It was a Friday, and as far as the world was concerned, it was like any other Friday. People were bustling about their routines—working or sleeping, buying or selling, eating, and drinking. Most of mankind was oblivious to the history-defining event unfolding on a hill on a small dot on the globe. While the world took care of its business, the most important business in history was occurring in a tiny place called Golgotha.
Here, beneath a darkened sky and amidst a mob blind to the cosmic significance of the spectacle before them, God was settling accounts with mankind for all time. The ground trembled as the weight of humanity’s sins was laid upon the shoulders of Christ, who hung, suffering and dying on a cross. Through His sacrificial death, an eternal transaction was initiated: “God was in Christ, reconciling the world to Himself, not counting men’s trespasses against them” (2 Corinthians 5:19). This transaction would be ratified when Christ rose from the dead the following Sunday, forever altering the fabric of history.
The transaction meant the power of God was officially unleashed upon mankind: the power of God’s forgiveness, the power of God to renew, the power of God to indwell, the power of God to give eternal life. The power of God expressed through grace! It is a power that continues to transform the lives of men and women around the world each day. It is a power available to bring salvation to everyone who believes (Romans 1:16).
Something to take just a moment to consider on THIS Friday.
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