As Christians we live in a Good Friday type of world.  You know a world where chaos, fears and evil things happen on a regular basis.  Sometimes we as Christians ask why?  Why do bad things happen to good people, especially Christians.  The simple answer is, I don’t know.  However the deeper and more relevant answer is that we live in a Friday type world.  You know that type of day, sickness happens, jobs are lost, fears attack us, we long for peace but it escapes us.  That is a Friday world, where sin is everywhere.   When Adam sinned he brought an inherent sin nature that invaded every person’s DNA.  Sin is a part of the “Friday World.”  Prayers are offered, but the answer never comes.  That is the kind of world we all live in.

We call it Good Friday because Jesus died for our sins, but the reality is there wasn’t much good about that day.  The night before in the garden of Gethsemane, Jesus had made peace with His imminent death for you and I.  After all, that is the reason for His incarnation and birth.  As He stood before Pilate he carried the burdens of the world, literally.  He bore our sins, each and everyone one of them.  You see the Jews didn’t kill Him, the Romans didn’t kill Him.  He died willingly for us.   (I Corinthians 5:21) He who knew no sin, became sin for us.”That was the reason He came to earth.  Jesus was born to die a substitutionary death for mankind.  (John 3:16) “For God so loved the world that he gave His only begotten Son.”

Paul lived in that kind of “Friday world,” beatings, riots and fear of his life.  He made a profound statement when he said if all we have is this world, we are most pitiful. 

Our hope in Jesus gives us citizenship in Heaven.  This isn’t my world, this isn’t my home, I have a home in Heaven.  Bought and paid for by the most precious element on earth.  The Blood of Jesus!

Maranatha!  Rh