Easter 2009
Posted by ljoh3106 on April 11, 2009
This is Good Friday, or the day Jesus was violently hung on a cross over 2000 years ago to suffer the pain and humiliation for our sins; your sins and my sins. The crucifixion story is very familiar to all Christians and many non-Christians. We have seen it played out on many stages and in the movies. We know how cruel and violent it was based on historical accounts of how the Romans practiced crucifixion. But have you ever thought about why the Bible isn’t more descriptive of the actual act. See the following verses.
And when they had crucified him, they divided his garments among them by casting lots. (Mat 27:35 ESV)
The Bible spares its readers the cruelty and violence of the actual act of crucifying; nails hammered through the flesh of the hands and feet. Movies such as “The Passion of Christ” give us an idea of what it was like. Perhaps God wanted us to focus more on the redemptive purpose of Christ’s death on the cross than the actual cruelty of it. Of course we need to remember what Jesus went through on the cross. But the real message is more than that. Its God’s redemptive plan to substitute His Son for our sins. Can there be any truth more powerful that that?
With everyone planning family get-togethers on Sunday, our fellowship decided not to meet. Sue and I plan to go someplace where we can watch the sun come up Sunday morning. As the son comes up, we will be reminded of our risen Saviour who took our sins on himself on the cross on Good Friday, but rose again three days later to defeat death and who now sits at the right hand of the Holy Father. Praise God!
We wish everyone a very happy Easter weekend.
