Holy Week Devotions, Good Friday: Jesus' Death on the Cross

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Matthew 26:57-27:50
Mark 14:53-15:37
Luke 22:54-23:46
John 18:12-19:30

Summarize the entire story….there is a ton of reading today.
Name all the things that Jesus endured as part of the punishment you deserve.
What does His betrayal, arrest, beating, mocking, agony, and death show us about the holiness of God?

Driving it Home

Have your devotion time at 3 pm, the time that the Bible says Jesus was died.
Everybody writes down their sins on pieces of paper. Papers are nailed to a wooden cross.

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Bible Prophecy Fulfilled

The Messiah Rejected
Isaiah 6:9-10a / John 12:37-40
Isaiah 49:4a / Luke 19:41-42
Isaiah 53:3b / Matthew 27:21-23
Isaiah 49:4b / John 5:43
Psalm 69:8a / John 1:11
Zechariah 11:12-13b / Matthew 26:14-15

Messiah Judged
Psalm 109:2 / John 18:29-30
Isaiah 53:8b / John 18:13-22
Isaiah 53:7b / Matthew 27:12-14
Isaiah 53:9b / Mark 15:3

Place of Crucifixion
Genesis 22:14 / Luke 23:33
Isaiah 53:12c / Luke 23:32

Events during Crucifixion
Psalm 22:16c / Matthew 27:38
Psalm 109:4 / Luke 23:34
Psalm 69:20-21a / Matthew 27:34
Psalm 22:18a / John 19:23-24
Psalm 22:18b / John 19:23-24

Mocked by People
Psalm 22:17b / Luke 23:35
Psalm 22:7 / Matthew 27:39
Psalm 109:25 / Mark 15:29-30
Psalm 22:8 / Matthew 27:41-43

On the Cross
Psalm 22:14b / Matthew 27:35
Psalm 22:1a / Matthew 27:46
Psalm 22:1b / Mark 15:34
Psalm 22:15a / John 19:28

Messiah's Death
Zechariah 13:7b / Matthew 27:35
Psalm 22:17a / John 19:32-33
Zechariah 12:10a / John 19:34-37
Psalm 22:14a / John 19:34

Pray

Pray for forgiveness for the sins in your life. Thank the Lord for dying for your sins.

Sing to Worship

O Sacred Head Now Wounded (© 1153 Bernard of Clarivaux)
Were You There? (Traditional Spiritual)
The Old Rugged Cross (© 19th Century George Bernard)
Fall Down and Worship (© 2006 Meredith Curtis)
Here I am To Worship (© 1999 Tim Hughes)
Via Delarosa (© Billy Sprague & Niles Borop)

Family Fun

Attend a “Station’s of the Cross” service at a nearby church or create your own (see Stations of the Cross at Home chapter).
Make and eat hot cross buns. The cross atop the bun symbolizes the cross of Jesus. Legend tells us that a monk during the twelfth century decorated the top of the monastery’s buns with crosses to celebrate Good Friday.  (See recipe section).
Roman Catholics have traditionally abstained from meat on Fridays during Lent, resulting in fish being a traditional Good Friday menu choice.

Rejoice in this Horrible & Wonderful Day, Good Friday!
Merey (Meredith Ludwig Curtis)

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