Good Friday

 Read: John 19

    Good Friday is the day that Jesus died on the cross. When Jesus first began His public ministry, John the Baptist said as recorded in John 1:29 that Jesus was the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. Jesus was the spotless Lamb of God. He did not commit any sins. He lived a holy and sinless life as our perfect example.

     On the cross, Jesus bore our sins. I Peter 2:24 tells us, "He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness, by His wounds we are healed." While on the cross, our sins were imputed to Jesus. He took our sins. When we ask Jesus to forgive us and become our Savior and Lord, He takes away our sins and imputes His righteousness to us. The Bible says it like this in I Corinthians 5:21 which states, "God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God."

    In Revelation 5, we have the scene in Heaven where the Lamb of God is declared worthy to be praised by the hosts of Heaven and by every created being in the entire universe. Jesus is worthy of praise because He has given His life for the salvation of the world. And not just the world. The death of Jesus has cosmic proportions. His death redeems the universe from that which sin brought upon it. 

    On this day, I hope that you will remember that Jesus loved you so much that He was willing to suffer and die for you that you might know Him and be redeemed.