Take some time on this Good Friday to remember what Jesus went through to bring us forgiveness, to offer us all eternal life - and then thank Him for it.
Some great songs and videos about it:
Jeremy Riddle's "Sweetly Broken"
Cloverton's "Christmas Hallelujah"
Michael W. Smith's "Secret Ambition"
Crowder's "I AM"
"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 Christ. God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood." (Romans 3:23-25)
“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 6:23)
“God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8)
"This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us...." (1 John 3:16)
"Christ suffered for you... When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats... He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed." (1 Peter 2:21-24)
"For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body, by made alive by the Spirit." (1 Peter 3:18)
"Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed." (Isaiah 53:4-5)
"God made him who knew no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God." (2 Cor. 5:21)
"This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins." (1 John 4:9-10)
"He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world." (1 John 2:2)
"This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Jesus Christ, who gave himself as a ransom for all men..." (1 Timothy 2:3-6)
If you haven't done so already, come on down to the "Living Water" (song by Anne Wilson) and meet Jesus, who loved you so much that He died in your place for your sins because He doesn't want to spend eternity without you.
