CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 10, 2020
TODAY IS GOOD FRIDAY, THE DAY CHRISTIANS REMEMBER THE TERRIBLE PRICE JESUS OF NAZARETH PAID FOR OUR SINS ON THE CROSS. BLEEDING AND DYING HE REMOVED THE STAIN FROM US.
THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT DISTRACT US FROM THAT MOST SIGNIFICANT MOMENT IN HISTORY, FOLLOWED SUNDAY BY HIS RESURRECTION, BUT JESUS DYING ON THE CROSS IS ALL THAT MATTERS FOR PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE.
SOME INTELLECTUALS HAVE TROUBLE WITH THIS. FIRST THEY DON’T BELIEVE THEY ARE REALLY SINNERS IN NEED OF REDEMPTION. THEY THINK OF THEMSELVES AS PRETTY GOOD PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY COMPARED TO OTHERS. THAT’S NOT THE STANDARD. PERFECTION IS GOD’S STANDARD AND NO ONE WHO HAS EVER LIVED HAS BEEN PERFECT, EXCEPT JESUS. AND THEY DON’T BELIEVE HIS MIRACLES. THEY HAVE “CAFETERIA THEOLOGY” – TAKING THINGS THEY LIKE AND REJECTING THINGS THEY DON’T LIKE.
JESUS’ PERFECT SACRIFICE IS ACCEPTABLE TO GOD. BY PLACING OUR FAITH IN HIM, REPENTING OF OUR SINS, THE POWER OF THE CROSS AND HIS RESURRECTION BECOME THE PATH TO ETERNAL LIFE IN THE PLACE HE HAS PREPARED FOR US. THANK HIM. WORSHIP HIM. FOLLOW HIM THIS GOOD FRIDAY AND EVERYDAY. I’M CAL THOMAS.
