“The essence of that by which Jesus overcame the world was not suffering, but obedience. Yes, men may puzzle themselves and their hearers over the question where the power of the life of Jesus and the death of Jesus lay; but the soul of the Christian always knows that it lay in the obedience of Christ. He was determined at every sacrifice to do His Father's will. Let us remember that; and the power of Christ's sacrifice may enter into us, and some little share of the redemption of the world may come through us, as the great work came through Him.” KnowsMenWorldMayLittlesSoulChristianRememberSufferingFatherJesusChristSacrificeShareEssenceLaysDeterminedRedemptionObediencePuzzlesFridayGreat WorkGood Friday Author:Phillips Brooks
“Christ took hold of the work of the world's saving in a larger way than it is possible for us to do, and therefore the burden of His undertaking came upon Him in a heavier, wider, and more crushing way than it can come upon us; and therefore, while it overwhelmed Him in sorrow, our smaller mission and lighter task can with entire propriety leave us buoyant and gladsome.” WorldWayChristSorrowTasksBurdenMissionsSavingCrushOverwhelmedFridayUndertakingsLightersProprietyGood Friday Author:Charles Henry Parkhurst
“The atheists traditionally hold their conventions from Good Friday to Easter Sunday during the hours Christ spent in the grave.” ChristHoursAtheistScaryGravesSundayConventionsEasterFridayGood FridayEaster Sunday Author:Bill Murray
“If Christ is God, He cannot sin, and if suffering was a sin in and by itself, He could not have suffered and died for us. However, since He took the most horrific death to redeem us, He showed us in fact that suffering and pain have great power.” IfsFactsPainSufferingChristSinDiedGreat PowerHorrificGood FridaySuffering And Pain Author:E. A. Bucchianeri
“The highest act of love is the giving of the best gift, and, if necessary, at the greatest cost, to the least deserving. That's what God did. At the loss of His Son's life to the totally undeserving, God gave the best gift - the display of the glory of Christ who is the image of God.” IfsGivingChristLossLove IsSonCostHighestGloryDisplayServing GodValentineValentine's DayDeservingGod ImageActs Of LoveGood FridayBest GiftUndeserving Author:John Piper
“So the main question is not, Which humans brought about the death of Jesus but, What did the death of Jesus bring about for humans - including Jews and Muslims and Buddhists and Hindus and nonreligious secularists - and all people everywhere?When it is all said and done, the most crucial question is: Why? Why did Christ suffer and die? Not why in the sense of cause, but why in the sense of purpose?” PeopleHumansSaidDonePurposeSufferingDiesJesusCausesChristIncludingJewBuddhistCrucialFridaySaid And DoneGood Friday Author:John Piper
“That Jesus of Nazareth died upon a cross is mere matter of history; that He who did so die was the Christ the Son of God is entirely a matter of revelation.” MatterDiesJesusChristSonCrossesDiedMereRevelationsFridayGood FridayNazareth Book:The gospel and its ministry Source: The gospel and its ministry
“The way of the cross is the way of suffering. Christians are called to die, not kill, in order to show the world how they are loved by Christ.” WorldWayShowsChristianSufferingOrderDiesChristCrossesFridayGood Friday Author:John Piper