For everyone here.
Why is today called good?
I would look at the last few hours of Christ's life to see how things unfolded for him.
From a human point of view, this story should be called Horrible Friday.
Let's look at Luke 22.
We'll start Luke 22, verses 1 to 6.
Now the Feast of the Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching,
and the chief priests and the teachers-in-law were looking for some way to get rid of Jesus,
for they were afraid of the people.
Then Satan entered Judas, called Iscariot, one of the twelve.
And Judas went out to the chief priests and the officers of the temple guard
and discussed with them how he might betray Jesus.
They were delighted and agreed to give him money.
He consented and watched for an opportunity to hand Jesus over to them when no crowd was present.
One of Jesus' disciples agreed to sell Jesus to the Jewish leaders.
This was someone Jesus had poured three years discipling into,
and he sold them for 30 pieces of silver.
He felt that was of some value.
This is a major attack on Christ.
Luke 22, 24 to 26.
And a dispute arose among them as to which of them was considered to be the greatest.
Jesus said to them,
The king of the Gentiles lord it over them,
and those who exercise authority over them called themselves benefactors.
But you are not to be like that.
Instead, the greatest of you amongst you should be like the youngest,
and the one who rules like one who serves.
Very human question.
Who is the greatest?
They were, the disciples were arguing who is the greatest.
This is a blow to Jesus.
Three years of discipleship,
And that's what they could focus on.
Luke 22, 45.
When he arose from prayer and went back to the disciples,
he found them asleep,
exhausted from sorrow.
Why are you sleeping?
He asked them.
Get up and pray that you will not fall into temptation.
At a time when Jesus needed support in prayer,
the disciples could not focus on what was important,
but nodded off.
So this is the most crucial time.
Just before the crucifixion,
Jesus wanted their support,
and they slipped.
22, 47.
While he was still speaking,
a crowd came up,
and the one called Judas,
one of the twelve,
was leading them.
He approached Jesus to kiss him,
but Jesus asked him,
Judas,
are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?
When Jesus' followers saw what was going to happen,
they said,
Lord, should we strike with our swords?
And one of them struck the servant of the high priest,
cutting off his right ear.
Judas,
one of Christ's twelve disciples,
betrays him.
Luke 22, 45-62.
Then seizing him,
they led him away,
and took him into the house of the high priest.
Peter followed at a distance,
but when they had kindled a fire
in the middle of the courtyard
and had sat down together,
Peter sat down with them.
A servant girl
saw him seated there in the firelight.
She looked closely at him and said,
this man was with him,
but he denied it.
Woman,
I don't know what you're,
I don't know him.
A little later,
someone else saw him and said,
you were one of them.
Man,
I am not,
Peter replied.
About an hour later,
another asserted,
certainly,
this fellow was with him,
for he is a Galilean.
Peter answered,
man,
I don't know what you're talking about.
Just as he was speaking,
the rooster crowed.
The Lord turned
and looked straight at Peter.
Then Peter remembered
the words the Lord had spoken to him.
Before the rooster crows today,
you will disown me
three times.
And he went out
and wept bitterly.
Peter,
who vowed to die
with Christ
only a few hours earlier,
is intimidated
by a slave girl.
And then Luke 22,
63 to 65.
The men who were guarding Jesus
began to mock
in beating him.
They blindfolded him,
demanded,
prophesy,
who hit you?
And when they had said
many other insulting things
to him,
the Roman soldiers
mocked him.
Luke 22,
61 to 71,
66 to 71.
At daybreak,
the council of the elders
and the people,
both the chief priests
and the teachers of the law,
met together
and Jesus was held
before them.
If you were the Christ,
they said,
tell us.
Jesus answered,
if I tell you,
you will not believe me.
And if I answer you,
you would not answer.
But from now on,
the son of man
will be seated
at the right hand
of the mighty God.
They all asked,
are you then
the son of God?
He said,
the son of,
yeah,
are you the son of God?
He said,
you are right
in saying I am.
Then they said,
why do we need
any more testimony?
We have heard it
from their own lips.
Kangaroo court.
That's all it was.
Kangaroo court.
Other gospels tell
how false accusations
were made,
but nothing stuck
until Jesus admitted
to being the son of God.
Luke 23,
1 to 3.
Then the whole assembly
led away
and rose
and led him off
to Pilate.
And they began
to accuse him,
saying,
we have found this man
subverting our nation.
He opposes payment
of taxes to Caesar
and claims to be Christ.
A king.
