verse of the day

Friday 3 April 2015

Good Friday,why?. [Isaiah 53 ]

I was surprised to discover that my birthday this year fell on good Friday,I am  aged 71 today.Seemingly I have been told that it was on the 3rd of April that Christ was crucified. Now whither this is so I am not concerned ,
what really matters for you and me is,have we have experienced good
Fridays meaning. We need to appreciate why Christ died,and for whom he died,if we don't then we are missing the whole point,of good Friday.
     Why did Christ die?for this was no ordinary death,we may ask ,why do
certain people die?,and its so meaningless.Now why did Jesus die?for wrongs that He had done,no,Pilate the Roman governor said he found no fault in him, he even asked the crowds ,what evil had He done[ Mark 15 v14]The two men who were crucified with Jesus,they died because they
had committed crimes [Matthew 27v38]
      So why did Jesus die?the answer is for sin not his because He never sinned,but our sin ,if  He had not died for the sin, then all mankind would perish in everlasting fire. So when we trust Jesus to be our Saviour our sin is forgiven[John 3 v16],forgiveness of our sin only happens when we trust Jesus. When we do, all our sin ,let me stress all our sin is forgiven us,consider the following words,/There's a way back to God  from the dark paths of sin ,there's a door that is open and all may go in.Calvary's cross is were we begin when we come as a sinner to Jesus./
                                   A prayer.
Dear God thanks for good Friday, and all it means,we pray that many today
may trust Jesus and experience forgiveness for all their sins. Amen.

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