Good Friday 2022

[1]          The Cross Says – I Am Loved By God!

John 3:16 NLT

“For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

Jesus was given… that we might hear about the love of God

1 John 3:16 TEV

This is how we know what real love is: Christ gave his life for us.

1 John 4:19 GW

We love because God loved us first.

Jesus was given… that we might see the love of God

1 John 3:18 NIRV

Dear children, don’t just talk about love. Put your love into action. Then it will truly be love.

John 15:13 NCV

The greatest love a person can show is to die for his friends.

Jesus was given… that we might feel the love of God

Isaiah 49:14-16 NLT

14 Yet Jerusalem says, “The Lord has deserted us;
    the Lord has forgotten us.”

15 “Never! Can a mother forget her nursing child?
    Can she feel no love for the child she has borne?
But even if that were possible,
    I would not forget you!
16 See, I have written your name on the palms of my hands.

Psalm 22:1, 7-8, 16 GW

My God, my God,
why have you abandoned me?
Why are you so far away from helping me,
so far away from the words of my groaning?

7 All who see me make fun of me.
Insults pour from their mouths.
They shake their heads and say,
8 “Put yourself in the Lord’s hands.
Let the Lord save him!
Let God rescue him since he is pleased with him!”

16 Dogs have surrounded me.
A mob has encircled me.
They have pierced my hands and feet.

Revelation 13:8b NIRV

The Lamb is the one whose death was planned before the world was created.

Revelation 13:8b NLT

… the Lamb who was slaughtered before the world was made.

[2] The cross says… I am redeemed by God

Isaiah 43:1 ESV

“Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.”

The word “redeemed” means…

• To liberate by payment
• To purchase or buy back
• To release from debt or blame
• To rescue

Colossians 1:13-14 NLT

“For He has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of His dear Son, who purchased our freedom and forgave our sins.”

Galatians 1:4 NLT

Jesus gave His life for our sins, just as God our Father planned in order to rescue us from this evil world in which we live.

1 Peter 2:24 NLT

“He personally carried our sins in His body on the cross so that we can be dead to sin and live for what is right. By His wounds you were healed.”

Romans 6:22-23 MSG

“A whole, healed, put together life right now with more life on the way! Work hard for sin your whole life and your pension is death. But God’s gift is real life, eternal life, delivered by Jesus our Master.”

[3] The cross says… I am special to God!

Ephesians 2:10 (NLT)
For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created … in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.

Ephesians 1:7 (MSG)

Because of the sacrifice of the Messiah, his blood poured out on the altar of the Cross, we’re a free people—free of penalties (sticky dots) and punishments (sticky dots) chalked up by all our misdeeds. And not just barely free, either. Abundantly free!