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Join us during the season of lent as we follow a rhythm of Pray, Fast, Serve through the six weeks leading to Easter Sunday

  • Week 1 – Jesus prays in the garden and is betrayed by Judas
  • Week 2 – Jesus is tried before Pilate
  • Week 3 – Jesus is scourged and crowned with thorns
  • Week 4 – Jesus is crucified
  • Week 5 – Jesus dies on the cross
  • Week 6 – Jesus is placed in the tomb

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It is Good Friday, and there have been a number of people whom you have prayed and fasted for over the past 6 weeks. Reach out to those individuals.

We have discussed the Gospel, and the atoning work of Jesus Christ on the cross. We understand that Jesus’ death served as a substitutionary work on our behalf.

He was betrayed, unjustly tried, beaten, mocked and crucified. He died a criminal’s death on the cross, and he was taken down and buried in a tomb. It seemed as though all hope had been lost.

As a result of Christ’s death on the cross, the curtain no longer serves as a barrier between us and the world around us, and it no longer separates humanity from God.

Jesus, by his death and resurrection, removed this barrier between humanity and God,

After being falsely tried, mocked, beaten and nailed to a cross, Jesus died. He died a criminal’s death, yet he wasn’t a criminal.

“When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he told his mother, ‘Woman, behold, your son!’ Then he said to the disciple, ‘Behold, your mother!

Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews, as he hung naked, beaten and bloody on that cross, identified himself with with all who have ever been mocked, shamed, humiliated, oppressed, marginalized, taken advantage of.

Without even realizing it, Pilate was announcing to the world the reign of a new King. Jesus, the carpenter from Nazareth has become King of the Jews.

As we close out this third week of Lent, we need to consider how we should live out these truths.