Good Friday

"For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God." 2 Cor. 5:21

So Good Friday is coming to a close. For the first time in a lot of years I didn't attend a Good Friday service. I also had to work today so it has made this particular Good Friday a little bit different for me. I have felt distracted and unfocused on what today is really about. However, on my way home from work I turned my Ipod to John 19. If you can have a favorite chapter on the crucifixion this is mine. Really because it contains this amazing Greek word. The word is tetelestai, we translate it as, "It is finished." Christ has accomplished the work he was sent to this earth to do. Namely to glorify the Father by substituting himself for sinners and absorbing the wrath of God so that we might be forgiven. So as the day winds to a close I need to be reminded that there is no more work to be done. No effort, no list of to do's, no working to earn the favor of God. Christ has accomplished everything through his atoning death on the Cross. So yes it is a very Good Friday.

"He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world." 1 John 2:2
"For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly...but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." Rom 5:6 & 8
"When Jesus received the sour wine, he said, "It is finished," and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit." John 19:30