Anglican Mainstream

Tomorrow is World Aids Day. Peter Ould offers these reflections:

What role do Christians have in tackling HIV/AIDS? Well a number of thoughts:

Christ died for Sin – This seems so obvious but the reality is transforming. Christ died to remove the power of sin over the one who chose promiscuity and sinned, but he also died for the one who was raped or infected by their partner, the ones who were sinned against. Receiving forgiveness for sin is a real, spiritual event and transforms people’s outlooks from being trapped by death and destruction to being enlivened by hope. Forgiveness of Sin sets the captive free and gives them an eternal, assured perspective within which to live. It is literally the difference between life and death.

Christ rose from the dead – On that first resurrection Sunday Christ rose physically, literally from the grave. It was the same body that Mary saw outside the tomb that had been murdered 48 hours earlier. He rose as the first-fruits of all those who he saves, guaranteeing the final victory over any force of darkness (like HIV) that may seek to ravage and destroy the human body. There is a sure and certain hope of physical resurrection for all those who die in the love of Christ. Death has been conquered and is no longer to be feared.
This World AIDS day pray for Christians all across the world who work amongst those suffering HIV/AIDS.

And a poem written on hearing the news from a friend of his diagnosis. He’s dead now, but he died knowing Jesus and therefore knowing that he could never really die. What will you do today to help others know that same truth?

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