Daily Reflections From Higher Things®

Today's Reading: John 18:1-19:42 Daily Lectionary: Exodus 12:29-32; 13:1-16; Hebrews 6:1-20 And so, when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished,” and He bowed His head and gave up His Spirit. (John 19:30) Merry Lent! In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. Good Friday is Good Friday. It’s Merry Friday. It’s Jesus-died-for-me Friday. It’s not Black Friday—that’s in November! Today is Good Friday! A sip of sour wine is all Jesus takes to clear His throat. He cries out with a loud voice one word: tetelestai. It is finished. Your sins, your debt, your iniquities are paid in full. He took it all upon Himself. Today God does the unthinkable: He dies for you. He is the Alpha and the Omega. He’s the beginning and the end, the One who was, and is, and is to come (Revelation 1:8). That God, the only God there is, dies for you on the Cross. The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. We crowned Him with the curse of sin, with its thorns and thistles. The punishment for sin, the hell that we’ve ea