Good Friday and what God was doing in Christ: On this day, God demonstrated his own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
- On this day, God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not counting our sins against us.
- On this day, God reconciled to himself all things in heaven and on earth through Christ by the blood of the cross.
- On this day, Christ, who being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death — even death on a cross!
- On this day, Christ the Good Shepherd laid down his life for his sheep.
- On this day, Christ the Mercy Seat took away the sins of the world.
- On this day, Christ died for our sins, fulfilling the Scriptures.
- On this day, Christ made cleansing for our sins.
- On this day, Christ freed us from our sins.
- On this day, Christ ransomed us from all bondage.
- On this day, Christ cancelled out the “handwriting of requirements” that was against us, nailing it to the cross.
- On this day, Christ disarmed the principalities and powers and made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.
- On this day, Christ judged the world, driving out the “prince of this world,” and now draws all people everywhere to himself.
- On this day, Christ destroyed the works of the devil, breaking their power.
- On this day, Christ broke the power of him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil.
- On this day, the righteous act of Christ resulted in justification and life for all.
- On this day, we were crucified with Christ, to make us alive to God with him.
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