April 9

Good Friday

 Christ on the Cross

 Painting by Walter Kuse

 

Read one or more of the following texts.

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Psalm 22

Hebrews 10:16-25 or Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9

John 18:1--19:42

Look at the crosses you have on your wall or in your jewelry box. Some of them are very beautiful. The real cross on which Jesus died was not pretty. To people in Jesus' time it was a place or thing used to kill prisoners. They thought of it as we would think of an electric chair today. They would not have worn it as jewelry.

Think about how much Jesus loved us. He was willing to die on the cross so our sins could be forgiven and we could live with him forever.

Find and sing the hymn, "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross".

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© Rev. Dr. Loretta Kuse and Dr. Hildegard Kuse

Bible verses taken from the New Revised Standard Version