As we awaken to another Good Friday, believers across the world prepare to commemorate the agonizing crucifixion of Jesus that led to his glorious resurrection on Easter Sunday. The journey from life to death and back to life remains, for all time, the greatest story ever told, one that altered the course of civilization. And with it came a crucial point sometimes cast aside by those who choose to bypass the sorrow of Good Friday and wait to celebrate the joy of Easter.
“Together with Christ we are heirs of God’s glory. But if we are to share his glory, we must also share his suffering.” That verse from the Book of Romans (8:17), expressing the cost of genuine salvation, should be top of mind on this day. The suffering for believers across the American landscape, more than 2,000 years after Jesus walked the earth, may be limited to slights, insults, and derision. But at Calvary, the man who declared himself God incarnate suffered an unspeakably gruesome death ordinarily reserved for those adjudged to be the worst people on earth. And he did it all for the sake of saving the souls of those who confess how far they have fallen short of God’s glory and place their faith in him for redemption.
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