So Pilate asked Jesus,
are you the king
of the Jews?
Yes, it is,
as they said,
Jesus replied.
So,
false accusations.
Jesus never said,
don't pay taxes
and he never
wanted to be,
never claimed
to be a king
that rivaled Caesar.
He is a king,
but he's not
a human king.
So anyways,
this was again,
false accusations.
Luke 23,
6 to 11.
On hearing this,
Pilate asked
if the man
was a Galilean.
Then he learned
that Jesus
was under Herod's
jurisdiction.
He sent him to Herod,
who was also in Jerusalem
at that time.
When Herod saw Jesus,
he was greatly pleased
because for a long time
he'd been wanting
to see him.
He wanted a circus show.
From what he had heard
about him,
he hoped to see him
perform some miracles.
He plied him
with many questions,
but Jesus gave him
no answer.
The chief priests
and the teachers of the law
were standing there,
vehemently accusing him.
Then Herod and his soldiers
ridiculed and mocked him,
dressing up in an elegant robe.
They sent him back
to Pilate.
Luke 23,
13 to 24.
Pilate called together
the chief priests,
the rulers of the people
and said to them,
You brought me this man
as one who incited
the people to rebellion.
I have examined him
in your presence
and have found no basis
for your charges
against him.
Neither has Herod,
for he sent him back to us.
As you can see,
he has done nothing
to deserve death.
Therefore,
I will punish him
and then release him.
With one voice
they cried out,
Away with this man.
Release Barabbas
to us.
Barabbas had been
thrown into prison
for an insurrection
in the city
and for murder.
Wanting to release Jesus,
Pilate appealed
to them again,
but they kept crying out,
Crucify him.
For the third time,
he spoke to them,
Why?
What crime
has this man committed?
I have found him
no grounds
for death penalty.
Therefore,
we'll have him
punished and released.
So this is Barabbas.
Not Jesus
was chosen
by the crowd
to be released.
Barabbas led
an insurrection
against Rome
and probably murder
of a Roman soldier.
John
19,
8-12
describes
what happened,
8-12.
Then Pilate heard this.
He was even more afraid
and went back
inside the palace.
Where do you come from?
He had asked Jesus.
But Jesus gave him
no answer.
Do you refuse
to speak to me?
Pilate said.
Don't you realize
I have the power
either to free you
or to crucify you?
Jesus answered,
You would have
no power
over me
if it were not
given to you
from above.
Therefore,
the one who handed
me over to you
is guilty
of a greater sin.
We see how
Pilate was terrified
of sending Jesus
to be killed.
Knowing the stories
of Jesus' miracles,
Pilate did not doubt
that Jesus could call down
unforeseen forces
to protect himself.
As you read
these last few verses,
the crowd
that had a week earlier,
Palm Sunday,
had laid palm trees
down for Christ
to come into Jerusalem.
We're now rejecting him
because he did not
weaned
an armed insurrection
against the hated
conquering Jews,
or Romans,
against the Romans.
Jesus is seen
as captured
on trial
and defeated,
not the mighty
general
to lead the country
into a miraculous
victory.
They instead
were being cajoled
by the Sanhedrin
to ask for
Barnabas' release.
This was the lowest
blow to Jesus,
rejection
by the people.
John 19,
1-3
describes
the flogging
of Jesus.
Then Pilate
took Jesus
and had him
flogged.
The soldiers
twisted together
a crown of thorns,
put it on his head.
They clothed him
in a purple robe
and went up to him
again and again
saying,
O Christ,
or O King
of the Jews.
And they struck
him in the face.
So,
Jesus was flogged.
And not just
flogged,
he was beat
within an inch
of his life.
This was a Roman
soldier's
great revenge.
Jewish.
They hated
the Jews
who were never
a submissive people.
There was a constant
guerrilla war
going on
with individual
Romans
being killed
whenever possible.
The Jews felt
they could win
a rebellion
with the right
leader against
the Romans
like their ancestors
had against
the Greeks
during the
Maccabean Revolt
which was about
150 years earlier.
From the conquest
of Nebuchadnezzar
till May 14,
1948,
Israel,
2,600 years.
Israel
was not a nation.
Though they
remained God's
chosen people,
they were always
conquered.
They were,
if it wasn't
the Romans,
the Greeks,
Babylonians,
the Assyrians,
it was the Turks
in the latter days.
England
was their
control of them
in the 1900s.
So you see,
they were never
a nation
until May 14,
1948.
Though they
remained
God's
chosen people.
