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Good Friday--A Day of Reflection for True Followers of Christ-Sad Saturday-Resurrection Sunday!
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 68677154:MV8yODMwNjA1XzQ5Njc2MTUxX0RDNzYxQjFC] The Lord is a living GOD We proclaim his death and his resurrection He is glorious to save us from our sins The Lord Lives He is King of King and Lord Of Lords Everyday not just one day a year Or two but for ever All Within Me, Praise His Holy Name! 1{A Psalm of David.} Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. 2Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: 3Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; 4Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; 5Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's. 6The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed. 7He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel. 8The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. 9He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever. 10He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. 11For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. 12As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. 13Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him. 14For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust. 15As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. 16For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. 17But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children; 18To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them. 19The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all. 20Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word. 21Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure. 22Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul. [/quote]
Original Message
What is the "Good" in this day we call Good Friday?
This day serves to remind us of our Lord's death and what is so good about that?
As a Christian, this day not only reminds me of our Lord's selfless act of giving His life in order to save me,
but reminds me that I can't save myself from my sinfulness.
None of us can. We all need Jesus.
Good Friday is the mirror held up by Jesus so that we can see ourselves in all our stark reality, and then it turns us to
that cross and to his eyes and we hear these words, "Father forgive them for they know not what they do." That is us!
And so we know beyond a shadow of a doubt that if we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves. We see in that cross
a love so amazing so divine that it loves us even when we turn away from it, or spurn it, or crucify it. There is no faith in
Jesus without understanding that on the cross we see into the heart of God and find it filled with mercy for the sinner
whoever he or she may be.
~Robert G. Trache
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