This Friday night, let me encourage you to invite friends, family, and neighbors to come and embrace the cross of Jesus as we celebrate Good Friday. Last week, when typing this enews, I made a typo that I liked. I omitted one “o” in Good Friday thus making it God Friday. While it was corrected – the more I thought about it – the more appropriate it became. The time for the experience is 7:30 p.m.
A KOMU reporter asked me on Monday, “How do you keep the Easter story fresh…I mean, it’s the same story every year?”
While that question is true, there is nothing fresher every day for the follower of Jesus than the reality that He is Alive! We worship, interact with, follow, love, and adore a living God!
We follow a risen savior who uniquely holds the name that is above all names:
• Buddha, Mohammed, David, Mao, Stalin, Marx, Elvis, Napoleon, Abraham Lincoln, Gandhi, John Kennedy, and others may have all had elements of distinction but none claim resurrection
• All of the above might encourage you to follow their teaching, purchase their music, admire their power, or buy into their ideology. Jesus doesn’t call you to any of that. He’s alive and He actively calls you to Him. He’s alive. You can transact business with Him every day.
• The resurrection demonstrates beyond all doubt that there is life after death and that Jesus holds the key to the afterlife.
We celebrate Jesus.
This weekend, let’s embrace the cross and let’s celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ together. If you want to read ahead, we’ll be in John 20 this weekend as we look at another question of Jesus – specifically, “Who is it you are looking for?” Should be a great day of worship – see you then. — Scott
Just a reminder that all Sunday night activities here at South Campus are cancelled for Easter.
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