GOOD Friday

This week, Passion Week, what a week. A whole week leading up to celebrating the biggest displays of love the world has ever known. The crucifixion. 

This week my Young Life area director emailed all of the leaders in our area a short devotional that took us through the final week of Jesus' life. From His arrival in Bethany to His resurrection. As I was moving through the scriptures and looking more into the week before Jesus' death, I have learned a lot about Jesus' love for me. 
Specifically yesterday. Yesterday I read these verses from Romans 5:6-8:

"For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us."

These are verses I've heard over and over again but for some reason last night they hit me a little harder than usual. While WE were still weak... Christ died for the UNGODLY. That's me. I am weak. I am ungodly. And He died for me and my sins. 

This truth tears me apart. I am so unworthy of a savior, but He continues to love me. And the biggest kicker is, I still sin. Every single day. It's not like I learned the truth of Jesus Christ, heard that He died to give me life, and all of a sudden stopped sinning. It doesn't work like that. I fail over and over again. To love, to forgive, to sacrifice. This is because humans, by nature, are sinners. No matter how "good" we think we are, the ultimate truth is that we are sinners in desperate need of a savior. And I am a sinner. 

1 Timothy 1 :15 - Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners--of whom I am the worst.

The good good news, though, is that Jesus loves us so much that He chose to take on the cross so that we could have this life. He knew we were sinful and instead of turning His back on us, He came to earth to die in our place. He lived a perfect life to die a death that we deserved. He was the ultimate sacrifice. That's the gospel. That's the truth.

Romans 6:6-7 - For we know that our old self was crucified with Him in order that sin’s dominion over the body may be abolished, so that we may no longer be enslaved to sin, since a person who has died is freed from sin’s claims.

It’s because of the cross that we are no longer slaves to our own sin, but children of Christ.

It’s because of the cross that we can walk in freedom.


It’s because of the cross that we have full access to a relationship with God.

What a GOOD good Friday to celebrate!!!