Just keep
watching
for things,
for the miracles
God will perform
in Israel.
Matthew 24,
1-2.
Matthew,
Mark.
Just a week
before Jesus
prophesied about
such a revolt
and
Jesus was,
Jesus left
the temple
and was
walking down,
walking away
when his disciples
came to him
calling his attention
to its building.
Do you see
these things?
He said,
I tell you the truth,
not one stone here
will be left on another.
Each,
every one
will be thrown down.
So Christ
was prophesying
that the temple,
which was a
magnificent building,
built of huge stones
would be thrown down
and not one stone
left on one another.
And in A.D. 70,
about 40 years
after Christ's
crucifixion,
the Jews rebelled
and the Roman soldiers
burnt the temple,
melting the gold
that lined
the interior.
The Romans destroyed
the temple
for the gold
and then deported
many Jews
to other countries.
Matthew 27,
45,
and 46.
These are the
hardest words
Jesus ever spoke.
From the sixth hour
until the ninth hour,
darkness came
over all the land.
About the ninth hour,
Jesus cried out
in a loud voice,
Eloi, Eloi,
lama shabakani,
which means,
my God,
why have you
forsaken me?
Amen.
Corinthians,
we'll go to
Corinthians,
chapter 5.
And,
it explains
why.
Corinthians 5,
21.
So that,
just as sin
reigned in death,
so also grace
might reign
through righteousness
to bring eternal life
through Christ Jesus,
our Lord.
God made him
who had no sin
to be sin for us,
so that in him
we might become
the righteousness
of God.
Jesus took our sins,
the factor that
separates us
from fellowship
with God.
At this point
in time,
God turned his
back on Jesus.
That was the
hardest thing.
God turned
his back.
Luke,
23,
44,
and 45.
In about
the ninth hour,
darkness came
over the whole
land until
the ninth hour.
For the sun
stopped shining
and the curtain
of the temple
was torn in two.
Jesus called out
in a loud voice,
Father,
into your hands
I committed
my spirits.
When he had said
this,
he breathed his last.
This was his
defeat
on the cross.
This is a story
with a truly
horrible
ending.
If
this
was
the ending.
To understand
these events,
we need to look
at them in context
of the Old Testament.
It is not by chance
that Jesus was
crucified
just before
the Passover.
This is a
solemn time
remembering how
each individual
was protected
from having
the firstborn
family member
die.
Without the blood
of the Lamb,
nothing could be
protected.
Let's go way
back into Exodus.
You have to
understand
what was
happening
at this time
and why
this was
important to
have the
crucifixion
at this exact
time.
Exodus 12.
The Lord
said to Moses
and Aaron
in Egypt,
this month
is to be
for you,
the first
month,
the first
month of
your year.
Tell the
whole community
of Israel
that on the
tenth month
of this
month,
each man
is to
take a
lamb for
his family,
one for
each household.
If any
household is
too small
for a
whole lamb,
they must
share one
with his
nearest neighbor.
Having taken
into account
the number
of people
there are,
you are to
determine the
amount of
lamb needed
in accordance
with what
each person
will eat.
The animals
you choose
must be a
firstborn male
without defect
and you may
take them
with the sheep
or the goats.
Take care of
them until
the fourteenth
day of
the month
when all
the people
of the
community
of Israel
must slaughter
them at
twilight.
The very
exact way
of doing
things.
Then they
are to take
some of
the blood,
put it on
the sides
and top
of the
door frames
of their
homes where
they eat
the lambs.
Then that
same night
they are to
eat the meat
roasted over
the fire
along with
bitter herbs
and bread
made without
yeast.
Do not
eat the
meat raw
or cooked
in water
but roasted
over the
fire,
head,
legs,
inner parts.
Do not
leave any
till morning.
If some
is left
till morning
you must
burn it.
This is
how you
eat it
with your
cloak
tucked into
your belt,
your sandals
on your feet
and your
staff in
your hand.
Eat it
in haste.
It is
the Lord's
Passover.
This is
the scary
part.
On the
same night
I will
pass through
Egypt and
strike down
every firstborn,
both men
and animals,
and I will
bring judgment
on all the
gods of
Egypt.
I am
the Lord.
The blood
will be a
sign for you
on the
houses where
you are.
When I see
the blood
I will
pass over
you.
No
destructive
plague
will touch
you when
I strike
Egypt.
So this
is the
Passover.
This is
the reason
that this
date was
extremely
important.
The significance
to the Jews
was never
lost.
