went for Good Friday service in church just now with Joyce.
wow...was so awed by the guest pastor's description of Jesus's love.
good friday...can be the worst and the best to preach on, the Ps said.
How to rejoice knowing that today-good friday means the day Jesus was crucified on the cross?
how do we rejoice knowing that today Jesus died on the cross for us?
do we have cause to rejoice?
DEFINITELY!!!
bcos today is the day Jesus died. He triumphed over Death. He is the victorious King. He is our King. By dying on the cross, He paid the penalty of our sins. and He has risen from the dead. He is alive today. How do u know? Ps: "I know because I just spoke to Him. I won't speak to a dead person."
how do you know Jesus is alive today?
what does it mean for u?
to me it means, in random thoughts:
i worship a living God. there is hope for me, cos my God lives, today and forever! i can look forward to life after this, in heaven. i have eternal life. That this life i live, is to prepare me for life in heaven. heaven, where i'll be with God forever. no more tears, no more sorrow. the heavens rejoice. no more pain. forgiven. God forgives me and FORGETS. he keeps no score of my sins. bcos Jesus paid the price of my sins. PAID IN FULL!!! now i can face God, i can be with God forever. Jesus, my Lord, calls me his child. I am a child of God!!! what a privilege, an honour. that the wrongs i've done only Jesus can right. the hurts and the pain inside me, Jesus heals. He is willing to love....me. an imperfect me. A perfect God. Jesus brings me to God. An reunion, communion with God. so great. so powerful. so profound. the hurts i feel inside, the heartache, the pain inflicted by others, the sorrow i feel, the injustice i feel, the chores i have to complete, the criticisms i get, crippling fear, the low grades that i get in school, that disppointment, lies, betrayal? ...all fade and pales in comparison to the love of my Lord Jesus Christ. all pales. all faint in comparison. when i see my Lord, Jesus. He says he has forgiven me. He thinks i am worthy to be forgiven. He says i'm worthy for him to die on the cross for. He says i'm worthy. Even if he has to die for one person, one lost sheep, he would. he will. Who did he die for? He died for all who might come to believe him, he died for sinners who have disobeyed and strayed far away from God, from the ways of God. He died for those who cruxified him. he died for those who spat at him. He died for those who cursed him. He died for those who scorned him. He died for those who accused him without reason.
He died for those who accused him without reason.
Picture this scene in heaven (as related by Ps Rev. Richard Dortch ....):
Satan is the main prosecutor and he tells God:
Satan: God, see this man before you. Here's a list of all the sins he has commited. And Lord, you said that you will punish man for the sins they have commited. Punish this man now God.
and now....the man had a defence lawyer. what a great lawyer and advocate. and his lawyer came forward and said;
Jesus: God, yes, what the sins this man has commited are true. But...look at the hole here (points to his side). Look at my nailed pierced hands. I died on the cross for this man's sins, and he is forgiven. He is forgiven.
and what does God says?
God: Lucifer, to the pit you go! Man, you are forgiven because Jesus, my son, paid the FULL penalty for your sins when he died on the cross. You are forgiven.
Jesus paid the penalty of our sins. (the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.)By dying on the cross, Jesus obeyed God and willingly paid the price for our sins, to redeem us, to cleanse us from our sins. Without him dying on the cross, we will be eternally separated from God. We cannot face God bcos God is holy, he cannot tolerate sin. But today, we know Jesus had died for us. He had paid the price for us.
we only have to come and accept this gift of love, accept Jesus as our Lord and Saviour. Believe that Jesus died for our sins, acknowledge that we've sinned against God, and ask Jesus to come into our hearts. Right now..Jesus offers us this way to God. He said in his word, I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
