IT'S FRIDAY, BUT SUNDAY'S COMING (6 OF 6)
by Roger Thomas
Scripture: LUKE 23:33-46
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It's Friday, But Sunday's Coming (6 of 6)
Series: Day by Day with Jesus
Roger Thomas
Luke 23:33-46
Good Friday is a problem. First, there is the name. We call it good. No one called it good then.
Then there's what happened. They killed Jesus. Everything had looked so different on Palm Sunday. The crowds cheered. Even Monday and Tuesday were very different from Friday. Jesus took charge. He cleared the temple and confounded his adversaries. Even the events of Wednesday and Thursday have their share of good times and warm feelings. Jesus and his friends share a family Passover together. Everything changed on Friday. Good Friday is a problem.
The big problem is the cross. Many people like the teachings of Jesus. His miracles astound and attract. Everyone likes the stories of his good deeds and loving example. That's part of the Christian message. But it's not the heart of it. "We preach Christ and him crucified," the Bible declares. "We glory in the cross," we sing. Good Friday is the day of the cross!
For the last several weeks, we have been working our way day by day through the events of Jesus' last week. The Bible recognizes the importance of these events. Matthew devotes eight of his twenty-eight chapters to the last week of Jesus' thirty-three year life. Mark, six of sixteen chapters; Luke, six of twenty-four. John uses almost half of his gospel to tell the story of the last seven days of Jesus' life. If we don't grasp the importance of Holy Week, we don't understand Jesus. As much as we might wish otherwise, we can't have Holy Week without Good Friday. Unless you struggle with the problem of Good Friday, you won't appreciate the victory of Easter Sunday.
Today I invite you to consider Good Friday through the lens of a classic line from what might well be one of our times most famous sermons. Tony Campolo is a short, round, bald, fast-talking, Italian-American, seventy-one year old sociology professor at Easte ...
Series: Day by Day with Jesus
Roger Thomas
Luke 23:33-46
Good Friday is a problem. First, there is the name. We call it good. No one called it good then.
Then there's what happened. They killed Jesus. Everything had looked so different on Palm Sunday. The crowds cheered. Even Monday and Tuesday were very different from Friday. Jesus took charge. He cleared the temple and confounded his adversaries. Even the events of Wednesday and Thursday have their share of good times and warm feelings. Jesus and his friends share a family Passover together. Everything changed on Friday. Good Friday is a problem.
The big problem is the cross. Many people like the teachings of Jesus. His miracles astound and attract. Everyone likes the stories of his good deeds and loving example. That's part of the Christian message. But it's not the heart of it. "We preach Christ and him crucified," the Bible declares. "We glory in the cross," we sing. Good Friday is the day of the cross!
For the last several weeks, we have been working our way day by day through the events of Jesus' last week. The Bible recognizes the importance of these events. Matthew devotes eight of his twenty-eight chapters to the last week of Jesus' thirty-three year life. Mark, six of sixteen chapters; Luke, six of twenty-four. John uses almost half of his gospel to tell the story of the last seven days of Jesus' life. If we don't grasp the importance of Holy Week, we don't understand Jesus. As much as we might wish otherwise, we can't have Holy Week without Good Friday. Unless you struggle with the problem of Good Friday, you won't appreciate the victory of Easter Sunday.
Today I invite you to consider Good Friday through the lens of a classic line from what might well be one of our times most famous sermons. Tony Campolo is a short, round, bald, fast-talking, Italian-American, seventy-one year old sociology professor at Easte ...
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