermon on \u201cThe Message of Easter,\u201d the kids hunted for eggs and we all enjoyed a scrumptious brunch, cooked by members of both congregations.<\/p>\n<p>It was an AWESOME day!<\/p>\n<p>Now what? What happens now? What\u2019s the big deal?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thefount.church\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Pastor_Glen.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-7980\" src=\"https:\/\/thefount.church\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Pastor_Glen.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefount.church\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Pastor_Glen.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/thefount.church\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Pastor_Glen-300x284.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thefount.church\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Pastor_Glen-1024x969.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thefount.church\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Pastor_Glen-768x727.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thefount.church\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Pastor_Glen-958x907.jpg 958w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a>I\u2019ll tell you what the big deal is: Everything is changed! I don\u2019t mean everything has changed from this past Friday to now, but because of the events we remember of Good Friday and the events of Easter Sunday, everything is changed. No longer do we have to work our way into the \u201cgood side\u201d of God. No longer do we sacrifice animals on the altar; now we offer ourselves to God for Him to utilize us in His purposes. No longer are we slaves to the sins we commit, but now we are set free to live without sin by clinging on to Him. Before Easter, there was no hope; now, the world is filled with hope because Jesus is no longer dead!<\/p>\n<p>As followers of Jesus, we can face our challenges and trials with joy knowing that He has won the victory! The enemy might SEEM to have the upper hand, but we know better: Jesus is the Victor!<\/p>\n<p>So, let\u2019s live as Easter People! Let\u2019s live with the hope and assurance that this life is not the end, but only the trial period. Our true life is in heaven with Jesus. Though we must face certain trials now, we know that in the end we will triumph with Him!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.\u201d (Matthew 5:16)<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the Big Deal!<\/p>\n<p>In Christ,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thefount.church\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Pastor-Glen-Sig.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-7985\" src=\"https:\/\/thefount.church\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Pastor-Glen-Sig.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"73\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefount.church\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Pastor-Glen-Sig.png 500w, https:\/\/thefount.church\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Pastor-Glen-Sig-300x94.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, we had our fabulous Easter Celebration Worship yesterday at The Fount! We joined with our sisters and brothers of Free Life and sang our hearts out to the Lord! The choir did an amazing job, with singers from The Fount, Free Life, and Surf City. I brought the sermon on \u201cThe Message of Easter,\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":8002,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[362,59,264,354],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-identity","category-church-news","category-easter","category-the-fount-account"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefount.church\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefount.church\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefount.church\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefount.church\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefount.church\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9450"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thefount.church\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9451,"href":"https:\/\/thefount.church\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9450\/revisions\/9451"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefount.church\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefount.church\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefount.church\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefount.church\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}