On Good Friday I gave a short message highlighting some benefits of the blood Jesus shed on the cross for us. In a world where many seem to ignore the true meaning of the cross, and thus Jesus’ shed blood, the Bible puts great emphasis on it. In Part 1
Over at least the last 150 years there has been a tendency in certain seemingly Christian traditions to downplay the importance of the cross and resurrection of Jesus. The mantra goes something like this: Let’s just emphasize the moral and ethical teachings of Jesus. That’s what’s really important. No need
“But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, ‘And who is my neighbor?’ Jesus took up the question and said, ‘A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him up, and fled, leaving him half dead. A priest happened to be
“But He was pierced for our offenses,He was crushed for our wrongdoings;The punishment for our well-being was laid upon Him,And by His wounds we are healed.All of us, like sheep, have gone astray,Each of us has turned to his own way;But the Lord has caused the wrongdoing of us allTo fall on Him.” (Isaiah 53:5-6) The prophet Isaiah foretold a suffering