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March 21, 2008

Good Friday's Message: a double edged sword

On one edge: redemptive rights
On the other: manipulative tool for guilt tripping

For some it was the supposedly moment they were waiting for: to finish off the one who spoke the truth with love

For some it was supposedly the end of the one they looked up to.

So there is reason for rejoicing and for some dirge.

Either way it is celebration time!

Well I am glad that though I am stained red with sin, God washes me clean as snow. Although the stains are deep red, I am as white wool and just as far as the east is far from the west so far God has moved my transgressions. Isaiah's messages are full of the hope and reassurance of that!

And God did the same for everyone who is a child of God, which by the way is everyone he created. Psalm 24:1 clearly supports that birthright.

Thank you Jesus for making this possible!

God’s discipline with his rod and staff is a daily requirement that erases smugness from my heart as I forget the events of the past and look forward to the promise of newness.

So it’s up to me to chose to dwell on false suffering of guilt or triumphant redemption from sin!

I choose the message of everlasting life as I help to spread the joy of the coming of the day when the lion and the lamb gather and dwell peacefully on common ground.

It may seem slow in coming yet it is coming because what God has purpose, he fulfills!
Now there’s a message of hope for contemporary times.

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