It was
the blood.
But what's
significant
about the
blood?
Go to
Leviticus
chapter 17
verse 11.
This explains
a lot.
For the
life of a
creature is
in the
blood,
and I
have given
it to
you to
make atonement
for yourselves
on the
altar.
It is
the blood
that makes
atonement
for one's
life.
Therefore
I say
to the
Israelites,
none of
you may
eat
blood,
nor may
the alien
living among
you eat
blood.
So it
is the
blood that
makes atonement
on the
altar.
So it
is the
blood that
makes atonement
on the altar.
Back to
Luke.
Luke 23.
44 to
46.
Again, I
read these
verses.
It was
now the
sixth hour,
and the
darkness came
over the
whole land
until the
ninth hour.
For the
sun stopped
shining, and
the curtain
of the
temple was
torn in
two.
Jesus
cried out
in a
loud voice,
Father,
into your
hands I
commit my
spirit.
When he
had said
this, he
breathed
his last.
the
absolute
second,
Jesus
died.
The
sacrificial's
lamb blood
paid for
all the
sins of
all who
believe in
him.
Only the
high, before
this, in
the Old
Testament
times, only
the high
priest could
go behind
the curtain
once a
year to
offer blood
on the
Ark of
the
Covenant.
And because
of this,
because the
curtain is
ripped,
ripped in
two, now
we have
the direct
access to
God.
Not needing
a priest to
offer sacrifices
on our
behalf.
The Holy
Spirit is
now with
us at
all times.
Jesus
fulfilled the
requirements of
the Levitical
law.
So he
filled that.
He did
all the
things that
were necessary
for the
people to
have true
fellowship with
God.
To understand
how
the blood
of Jesus
saves us,
we need
to define
who Jesus
is.
Was he
a nice
guy, a
good teacher,
or the
mighty God
creator and
judge?
Genesis
chapter 1
declares how
God created
the world
in six
days.
Incredibly,
science proves
creation because
of the complexity
of life.
Paleontologists
find pliable
bone marrow in
dinosaur bones.
You know,
how can
something 69
million years
old still
have pliable
bone marrow?
The James
Webb telescope
debunked the
Big Bang
theory just
lately,
within the
last year.
The
farthest
galaxies are
too mature
for the Big
Bang theory to
hold any
validity.
Geology over
all the world
proves Noah's
flood.
Thousand
layer,
foot layers
of mud,
many of them,
one on top of
the other,
and finding
trees and bones
in certain
layers,
this proves
that things
happen very,
very fast.
This flood
happened very
fast.
Let's go to
Colossians
chapter 1,
15 to 20.
This is Christ.
This is the
definition of
Christ.
Colossians.
He is the
image of the
invisible God,
the firstborn
over all
creation.
For by him
all things
were created,
things in
heaven and
on earth,
visible and
invisible,
whether thrones
or powers,
or rulers
or authorities,
all things
were created
by him
and for
him.
He is
before all
things,
and in
him all
things hold
together.
And he is
the head of
the body,
the church.
He is the
beginning and
the firstborn
from among
the dead,
so that in
everything he
might have
supremacy.
For God was
pleased to have
all his
fullness dwell
in him,
and through
him to
reconcile to
himself all
things,
whether things
on earth
or things
in heaven,
by making
peace through
his blood
shed on
the cross.
Jesus is
the creator
of all
things,
material and
government.
He holds
all things
together.
Firstborn
from the
dead,
he alone,
alone is
able to
reconcile
everything
through his
shed blood.
If Jesus
had remained
in the tomb,
it would
have been a
victory for
Satan.
After being
deceived by
Satan,
Eve and
Adam chose
to disobey
God, the
Lord made
a prophetic
judgment.
Genesis 3,
15,
And I will
put enmity
between you
and the
woman,
between your
offspring and
hers.
He will
crush your
head, and
you will
strike his
heel.
Indeed,
Satan had
struck Jesus'
heel.
Christ died.
Jesus was
elated.
Luke 24,
5 to
8.
In their
fright, the
women bowed
down with
their faces to
the ground,
but the men
said to them,
Why do you
look for the
living among
the dead?
He is not
here.
He has
risen.
Remember how
he told you
while you were
still in Galilee,
the Son of
Man must be
delivered into
the hands of
sinful man to
be crucified,
and on the
third day be
raised again.
Then they
remembered these
words.
This is the
most amazing
statement.
He is not
dead.
He is risen.
That's for
Satan.
He is
defeated.
