{"id":24794,"date":"2025-04-19T16:51:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T16:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/?p=24794"},"modified":"2025-04-19T16:51:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T16:51:53","slug":"easter-message-jonathan-call-on-nigerians-to-embrace-lessons-of-sacrifice-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/?p=24794","title":{"rendered":"Easter Message: Jonathan Call on Nigerians to Embrace Lessons of Sacrifice, Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>By NAN<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former President Goodluck Jonathan has urged Christians and other Nigerians, to leverage the lessons of Christ\u2019s resurrection and imbibe the message of hope and victory over the nation\u2019s current challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jonathan stated this in his Easter message, by his Special Adviser, Ikechukwu Eze, on Friday in Abuja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jonathan encouraged Nigerians to remain positive and draw strength from Christ\u2019s love and sacrificial death for humanity and his gift of salvation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The former president reminded leaders to be selfless and embrace the virtues of servant hood, sacrifice and passion for service, as exemplified by Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI join millions of Christians around the world to commemorate Good Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis day reminds us all of the sacrificial death of Christ for humanity and His gift of salvation and redemption to all believers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis moment reminds Christians of servant hood and passion of service, as exemplified by Jesus Christ, who died to save humanity from sin and reconcile all to God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAt Easter, we reflect on the power of Christ\u2019s love, the gift of righteousness and the triumph of hope over despair and every challenge in life,\u201d Jonathan said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He further noted that the death and resurrection of Christ on the cross, awakens all to the boundless love of God toward mankind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The former president also said that Easter also served as a reminder of the possibilities, faith in God, offered man on earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI urge all citizens to be encouraged by the story of the resurrection of Christ and the lessons of hope and victory that are contained in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLet us be reminded about the purpose of salvation and the essence of mercy and the triumphing power of faith and hope over all circumstances,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jonathan also urged the citizens to remain positive of the possibilities within the nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also urged Nigerians to draw strength through hope that the people would triumph over challenges they faced, both as individuals and collectively as a nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis moment points us to the virtues of servant hood, sacrifice and passion for service. Let us recommit to pursuing peace and justice for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs a people, let this season renew our faith, strengthen our hope and guarantee us peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLet us continue to imbibe and pursue these virtues and work toward building a nation of peace, unity and love,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By NAN Former President Goodluck Jonathan has urged Christians and other Nigerians, to leverage the lessons of Christ\u2019s resurrection and imbibe the message of hope and victory over the nation\u2019s current challenges. Jonathan stated this in his Easter message, by his Special Adviser, Ikechukwu Eze, on Friday in Abuja. Jonathan encouraged Nigerians to remain positive and draw strength from Christ\u2019s love and sacrificial death for humanity and his gift of salvation. The former president reminded leaders to be selfless and embrace the virtues of servant hood, sacrifice and passion for service, as exemplified by Jesus Christ. \u201cI join millions of Christians around the world to commemorate Good Friday. \u201cThis day reminds us all of the sacrificial death of Christ for humanity and His gift of salvation and redemption to all believers. \u201cThis moment reminds Christians of servant hood and passion of service, as exemplified by Jesus Christ, who died to save humanity from sin and reconcile all to God. \u201cAt Easter, we reflect on the power of Christ\u2019s love, the gift of righteousness and the triumph of hope over despair and every challenge in life,\u201d Jonathan said. He further noted that the death and resurrection of Christ on the cross, awakens all to the boundless love of God toward mankind. The former president also said that Easter also served as a reminder of the possibilities, faith in God, offered man on earth. \u201cI urge all citizens to be encouraged by the story of the resurrection of Christ and the lessons of hope and victory that are contained in it. \u201cLet us be reminded about the purpose of salvation and the essence of mercy and the triumphing power of faith and hope over all circumstances,\u201d he said. Jonathan also urged the citizens to remain positive of the possibilities within the nation. He also urged Nigerians to draw strength through hope that the people would triumph over challenges they faced, both as individuals and collectively as a nation. \u201cThis moment points us to the virtues of servant hood, sacrifice and passion for service. Let us recommit to pursuing peace and justice for all. \u201cAs a people, let this season renew our faith, strengthen our hope and guarantee us peace. \u201cLet us continue to imbibe and pursue these virtues and work toward building a nation of peace, unity and love,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24794"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24797,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24794\/revisions\/24797"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}