What’s so Good about Good Friday?

What’s so Good about Good Friday?

Message 1

Total Forgiveness

Me:

How do you plead to the charge?

a. Mail car entertainment (6 hours)

i. Music

ii. Podcast

iii. Audible books

iv. YouTube

b. Court rooms broadcast live on YouTube

i. I’ve learned a lot

1. Don’t break the law it’s a hassle

2. Don’t plead guilty at your arraignment.

1. What’s an arraignment you ask?

2. The judge will read off the charges

3. Some examples

iv. Don’t plead guilty because a deal can be worked out.

c. Retail fraud

i. Skip scanning or shop lifting

ii. I mean how embarrassing would this be.

iii. Take this to another level

We:

Judgement Day

Great White Throne

Revelation 20:11–13 NIV

11 Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence, and there was no place for them. 12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books. 13 The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what they had done.

Your Arraignment

i. Imagine God reading off all your sins.

ii. Then casting judgement

iii. Being found guilty

iv. Trust everyone here is guilty

v. But check this out

God:

Not so Good for Jesus

A little place called “Skull”

Luke 23:33 NLT

33 When they came to a place called The Skull, they nailed him to the cross. And the criminals were also crucified—one on his right and one on his left.

ii. To the Roman solider he was just another Jew

iii. To the religious elite he was a troublemaker taught a lesson

iv. To His followers he was the Messiah

1. And their sins are forgiven

2. The slate wiped clean

b. Understand what happened

Romans 3:25 NIV

25 God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished—

ii. God held back His wrath and poured it out on the Son hanging on the cross

iii. My God My God why…

iv. The world has never been the same

v. You have never been the same

You:

You are standing there on Judgement Day

a. Let’s use our imaginations for a minute

i. God begins to read off your sins

ii. Jesus stands up and says…

1. This one is one of mine.

2. I died for him/her

iii. All of them?

iv. Yes, all of them.

You need a lawyer

(YouTube)

1 John 2:1 NLT

1 My dear children, I am writing this to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate who pleads our case before the Father. He is Jesus Christ, the one who is truly righteous.

1 John 2:2 NIV

2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

We:

What’s so Good about Good Friday

a. The salvation of your soul

i. The forgiveness of your sins

ii. Hell is real

iii. But so is heaven

What are doing with your gift?