Satan doesn't
know things.
If Satan
would have
had his
way, he
would have
had mattresses
surrounding
Jesus so
that Jesus
died an
old man's
death, not
the death on
a cross,
because it
was his
blood that
is the
sanctification.
Once we
realize this,
what do we
do with it?
What do we
do with this
knowledge?
The New
Testament gives
us instructions
on how to
receive eternal
life and
live with God
in heaven through
the bloodshed and
rebirth of
Jesus.
John chapter
14, 6-8.
Jesus answered,
I am the
way, the
truth, and the
life.
No one comes
to the Father
except through
me.
If you
really knew
me, you
would know
my Father
as well.
From now
on, you
do know
him and
have seen
him.
Jesus made
it clear that
the only way
through him
is the only
way is through
him that we
can know
God.
No one and
nothing else
can be a way
to know
God.
1 Peter 1,
17-21.
You have
called on a
Father who
judges each
man's work
impartially.
Live your
lives as
strangers here
in reverent
fear, for
you know that
it was not
with perishable
things such as
silver or gold
that you were
redeemed from
the empty
way of life
handed down
to you from
your forefathers,
but with the
precious blood
of Christ, a
lamb without
blemish or
defect.
He was chosen
before the
creation of the
world, but was
revealed in these
last times for
your sake.
Through him you
believe in God
who raised him
from the dead
and glorified him,
so your faith and
hope are in God.
God, we
cannot buy our
way out of
God's judgment.
The God who
created every
galaxy in the
universe has no
use for a few
dollars.
Even billions
mean nothing to
God.
Nothing we do
is good enough
for God.
If our own
efforts were
not perfect,
absolutely
perfect, they
are filthy
rags to
God.
None of us
can ever do
anything that's
perfect.
Romans
chapter 3
21 to
25
Now our
righteousness
from God
apart from
law has been
made known
to which the
law and the
prophets testify.
This
righteousness
from God
comes through
faith in
Jesus Christ
to all who
believe.
There is no
difference, for
all have sinned
and fall short
of the glory of
God and are
justified freely
by his grace
through the
redemption that
came by
Jesus.
All have
sinned and
fall short of
the glory of
God.
There is
nobody in
this whole
world except
for Christ
that has
ever not
been a
sinner.
Romans
6
23.
6 19
to 23.
I put this
in human
terms because
you are weak
in your
natural
cells.
Just as you
used to offer
the parts of
your bodies
in slavery
or impartiality
and purity
and to every
increasing wickedness,
so now offer
them in slavery
to righteousness
leading to
holiness.
When you were
slaves to sin,
you were free
from the control
of righteousness.
What benefit
did you reap
at that time
from the things
you are now
ashamed of?
those things
result in
death.
But now you
have been set
free from sin
and have become
slaves to God.
The benefit
you reap
leads to holiness
and the result
is eternal life.
For the wages
of sin
is death,
but the gift
of God
is eternal
life in Christ
Jesus our
Lord.
God pays
fairly.
Eternal
death.
Can you
imagine that?
Eternal
separation
from God,
eternal judgment,
but also God
gives freely.
The gift
is free,
you earn
no right
to go to
hell.
Eternal
life
through faith.
Ephesians
2,
8,
and 9
is
a powerful
verses
that really
explain
what we
have.
For it
is by grace
you have
been saved.
Through faith
in this not
from yourselves,
it is the
gift of God.
Not by works
so that no
one can boast.
We are God's
workmanship
created in
Christ Jesus
to do good
works,
which God
prepared in
advance for
us to do.
God's
grace.
He didn't
annihilate
Adam and
Eve.
He didn't
destroy Noah.
He doesn't
come down
and say
the first
time you
sin you're
dead.
It is
God's grace
that you've
been saved
and it's
only through
faith.
We must
believe in
him.
We don't
earn this.
Nothing
we can do
can get us
to heaven.
It's
because of
God's
grace and
our faith.
And this
is not
from us.
It is
from God.
A gift
of God.
And not
anything we
can do.
Not by
works so
that no
one can
boast.
Clearly,
if we don't
earn or pay
for eternal
life with
God in
heaven,
Christ's
blood
paid for
eternal
life.
2 Corinthians
7, 10
and 11.
Lifetime of
repentance.
Godly sorrow
brings repentance
that leads to
salvation and
leaves no
regret.
But worldly
sorrow brings
death.
See what
this godly
sorrow has
produced in
you.
