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From the Principal Mr Peter Ayoub
‘For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16’
For centuries the world has stopped to celebrate Easter and remember the great sacrifice made by our creator for mankind. One cannot ignore that this event is significant, so significant that it changed our world’s history forever. Recorded
events in history such as this cannot be made up and do require us to contemplate on our own responses to them.
John 3: 16 is perhaps one of the most known and quoted verses in the Bible: ‘For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have
eternal life’
As we approach Easter, we are faced with the reality of the cost that Christ was willing to pay to demonstrate his love towards us. In Romans 5:8 we read ‘But God demonstrates his own
love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us’.
This verse explains why Christ had to die, and why Christians around the world celebrate and remember what seems to be a horrific event of injustice and cruelty at Easter. The
reason mentioned here that Christ had to die, is for man’s sin. The Bible teaches that sin is something we do that is an offense towards God. In the Bible we learn that all (except
Christ) have sinned and fall short of the glory (standards) of God (Romans 3:23). In Romans 6:23 we read ‘For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord’.
So from these verses we get the Easter message summed up as:
1. all (except Christ) have sinned and fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23)
2. the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23)
3. but God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still
sinners, Christ died for us’ (Romans 5:8)
4. For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16)
During Easter, we celebrate and remember the event that took place over 2000 years ago, an event so important that it shaped history and formed the dates we use today. We
remember the time that God walked upon this earth as the Man; Jesus Christ, the time where He died to save mankind from their sins, and the call that whoever believes in him shall not
perish but have eternal life (John 3:16).
I encourage all our families to share the Easter message with their families and to attend their local church services over the coming long weekend so that the generations in front of us will continue to remember what Easter is all about; who Jesus Christ is; why He had to die, and where the Christian values we try to live by today come from.
May God bless you all with a safe and happy Easter break.
ANZAC DAY
Another very important event recorded in history is ANZAC day. ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. The soldiers in these forces became known as ANZACs. ANZAC day
is a commemoration of the anniversary of the landing of Australian and New Zealand troops at Gallipoli, Turkey on 25th April in 1915.
ANZAC day is usually in the school holidays, however each year representatives from our school attend the ceremonies across the Copper Triangle. I encourage our families to take part in these events across the Copper Triangle and to remember the great sacrifice of life and the very important battle that took place in Gallipoli during world war 1.
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