This Easter!...
About Good Friday.
Good for us, but terribly humiliating and shameful for Jesus the Christ.
On this day we commemorate that painful saga of glaring injustice against a good man. Yet through it all, and with every detailed assault, He was paying the price, and bearing the brunt of God’s righteous indignation for all our sins. It is good Friday, because He worked it out for our good. It is good Friday, because through His suffering, we have come into the experience of God’s goodness. This is the grace of God.
As the sun set on His mortal soul, hope was waiting in the horizon for the saints yet unborn. God was going to do a new thing that would change the course of history forever. Interestingly about this time, as the spectators were dispersing, one Roman soldier was perceptive enough to catch an early glimpse: The supposed ‘criminal’ was indeed the Son of God! he declared. And if so, there were serious implications. His Father will be showing up… soon.
From Holy Thursday, through Good Friday, let us take time to reflect and to be grateful for Jesus, the Christ; the righteous man of Galilee, who died like a common criminal on a Roman cross, for me and you.
HAPPY GOOD FRIDAY.
From all of us…
Team Vinespring
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