BBD 03.25.16 What's so Good About Good Friday? (New)

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Posted by: theburningbushdevotional <theburningbushdevotional@...>

Since June 8^th 1998, this
is the 1703^rd

Burning Bush Devotional

25 March 2016

What’s so Good About Good Friday?

And He, bearing His cross,
went out to a place called the Place
of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha, where they crucified Him, and
two others with Him, one on either side, and Jesus in the center. Now Pilate
wrote a title and put it on the
cross. And the writing was:

JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE
KING OF THE JEWS.

Then many of the Jews read
this title, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it
was written in Hebrew, Greek, and
Latin. – John 19:17-20 NKJV.

After this, Jesus, knowing that all
things were now accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, “I thirst!” Now a
vessel full of sour wine was sitting there; and they filled a sponge with sour
wine, put it on hyssop, and put
it to His mouth. So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up
His spirit. – John 19:28-30 NKJV.

Usually
when we think of a good day we are thinking of a day like Peggy Lee described
in the song she wrote, “It’s a
Good Day.” The song was published in 1946 and versions of it were recorded
by Judy Garland and Perry Como. Here are the lyrics:

It’s a Good Day:

Yes, it's a good day for singing a
song,

and it's a good day for moving along;

Yes, it's a good day, how could anything be wrong,

A good day from morning' till night

Yes, it's a good day for shining
your shoes,

and it's a good day for losing the blues;

Everything to gain and nothing' to lose,

A good day from morning' till night

I said to the Sun, "Good
morning sun

Rise and shine today"

You know you've gotta get going

If you're gonna make a showin'

And you you've got the right of way.

'Cause it's a good day for paying
your bills;

And it's a good day for curing your ills,

So take a deep breath and throw away the pills;

'Cause it's a good day from morning' till night.

That’s the kind of day that we all want to have every
day. However, that surely was not the kind of day that Jesus had on Good
Friday. Physically for Jesus it was a nightmare of a day being whipped,
humiliated and crucified unjustly on a cruel Roman cross. Now in anyone’s mind
that is a BAD day!

Spiritually for Jesus it was just the opposite of a
bad day, it was a great day! That Friday was the day when the mission would be completed;
that was the day when Jesus could cry from the cross, “It is finished!” That was
finally the day when He would die “once for all (Romans
6:10).” That was the
day when Jesus, “Not with
the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy
Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption (Hebrews 9:12).”

It is thought that the word “good” originally meant “holy”
in old English. The day Jesus was crucified is indeed good in the sense that it
is holy as Jesus “entered the MOST HOLY PLACE once
for all, having obtained eternal redemption”
for you and me and all those who believe upon the Name of Jesus. “These things I have written to you who
believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and
that you may continue to believe in the name of
the Son of God (1 John 5:13).”

Good
Friday was the best day, the most wonderful day, the most good day in all of
human history! On this Good Friday let us praise our Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ!

Copyright © 2016. Ed Wrather. The
Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On June 8, 1998
the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent. Ed Wrather
began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of those first
devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to prison
facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush websites:

www.theburningbush.net

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The Addictions Kit - Biblical Help for Addictions by Ed Wrather is now
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your addiction that actually work.

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Posted by: theburningbushdevotional <theburningbushdevotional@...>

Since June 8^th 1998, this
is the 1703^rd

Burning Bush Devotional

25 March 2016

What’s so Good About Good Friday?

And He, bearing His cross,
went out to a place called the Place
of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha, where they crucified Him, and
two others with Him, one on either side, and Jesus in the center. Now Pilate
wrote a title and put it on the
cross. And the writing was:

JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE
KING OF THE JEWS.

Then many of the Jews read
this title, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it
was written in Hebrew, Greek, and
Latin. – John 19:17-20 NKJV.

After this, Jesus, knowing that all
things were now accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, “I thirst!” Now a
vessel full of sour wine was sitting there; and they filled a sponge with sour
wine, put it on hyssop, and put
it to His mouth. So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up
His spirit. – John 19:28-30 NKJV.

Usually
when we think of a good day we are thinking of a day like Peggy Lee described
in the song she wrote, “It’s a
Good Day.” The song was published in 1946 and versions of it were recorded
by Judy Garland and Perry Como. Here are the lyrics:

It’s a Good Day:

Yes, it's a good day for singing a
song,

and it's a good day for moving along;

Yes, it's a good day, how could anything be wrong,

A good day from morning' till night

Yes, it's a good day for shining
your shoes,

and it's a good day for losing the blues;

Everything to gain and nothing' to lose,

A good day from morning' till night

I said to the Sun, "Good
morning sun

Rise and shine today"

You know you've gotta get going

If you're gonna make a showin'

And you you've got the right of way.

'Cause it's a good day for paying
your bills;

And it's a good day for curing your ills,

So take a deep breath and throw away the pills;

'Cause it's a good day from morning' till night.

That’s the kind of day that we all want to have every
day. However, that surely was not the kind of day that Jesus had on Good
Friday. Physically for Jesus it was a nightmare of a day being whipped,
humiliated and crucified unjustly on a cruel Roman cross. Now in anyone’s mind
that is a BAD day!

Spiritually for Jesus it was just the opposite of a
bad day, it was a great day! That Friday was the day when the mission would be completed;
that was the day when Jesus could cry from the cross, “It is finished!” That was
finally the day when He would die “once for all (Romans
6:10).” That was the
day when Jesus, “Not with
the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy
Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption (Hebrews 9:12).”

It is thought that the word “good” originally meant “holy”
in old English. The day Jesus was crucified is indeed good in the sense that it
is holy as Jesus “entered the MOST HOLY PLACE once
for all, having obtained eternal redemption”
for you and me and all those who believe upon the Name of Jesus. “These things I have written to you who
believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and
that you may continue to believe in the name of
the Son of God (1 John 5:13).”

Good
Friday was the best day, the most wonderful day, the most good day in all of
human history! On this Good Friday let us praise our Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ!

Copyright © 2016. Ed Wrather. The
Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On June 8, 1998
the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent. Ed Wrather
began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of those first
devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to prison
facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush websites:

http://www.theburningbush.net

http://www.theburningbush.org

The Burning Bush websites are celebrating
18 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the Burning Bush
Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to more than 14,000
subscribers across the world.

The Addictions Kit - Biblical Help for Addictions by Ed Wrather is now
available for download from Amazon. The Addictions Kit provides practical Biblical steps to defeat
your addiction that actually work.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VIYLNLM

The New Pastor's Training Manual is available for download on Amazon. Here is the link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PJ8UTGS If you prefer a paper copy of the book you can order it from
the Burning Bush website at http://bit.ly/1uXDBnk

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at http://www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right hand corner of all of the pages.

Prayer
Requests:
Please continue to pray for Michelle, Justin Lewis,
Shane Hall, Reta (my sister), and Beverly (Jeanie’s sister). Please also pray
for Max Boothe, Nathan Reed, Brent Baker, and Tommy Merrell.

Please pray for an end to the
racial hatred in the USA and that it will be replaced with peace and love. Many
prayer needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page.
You can also post your prayer requests there (Of course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. I am in
need of prayer as I have resigned as pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in
Cordell, Oklahoma and am now seeking God’s direction for how I am to serve Him.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at edwrather@yahoo.com or
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com View LinkedIn profile with
endorsements at http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=92988105

If you enjoy the devotional
please recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank
email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

There is a complete devotional
archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/DevotionalArchive.html.

Devotion vs Devotional: We do our
devotions, we read devotionals.

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