What earnestness,
what eagerness
to clear
yourselves,
what indignation,
what alarm,
what longing,
what concern,
what readiness
to see justice
done.
At every point,
you have proved
yourself to be
innocent in this
matter.
So we must
judge ourselves.
Once we have
salvation in
Christ, we look
at ourselves.
It's not just,
well, now I've
said a few
words and I'm
going to
heaven.
It's a lifetime
of repentance,
judging ourselves
and living a life
honoring God.
Forgiveness is
not achieved by
saying a few
words, asking
for forgiveness
and then going
on an unrepentant
life.
One of the
most well-known
verses in the
Bible, John 3.16,
but not just 3.16,
3.16, 17,
and 18.
For God so
loved the world
that he gave
us one and
only Son,
that whoever
believes in
him should
not perish,
but have
eternal life.
For God
did not send
his Son into
the world
to condemn
the world,
but to save
the world
through him.
This is the
hard part.
whoever believes
in him
is not
condemned,
but whoever
does not
believe stands
condemned already
because he has
not believed in
the name of
the God's
one and only
Son.
It's very
clear.
If you don't
believe in the
redemption of
Christ and his
one and only
Son, then there
is eternal
punishment.
We are
condemned.
what happened
to Jesus?
If he is not
in the grave,
then where?
Revelation
chapter 5.
Chapter
verse 6.
Then I saw
a lamb
standing as
if it had
been slain,
standing in
the center
of the throne,
encircled
by the
four living
creatures
and the
elders.
He had
seven horns
and seven
eyes,
which are
the seven
spirits of
God,
came out
onto all
the earth.
And 11
to
14.
Then I
looked and
heard the
voice of
many angels
numbering
thousands
upon
thousands
and ten
thousand
times ten
thousand.
They
encircled
the throne
and the
living
creatures
and the
elders.
In a
loud voice
they sang,
Worthy
is the
lamb
who was
slain.
To
receive
power
and wealth,
wisdom
and strength,
honor and
glory and
praise.
Then I
heard every
creature in
heaven and
on earth and
under the
earth and
in the sea
and all
that in them
singing,
to him who
sits on the
throne and
to the
lamb,
be praise
and honor
and glory
and power
forever.
So that's
where Christ
is.
He's
receiving
these
accolades
and it'll
be forever.
Revelation
20
verse 10
And the
devil
who deceived
them was
thrown into
the lake
of burning
sulfur,
where the
beast and
the false
prophets
have been
thrown.
They will
be tormented
day and
night,
forever
and ever.
This is
Satan.
This is
the devil.
Satan is
doomed to
hell.
This is
the crushed
head described
in Genesis.
He has no
hope.
He never
has hope.
He rebelled
and this is
his judgment.
But we
read Revelation
21, 6
to 8.
He said
to me,
it is
done.
I am
the Alpha
and the Omega,
the beginning
and the end.
That's
Jesus.
To him
who is
thirsty,
I give
him the
drink
without
cost
from the
spring
of the
water
of life.
He
who
overcomes
will
inherit
all this
and I
will be
his
God
and he
will
be
my
son.
But
the
cowardly,
the
unbelieving,
the
vile,
the
murderers,
the sexually
immoral,
those who
practice
magic arts,
the
idolaters,
and all
liars,
their place
will be in
the fiery
lake of
burning
sulfur.
This is
the second
death.
it is
clear
that
those who
don't ask
for eternal
forgiveness
are doomed
to
eternally
spend
the rest
of eternity
and it's
not really
called life
but they
will spend
eternity
in a
sulfur
pit.
Burning
sulfur.
You cannot
imagine
how horrible
that will
be.
And that's
why it's
so important
to accept
Christ,
to acknowledge
that he
died on
the cross.
When
Christ
cried out
to God
on the
cross,
my God,
why have
you forsaken
me?
This is the
punishment he
endured on
the cross
instead of
us.
He
paid for
that,
that we
don't have
to go
to hell.
The last
two chapters
of Revelation
tell the
beautiful story
of heaven,
our eternal
relationship
with other
believers,
and the
most beautiful
and eternal
relationship
with the
Lamb of
God.
Why is
today called
Good Friday
and not
Horrible Friday?
This is the
good news,
the gospel
story.
We are
sinners
separated
from God,
doomed to
eternal
punishment,
but a
loving Christ
will take
that punishment
in our
place if,
that's a
big if,
we repent
and believe
in him.
No one
is forced
to believe
in Christ,
but everyone
is given
the option
to believe.
Thank you.
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