Apr 19 - Good Friday

Good Friday – April 19, 2019

+ Let us reflect for a few minutes today on the staggering significance of what we are remembering and celebrating:

·       the God who became Man – Jesus Christ – came to earth on Christmas Day – we cannot separate the Crib and the Cross -

and he began to live his entire life in the shadow of that Cross – the Cross that would await him at the end of the journey of his life among us.

·       no matter who tried to deter him from his heaven-sent mission (the Devil, the Scribes, the Pharisees, unbelieving sight-seers and n’er-do-wells) Jesus always kept he entire focus on that Cross – because it meant our salvation, it meant the forgiveness of our sins, it meant the opening of the gates of heaven to us, which would otherwise remain closed forever

·       the mechanism, if you will that would win salvation, was the absolute obedience and trust of a human being (who was also God at the same time) to overturn the disobedience and grave act of mistrust in God displayed by our first parents: this is the SIN OF ADAM.

·       and so it happened as it was foretold – all of the prophecies were fulfilled – and Jesus died a human death on that Friday we call Good – because it snatched up all that was bad and cast it away forever.

·       and we became free – free to form and use our consciences properly, free to make good and right, helpful and just decisions, free to choose to love Jesus and his Father – and to opt for living with them forever in heaven by accepting their invitation to do so…

·       what a wondrous day this is: what an astounding drama that was played out, what a price that was paid for sin, what a cause for our never-ceasing acclamations of thanks, praise, worship and glory to GOD who loves us each so very, very much as to insist that it all be played out this exact way

·       O Saving Cross of Christ WE ADORE YOU!