WHAT IS GOOD IN IT? (Part 1)
Posted by: spiritualdigest <spiritualdigest@...>
Because of the subject of this message, let me send the
"Spiritual Digest" for next week today instead of
Sunday that I usually send the weekly messages. I have
serialized the message (indeed a study of THE ATONING
DEATH OF JESUS CHRIST) into parts. Other parts will be
sent in subsequent weeks.
WHAT IS GOOD IN IT? (Part 1)
(THE ATONING DEATH OF JESUS CHRIST)
"None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if
they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of
glory" (1 Corinthians 2:8, NIV).
I overheard a Muslim preacher one day accusing the
Christians: "They call the day 'Good Friday.' What is
good in it? What is good in a day they crucified their
Savior? What is worthy of celebration in it?" I
chuckled. What is good in the Good Friday? Why should
we Christians celebrate such a "horrible" day - a day
that our Savior and Lord was tried, sentenced to death
by crucifixion, flogged, molested, crucified cruelly
and eventually died? Non-Christians may not know, but
every Christian knows what is good in it. If Satan and
his cohorts knew that the day would turned to become a
good day for Christians and anyone who accepts Jesus
Christ as his personal Savior and Lord, they would do
everything possible to hinder the event of the day from
taking place.
What is good in the Good Friday? What is the
significance of the death of Jesus Christ on the cross?
This will lead us to the purpose of the first coming of
Jesus Christ to the world: to SAVE people from their
SIN (Matthew 1:21; John 1:20; Acts 3:26; 1 Timothy
1:15; 1 John 3:5, 8; 4:9, 10). Jesus Christ
accomplished this through His death on the cross
(Romans 5:6,8; Hebrews 2:14-15; 10:5-10). This atoning
death of Jesus Christ is related to our sins
(redemption); it is toward God (propitiation), and at
the same time toward man (reconciliation).
Next week I will continue to explain one by one these
accomplishments that made the day a good day for
Christians and anyone who accepts Jesus Christ as his
personal Savior and Lord. Till then.
In His service,
Bayo Afolaranmi (Pastor).
Note:
Send your comments and remarks on this study to me
directly or copy me at spiritualdigest@email.com or
spiritualdigest@yahoo.com. God bless you!!!
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