Friday Thought -- April 18, 2014

Good Morning Friends,

Without the pain there would be no gain. Without the thorns there would be no throne. Without the cross there would be no crown. Without the death there would be no resurrection.

Today is Good Friday. It seems odd to call a day commemorating a death – Good Friday. It seems especially odd to call the day that commemorates the tortured execution of God’s Son – Good Friday. What’s GOOD about such a day?

Good Friday is GOOD because we are all cursed by sin and Jesus took the curse for us on the cross. “Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us.” (Galatians 3:13)

Good Friday is GOOD because sin dominates our lives and destroys our future and Jesus became sin for us on the cross. “God made him who knew no sin to be sin for us, so that we might become the righteousness of God.” (2 Corinthians 5:21)

Good Friday is GOOD because death is our darkest fear and greatest enemy and Jesus died so that we could live. “He died for us so that we may live together with him.” (1 Thessalonians 5:10)

Good Friday is GOOD because it is not the end of the story. There had to be a Good Friday in order for there to be a Resurrection Sunday! “Jesus Christ our Lord was declared with power to be the Son of God by his resurrection from the dead.” (Romans 1:4)

Because He Lives,

Steve