Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder

Without the reality of these 3 words, all of Christianity falls.

Without this day, there are no other days of Christianity

Absent this treasure of Jesus, there are no other treasures of Jesus.

The stone is rolled away by an angel, not to release, but to reveal. And then, to a group of most faithful women the 3 sweetest words in all of history: HE IS RISEN.

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Holy Saturday is traditionally a quiet day in the Church. It is a day of thinking, reflecting and doing a private faith-check of yourself.  It is the best day of the year to believe.

What you do and think on Holy Saturday depends on what you think will happen on Sunday. He gives us all we need for faith on this day.  Have the faith of Easter Sunday before Easter. It is the best day to believe.

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Please join me today as a humble podcaster tries to make sense of Good Friday.  We'll try to give some weight to the day by looking at people who felt its weight. Some responded in fear and some with courage. The thief on the cross comes to the conviction of sin, specifically his own.

All roads of Christianity lead thru the suffering, the death, and the cross of Jesus.  Please join me there on this Good Friday.

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Nicodemus has one of the great redemptive stories in the Bible. He has 3 years to figure out what he believes about Jesus. When the crucifixion comes, he is ready. He's got 75# of spices ready for his burial. Why? because 3 years earlier Jesus told him that He MUST be "lifted up". 

If you are finding yourself at the "foot of the cross" take great comfort.  He also sends the Spirit to help you, especially in that hour. Perhaps you too will have one of the great redemptive stories of the Kingdom. 

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There comes a time when SECRET Christians stop being so secret.  It happens with Joseph of Arimathea at the cross. He blows his cover in a great act of courage and service to the body of Jesus. He changes his identity from a secret Christian to a scared Christian.   I’m not sure I know any believers who aren’t occasionally scared. 

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Join me as we admire the women at the cross, especially Mary Magdalene. 

Why? Because she was there. She showed up. She ministered. She was faithful. She was generous. She was thankful.  She was FOUND WITH Him before, during, and after the crucifixion. 

Let's be like the women at the cross.  They are wonderful examples for us. 

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Not everyone who "goes to the cross" changes their mind. Join me today to hear of a man who does. He goes, He witnesses. He even participates. But then, what happens after he sees? He does not let this crucifixion go unnoticed.  

He does the bravest of actions: He changes his mind. He comes to the cross, he looks, and then he changes his mind. We interrupt the rescue operation of Jesus to tell the story of one rescued. Don't let this crucifixion go unnoticed for you. 

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Jesus wets His whistle to loudly announce the greatest accomplishment in world history: It is finished. Done. Mission accomplished. 

Then, voluntarily He ENTURSTS His Spirit into the hands of the Father. He breathes His physical last so that you can breath your spiritual first. Come listen to Jesus' most famous last words. 

Jesus died for a reason. Reason is you. Title change: Killing Jesus for you.

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Jesus gives a not-so coded message on the cross: Go read Psalm 22! Because of the air-hunger of crucifixion, He quotes the first and the last line.  It is a psalm of difficulty, specifically referencing crucifixion, that ends in triumph.  

It is not a psalm of abandonment. He has NOT despised. He has NOT abhorred. He has NOT hidden his face. He HAS heard. It is a testimony of intimacy between the Sufferer and the Father. 

Join me in the psalm that Jesus preached from the cross, Psalm 22. 

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A group of 4 women and John are "standing nearby" the cross. They are near enough to see what's going on and near enough to hear Jesus' probably quiet voice. Jesus says 7 things on the cross before He dies. 

Everyone should see in their mind what these women see. Everyone should hear what these women hear.  Today, we'll look at the first 3. Please join me. It is so very worth it.  Subscribe for more.

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