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But as we think about the physical agony He endured, in His scourging and on the cross, we need to remember that His greatest suffering was not physical.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThis is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Friday, March 25<sup>th<\/sup>. Our host is the President of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Dennis Rainey, and I'm Bob Lepine. We\u2019ll pause today to spend time reflecting on what Jesus endured for us. Stay tuned.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Thanks for joining us on the Friday edition on what is maybe the soberest day of the year for us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>1:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>No doubt about it. I drive by a church that has a black cloth draping across. It\u2019s just a good reminder of what was placed on our Savior on our behalf on that day of crucifixion of Christ\u2014yet, Sunday\u2019s coming.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> That\u2019s right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Sunday\u2019s coming.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> We\u2019re going to spend some time today considering the death and burial of Jesus. I had the opportunity, not long ago, to preach a series through the Apostle\u2019s Creed. When you were growing up in your church, did you recite the Apostle\u2019s Creed?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I don\u2019t remember if we did. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> It was every Sunday for us in our church. I memorized it at an early age\u2014just a good rock-solid statement of what it is we believe.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Sure; sure.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> This particular message is a message that\u2019s built around the statement that: \u201cJesus suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried.\u201d Dennis, I think it\u2019s important for listeners to remember that this was not some ethereal event\u2014this was a real man, dying a real death, on our behalf.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>2:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> It was a point in history even in which we obviously mark our calendars\u2014B.C. \/ \u201cBefore Christ,\u201d and then, A.D. \/ \u201cIn the year of our Lord.\u201d We remember\u2014He was here; He died; he was buried; and on the third day, He rose again. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Recorded Message]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> In the Creed, we say that it matters that Jesus suffered\u2014not just that He died\u2014but that He suffered. And that he suffered under Pontius Pilate, and that He was crucified, and that He died, and was buried. Those are the four things I want us to look at this morning\u2014the suffering of Jesus, the role that Pontius Pilate plays in all of that, the crucifixion of Jesus, and then the death of Jesus\u2014pretty simple outline; alright? Let\u2019s look first at the reality of the suffering of Jesus. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMost of you know that my day job involves media. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>3:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBecause I have a media day job, back in 2004, I had an invitation to go see a pre-screening of the movie, <em>The Passion of the Christ<\/em>. I remember watching it and thinking to myself\u2014as I watched the brutality, and the blood, and the agony, and the whole horror of what Jesus was enduring\u2014I remember thinking: \u201cOkay; Mel [Gibson], enough! This is too much!\u201d As soon as I thought that, the thought came to me: \u201cWell, maybe that\u2019s the point. Maybe that\u2019s what it\u2019s designed to say. Maybe, in our sanitized way of thinking about the crucifixion, we forget the suffering that Jesus was made to endure.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow if you lived in the first century, you didn\u2019t have to have it spelled out for you. The Gospel writers don\u2019t spell it out\u2014the Gospel writers don\u2019t give us grotesque details of Jesus\u2019 beating, of the crown of thorns, of the 39 lashes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>4:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThey don\u2019t give us the grotesque details of His being nailed to the cross because people in that day had seen it \/ they had witnessed it. Remember\u2014when Jesus was crucified, He was not in isolation\u2014a crowd had gathered to watch the torture. The Gospel writers didn\u2019t need to explain the torturous nature of this\u2014the Roman Empire had crosses all over it for criminals. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tActually, even though the Gospel writers do not give us graphic details of what Jesus was made to endure in His suffering, the Prophet Isaiah gave us more graphic details than even the Gospel writers did when he wrote the prophetic passage in Isaiah 53, where he described the crucifixion. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>5:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf you have your Bible--and I hope you do--I want you to turn to Isaiah 53 because I want us to just read through and be freshly moved by the suffering of Jesus. Look in verse 3 of Isaiah 53\u2014it says of the Servant that:\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHe was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hid their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not. Surely He has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows; and yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; upon Him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with His wounds we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray, we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>6:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHe was oppressed, and He was afflicted, yet He opened not His mouth; like a lamb that is lead to the slaughter, like a sheep that is before its shearer is silent, so He opened not His mouth. