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Today's Reading: John 18:1-19:42
Daily Lectionary: Exodus 12:29-32; 13:1-16; Hebrews 6:1-20
And so, when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished,” and He bowed His head and gave up His Spirit. (John 19:30)
Merry Lent! In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. Good Friday is Good Friday. It’s Merry Friday. It’s Jesus-died-for-me Friday. It’s not Black Friday—that’s in November! Today is Good Friday!
A sip of sour wine is all Jesus takes to clear His throat. He cries out with a loud voice one word: tetelestai. It is finished. Your sins, your debt, your iniquities are paid in full. He took it all upon Himself.
Today God does the unthinkable: He dies for you. He is the Alpha and the Omega. He’s the beginning and the end, the One who was, and is, and is to come (Revelation 1:8). That God, the only God there is, dies for you on the Cross.
The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. We crowned Him with the curse of sin, with its thorns and thistles. The punishment for sin, the hell that we’ve earned, God put on Him. He’s a Man of sorrows. He’s acquainted with our grief. He suffers it all. He redeems it all so that you would be saved. He doesn’t just hold His breath through the crucifixion, He endures it. He won’t take drugs to make it go easier. He is lucid. This is His choice. You are His choice.
Mourn your sins today. Be horrified by what you have done, by what your sins have cause, by the consequences. Your salvation is freely given and freely received, but it wasn’t free. Jesus alone paid for it.
You can’t have your sins back. You can’t pay for them. You can’t do penance to make up for them. If you could, there’d be no reason for Jesus to hang on the Cross. Your sins died with Jesus. You can’t feel guilty about what you have done anymore. He’s taken your guilt. What is finished by Jesus is finished before God. All the evil and awful things you’ve done to others is tetelestai before God.
Today is Good Friday. It’s good because God has made His creation good again today by crushing the serpent’s head. He has died for all. He has redeemed all. All who believe in Him shall never die. They will rise with Him on Easter morning. Merry Lent! In the Name + of Jesus. Amen.
–Rev. George Borghardt
Almighty God, graciously behold this Your family for whom our Lord Jesus Christ was willing to be betrayed and delivered into the hands of sinful men to suffer death upon the cross; through the same Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. (Collect for Good Friday)
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By Higher Things®Today's Reading: John 18:1-19:42
Daily Lectionary: Exodus 12:29-32; 13:1-16; Hebrews 6:1-20
And so, when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished,” and He bowed His head and gave up His Spirit. (John 19:30)
Merry Lent! In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. Good Friday is Good Friday. It’s Merry Friday. It’s Jesus-died-for-me Friday. It’s not Black Friday—that’s in November! Today is Good Friday!
A sip of sour wine is all Jesus takes to clear His throat. He cries out with a loud voice one word: tetelestai. It is finished. Your sins, your debt, your iniquities are paid in full. He took it all upon Himself.
Today God does the unthinkable: He dies for you. He is the Alpha and the Omega. He’s the beginning and the end, the One who was, and is, and is to come (Revelation 1:8). That God, the only God there is, dies for you on the Cross.
The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. We crowned Him with the curse of sin, with its thorns and thistles. The punishment for sin, the hell that we’ve earned, God put on Him. He’s a Man of sorrows. He’s acquainted with our grief. He suffers it all. He redeems it all so that you would be saved. He doesn’t just hold His breath through the crucifixion, He endures it. He won’t take drugs to make it go easier. He is lucid. This is His choice. You are His choice.
Mourn your sins today. Be horrified by what you have done, by what your sins have cause, by the consequences. Your salvation is freely given and freely received, but it wasn’t free. Jesus alone paid for it.
You can’t have your sins back. You can’t pay for them. You can’t do penance to make up for them. If you could, there’d be no reason for Jesus to hang on the Cross. Your sins died with Jesus. You can’t feel guilty about what you have done anymore. He’s taken your guilt. What is finished by Jesus is finished before God. All the evil and awful things you’ve done to others is tetelestai before God.
Today is Good Friday. It’s good because God has made His creation good again today by crushing the serpent’s head. He has died for all. He has redeemed all. All who believe in Him shall never die. They will rise with Him on Easter morning. Merry Lent! In the Name + of Jesus. Amen.
–Rev. George Borghardt
Almighty God, graciously behold this Your family for whom our Lord Jesus Christ was willing to be betrayed and delivered into the hands of sinful men to suffer death upon the cross; through the same Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. (Collect for Good Friday)