Apr 06, 2012 23:29
Good Friday - The Happiest Holiday !
I used to think of Good Friday as the saddest, soberest, most depressing holiday.
(Second only to Valentine's Day when divorced, fat, and middle-aged, of course, haha.)
Until today (Good Friday, 2012), when my brilliant son, Petey, put a new spin on it.
That boy really has his head on straight sometimes.
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He said that Good Friday is so much happier than Easter ! Uh, what? In fact, from one point of view, Easter (meaning, the resurrection of Christ, Him coming alive from the dead again) wasn't even necessary ! Took me a few seconds, but then I realized he was SO RIGHT !
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If you're a Christian, then you believe the following tenets: These verses are sometimes called (amongst Protestant circles anyway) "The Romans Road".
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1. Romans 3:23 "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."
2. Romans 6:23a "...The wages of sin is death..."
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Since the penalty for sin is death, and no man is sinless, then we would all die - unless someone else could pay that penalty for us ! And that Someone had to be sinless.
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3. Romans 6:23b "...But the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."
4. Romans 5:8, "God demonstrates His own love for us, in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us!"
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Back to Petey: From MAN's viewpoint, from MY viewpoint, then the most important part was Christ DYING. THAT paid the penalty for my sin, and I was set free from death, from eternity in hell. No weeping or gnashing of teeth for me ! Whoo Hoo ! Looking at it this way, Christ rising from the dead was really just gravy, so to speak. Of course, that proved Him to not be a liar, since He promised that He would come alive again, and in 3 days. But the biggest part - from Man's point of view, was not Him proving Himself, but His paying the price for my sin !
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I never really thought of it that way. I used to think of it as more of a necessary evil sort of thing, to get to Easter - to get to the happy hymns on Easter Sunday.
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