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tDrop down to verse 10:\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYet it was the will of the Lord to crush Him, He has put Him to grief. When His soul makes an offering for guilt, He shall see His offering, He shall prolong His days, the will of the Lord shall prosper in His hand. Out of the anguish of His soul, He shall see and be satisfied; by His knowledge shall the Righteous One, My Servant, make many to be counted righteous and He shall bear their iniquities. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow stop right there. Two points I want to draw your attention to from this passage\u2014and there\u2019s <em>so<\/em> <em>much<\/em> in it \/ so much we can look at\u2014but the two points are this: first of all, as you read Isaiah 53, you can\u2019t help but notice there is a recurring pattern which is: \u201cJesus suffered; you benefited. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>7:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cJesus endured; you have been blessed as a result. He bore our griefs; He carried our sorrows. He was pierced for our transgressions \/ crushed for our iniquities. Oppressed and afflicted\u2014the Lord laid on Him our iniquity.\u201d You see\u2014there\u2019s this ongoing statement that says, \u201cHe endured it; you benefited from it.\u201d There was a purpose for Jesus\u2019 suffering. He was enduring and bearing the pain and punishment that <em>all<\/em> people deserve because of our rebellion against God.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe second thing I want you to see in this passage is what it says in verse 10: \u201cIt was the Father\u2019s will to crush Him.\u201d This was the Father\u2019s plan, and His Son was the willing obedient Servant, who said, \u201cI will bear this for them,\u201d\u2014for us\u2014for you \/ for all who are in Christ\u2014for all who confessed their sins, and turned from their sins, and who turned to Christ, and received His grace and mercy, and follow Him. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>8:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHe suffered so that you don\u2019t have to. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow maybe it goes without saying, but let me just make it clear here\u2014those who refuse to confess, and repent, and turn from their sins\u2014the suffering that Jesus bore on the cross is ahead for you. You understand that? When you do not turn from your sin and turn to Christ, then what God has said is: \u201cThere is a day of punishment coming because of your rebellion.\u201d That punishment is pictured for you in what happened to Jesus. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, that doesn\u2019t mean that everybody who rejects God is going to wind up on a cross. But it was on the cross that Jesus cried out in perhaps His greatest moment of suffering\/ His greatest moment of agony\u2014when the Father turned His face away, and when the Father removed any sense of blessing from Jesus, and the Father forsook the Son. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>9:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat moment of suffering is what is ahead for eternity\u2014to be forsaken of by God is what\u2019s ahead for all who reject. God is a just God\u2014sin must be punished. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe choice every man and woman faces is\u2014whether you will choose to bear the wrath of God and be forsaken by Him yourself for all eternity because of your rebellion or whether you\u2019ll submit your life to the One, who willingly bore God\u2019s wrath for you so that you don\u2019t have to. I think all of us have to ask, \u201cWhich future is ahead for me?\u201d It\u2019s a key question because you\u2019re going to stand before God and a verdict is going to be read. Guess what the verdict is\u2014it\u2019s: \u201cGuilty.\u201d For everyone, it\u2019s: \u201cGuilty.\u201d The question at that point is: \u201cDoes the verdict stand or does the Advocate come forward on your behalf and say to the Judge, \u2018Judge, the penalty for this one has been paid\u2019?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>10:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe reason the suffering of Jesus is central to our good news is\u2014because of what He endured, we don\u2019t have to if we\u2019re in Him. But for that good news to be good news for <em>you<\/em>, as an individual, you have to surrender your life \/ surrender your will to Jesus. You have to acknowledge that He is the rightful King and Master of your life. You have to bow your knee and give your life to serving Him. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, as I said, His greatest suffering was not the crown of thorns, it was not the scourging of the 39 lashes, it was not nails being run through His hands and His feet. The greatest suffering Jesus experienced was the anguish in His own soul when that perfect union that He had experienced with God the Father from all eternity\u2014He had known it from all eternity\u2014that was broken. God turned His face away. For the first time in all eternity, Jesus experienced what it\u2019s like not to have union with the Father. That\u2019s when His soul was crushed\u2014that\u2019s the suffering \/ the great suffering. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>11:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIn Matthew\u2019s account of the crucifixion\u2014Chapter 27 [verse 46], Matthew says that Jesus, in the ninth hour, \u201c\u2026cried out in a loud voice, \u2018<em>ELI, ELI, LAMA SABACHTHANI<\/em>?\u2019 which is, \u2018My God, My God, why have You forsaken\u2019\u201d\u2014why have you turned away from\u2014\u201c\u2018Me?\u2019 \/ \u2018God, why have you done this?\u2019\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMichael Wilkins, writing in the ESV Study Bible notes, \u201cThese are some of the most profoundly mysterious words found in the entire Bible.\u201d In some sense, Jesus had to be cut off from the favor of and the fellowship with the Father that had been His eternally because He was bearing the sins of His people and enduring God\u2019s wrath. The point here is that the main suffering Jesus experienced was a suffering in His soul when His fellowship with the Father was broken. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe Creed says that\u2014it adds the detail that He suffered under Pontius Pilate. You may ask, \u201cWhy did they throw Pilate into the Creed?\u201d Lots of people have speculated on this question. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>12:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tLet me give you three answers why I think Pilate\u2019s name is in the Creed. