From Pastor Eric Willoughby of Triedstone Christian Center of Blacksburg, Virginia to the congregation...
"I was pondering this statement after it was said on the Radio this morning; "It wasn't the nails that kept Jesus on the cross — but love."
He voluntarily gave Himself up, becuase He loved you.
As we go about our business this weekend, let us meditate on the question "What is so good about Good Friday?" Jesus was beaten and tortured to the point where he was unrecognizable. As John 19 says, "Pilate then took Jesus and scourged Him. 2 And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on His head, and put a purple robe on Him; 3 and they began to come up to Him and say, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and to give Him slaps in the face.4 Pilate came out again and *said to them, “Behold, I am bringing Him out to you so that you may know that I find no guilt in Him.” 5 Jesus then came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate *said to them, “Behold, the Man!” 6 So when the chief priests and the officers saw Him, they cried out saying, “Crucify, crucify!” Pilate *said to them, “Take Him yourselves and crucify Him, for I find no guilt in Him.” 7 The Jews answered him, “We have a law, and by that law He ought to die because He made Himself out to be the Son of God.”
Eternal life is available to us, if we ask Him. In Him, we have victory because our Savior took all our pain, sorrow, shame, guilt and sin and buried it once and eternally. Let us walk forward today reminded of the love He has for each of us. Let us walk with confidence that we have a Risen Lord! He has defeated death, sin and the grave. So what is so good about Good Friday? How has Jesus brought you out of darkness and into light? Let us reflect on God's goodness today and how He has brought life into each of our own lives. Jesus was a "man of sorrows and acquainted with grief" (Isaiah 53:3). If you feel grief in your own life today, please be reminded that Jesus will never leave nor forsake you. Let us look up and Praise the King of Kings as we go about our weekend, remembering what the true reason for this season is! "As we go about our business this weekend, let us meditate on the question "What is so good about Good Friday?" Jesus was beaten and tortured to the point where he was unrecognizable. As John 19 says, "Pilate then took Jesus and scourged Him. 2 And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on His head, and put a purple robe on Him; 3 and they began to come up to Him and say, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and to give Him slaps in the face.4 Pilate came out again and *said to them, “Behold, I am bringing Him out to you so that you may know that I find no guilt in Him.” 5 Jesus then came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate *said to them, “Behold, the Man!” 6 So when the chief priests and the officers saw Him, they cried out saying, “Crucify, crucify!” Pilate *said to them, “Take Him yourselves and crucify Him, for I find no guilt in Him.” 7 The Jews answered him, “We have a law, and by that law He ought to die because He made Himself out to be the Son of God.”
May all who hear this be blessed, may those who do not know Him be stirred to reach out this weekend, and may those who do know Him be lead those who love and reach out to those who need His saving grace......
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