More Than A Story

"And He bowed His head and gave up His spirit."

By CherylDuckyChickenLady. Friday, March 21, 2008 1:30:58 PM

I woke up this morning with a desire to spread the biggest message of Love to whoever wants to read about it.

Today is Good Friday---where most Christians celebrate the crucifixion of Christ. I say 'celebrate' because it is what we should be doing.
To me.... this week-end is better than Christmas.
As I think on, and meditate on the sacrifice of Jesus...I have this fire burning on the inside of me..and that is why I have to share it.

A person who has gone to church his/her whole life..or even just on the 'holidays' can grow numb to this message...especially if you just go and hear with natural ears. (for many years I was in this boat)
But there is such an amazing revelation of God's Love in this message...if you will open your heart to really 'hear' what Our God is trying to tell us.

The truth of the meaning of life is in the message of the Cross of Christ.
We go around, as humans...seeking for the meaning of life everywhere...trying to find 'our place' in this world.
However...our place in this world...if you really boil it down..is to be in God's Kingdom.

Jesus died so that we could be reconciled to God.
The Old Testament of the Bible is worth reading to understand how difficult it was for a person to 'abide' by the laws that God gave us.
Forgiveness was offered through a yearly sacrifice of an unblemished animal.
And there was a huge ceremony involved. The priest had to be clean...& purify himself...he was set apart for this station by God Himself.
Blood had to be shed in order to be purified from sin. To have that Forgiveness that we so crave.
They tied a rope around the priest's foot or waist...incase something wasn't quite 'right' and he was struck dead by God's extreme holiness. (that way people could pull his corpse out of the Holy of Holies'.)

God created man to have fellowship/relationship with Him. He so wants to have a Relationship with US!
But..He gave us freewill.
So..He wants us to WANT to have that relationship with Him.

Anyhow...that's my lame explanation of the Old Testament ritual...

He-God then, seeing that the way of Old...through the Laws of the Old Testament, was an almost impossible way for man to come to Him....
provided a way for us to have access to Him! A simple Way.
He sent Jesus...and you know the story.

But a sacrifice had to happen.
So Jesus, came in the form of man. Went through his 33 years without sin...to be a perfect--unblemished sacrifice...and was then crucified for us.

This is the Love story here...
Jesus...being without sin... took apon Himself...ALL of our sins! This is hard to wrap our heads around...but try.
He took apon Himself ALL of our sins....All of them... those sins not committed yet....by the many generations to come.
He literally went to Hell to be tormented for 3 days....FOR US. So that....just by simply believing in what He did...and Who He was & is....we don't have to go to hell.
Not only did He take on our sins...He took on our Infirmities...our Sickness--Our Disease--Our Guilt--Our Shame--Our Hurts!
And by His shed Blood---by our faith in that...WE ARE HEALED!
And most importantly He conquered Death! He conquered Death & Hell so that we could/might be FREE!
This was a ONCE & FOR ALL sacrifice....so that there would be no need for any more blood- offerings ever again.

You know the bible verse... John 3:16? "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whosoever believes in Him, should not perish but have everlasting Life."!!!!
God soooo Loves us---that's why He made a way for us to have a relationship with Him. Through Christ's Blood...we have BOLD and Confident access to HIM!
I pray that your eyes are opened to this amazing Truth.
All you need to do is Believe.
He provided a WAY to FREEDOM...to HEALTH...to WHOLENESS..to EVERLASTING LIFE with HIM.
This is for NOW...not for when we die. For NOW.

We have a choice...to Believe on Him..Jesus, who God sent and live in Freedom...or to follow our own ways and spend eternity in condemnation.

"He said, "It is finished!" And He bowed His head and gave up His spirit." John 19:30 (It is FINISHED!---The WAY has been made!!)

God Loves Us SO MUCH! He Loves You...and wants you to be FREE.

You reap what you sow.

Comments

Loiscakkleberrylane # Friday, March 21, 2008 3:12:40 PM

Very beautifully said. I say that because I've been listening to a lot of the broadcasts on TV and of course, at this time of year, the topic is Easter. So many people are getting so nit-picky about things, e.g. the origin of the word, Easter, that it was pagan and that a sunrise service was also pagan and so we shouldn't celebrate Easter.
I'm sure God looks at our hearts ahead of history and realizes our intentions. Maybe these people feel as if they have exhausted all other aspects of the story and they want to come up with something different to think about, but it's so important to clearly present that message as you have done.

CherylDuckyChickenLady # Friday, March 21, 2008 7:10:32 PM

Thank you Lois...I re-read it..and I wish I could have said it even clearer.

Oh well...I just pray that the message gets across the way God wants it to. Happy Easter!

Loiscakkleberrylane # Friday, March 21, 2008 7:51:40 PM

And a very happy Easter to you and all yours too.

MarieMaGoose # Saturday, March 22, 2008 12:06:27 AM

Thank you for posting your Easter message today. The church I'm now attending does not have a Good Friday service and I miss it. However, I meditated on the sacrifice He made as best I could alone and was glad for further thoughtful time with you. Thankfully there was Easter Sunday, Happy Easter everyone.

CherylDuckyChickenLady # Saturday, March 22, 2008 2:06:49 PM

Thanks Marie! And yes...He is Risen!

Happy Easter to you too..