A great Good Friday morning to you. We have a pretty good idea what Good Friday is. The crucifixion and death of Jesus happened on this day some years ago. The world says that we don't truly know what day it is, else the date would be set. That is true about a lot of dates that we choose to celebrate something that happened long ago. Such arguments are trivial. We don't need to know an exact date; we need to know what happened and its relevance to our situation. Today we celebrate, and that seems odd to the world, the death of our Savior, Jesus of Nazareth. How can a dead savior be a cause for celebration? In His death, our sins were forgiven, and in his death we receive eternal life. On Sunday, Easter, we will celebrate something even more profound. A unique and singular event happened that is the basis for our faith. This day, the day of suffering had to come first. God demanded the perfect sacrifice to atone for all the imperfect sin. Jesus carried out His Father's will, and we were saved. A pearl beyond price was won at the place the Roman world considered the greatest defeat and humiliation. Once more God turned the world's wisdom over and created something grand and beautiful in our salvation.
Praise the name of our Lord Jesus!
Bucky
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