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe first is: So that we can know we\u2019re talking about an historical fact\u2014this can be dated and placed in time. \u201cHe suffered under Pontius Pilate,\u201d\u2014this is not a myth or a fable \/ it\u2019s to identify it in history. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSecond, Pilate is the counter point to Mary. Now, think about it\u2014there\u2019s the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit mentioned in the Creed. There are two other people mentioned. Who are they?\u2014Mary and Pilate\u2014they are back to back. He was conceived and born to the virgin Mary\u2014the woman, who said to God, when God came and said, \u201cI have an assignment for you,\u201d \/ the woman who said: \u201cBe it done to me according to Your will. Whatever You ask, I will follow,\u201d\u2014that\u2019s Mary. She was blessed to be the mother of Jesus. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHe suffered under Pontius Pilate\u2014the man who, when Jesus was brought before him \/ the man who examined him\u2014and what was his conclusion? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>13:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cI find no guilt in this man.\u201d So he sent Him then to Herod\u2014say, \u201cYou see if you examine Him.\u201d Herod sends him back to Pilate. Pilate examines him a second time. He says, \u201cI find no guilt.\u201d The crowd says: \u201cCrucify Him! Crucify Him!\u201d He said, \u201cBut there\u2019s no guilt in Him.\u201d They said, \u201cGive us Barabbas.\u201d He said: \u201cOkay. I wash my hands [sound of rubbing hands together] of this whole deal.\u201d Pilate\u2019s guilt: \u201cHow did he respond to the plan of God?\u201d\u2014not as Mary, saying, \u201cLord what would You have me do here?\u201d\u2014he responded by saying, \u201cI better do the <em>expedient<\/em> thing.\u201d So even after declaring Him innocent, he puts Him to death. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow it\u2019s interesting to note\u2014this is a creed that was developed in Rome \/ in the Roman Empire at the time that the Empire was still strong\u2014that says, \u201cThe ruler, placed in Judea by the Romans, declared this man innocent before he put him to death. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>14:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cThis is not just <em>us<\/em> saying, \u2018He\u2019s innocent\u2019; it\u2019s <em>your<\/em> guy saying He\u2019s innocent.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think the juxtaposition between Mary and Pilate is significant, but I think the third reason he is in the Creed is because Roman rule was supposed to be honorable and noble. It\u2019s supposed to be\u2014the Romans thought of their government as the epitome of human civilization: \u201cWe have found the way people should be governed.\u201d And the Creed shows the Roman rulers were not gods to be worshiped \/ they had not found perfect justice. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAll systems are corrupt because all people are corrupt. Jesus was sentenced to death by Roman rule, even though He was innocent. Remember this creed was first circulated among Christians, who were being charged with the crime of not bowing to Caesar and being thrown to the lions. This was a reminder: \u201cYou\u2019re not the first person to have been unjustly sentenced under Roman rule. If your Savior can suffer and die, so can you.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>15:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo you have\u2014\u201cHe suffered\u201d \/ \u201cHe suffered under Pontius Pilate.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen the Creed is specific about the means of execution; isn\u2019t it? It\u2019s specific for a very specific reason\u2014Jesus was crucified\u2014He was not stoned to death \/ he was not hanged. He was nailed to a cross, which was the common method of execution for Roman criminals. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow the idea of crucifixion was new in Rome\u2014but for years \/ for centuries, the practice in a lot of civilizations, including the Jewish nation\u2014the practice had been that, if a person was guilty of a capital crime, after the person had been executed, it was customary to take that person\u2019s body and to lash the dead corpse on a tree publicly so that all could see that the justice of God had been carried out against this wrongdoer \/ this evildoer. The shame and guilt would be drawn to his naked corpse, hung on the tree, following his execution. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>16:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIn fact, if you look back in Deuteronomy 21 [verse 22]\u2014you don\u2019t have to turn there\u2014but here, God is giving the law to Moses. He says: \u201cIf a man commits a crime punishable by death, and he\u2019s put to death, and you hang him in the tree, his body should not remain on the tree overnight. You should bury him the same day (for a hanged man is cursed by God). You shall not defile your land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cDon\u2019t leave the body up overnight. There\u2019s a curse that goes with this hanged man. So get him down and bury him so that the curse doesn\u2019t defile the land,\u201d\u2014that\u2019s what the law was saying in Deuteronomy, Chapter 21. When it says that this man is \u201ccursed by God,\u201d the word, \u201ccursed,\u201d means \u201cto be cut off from the presence of God \/ to be set outside of the camp and to be cut off from the benefits of God.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>17:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo this man is cursed because he\u2019s been cut off from God\u2019s presence because of his guilt. He has been put outside of the camp. He has been cut off from the benefits of God. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe Apostle Paul cites Deuteronomy 21, when he says in Galatians 3:13, \u201cChrist has redeemed us from the curse of the law.\u201d Now, think about this for just a second. When you fail to keep God\u2019s law perfectly, you are set apart from the presence of God \/ you are outside the camp. The benefits of God don\u2019t come your way when you fail to keep the law. When you fail to keep it, God says: \u201cWell there\u2019s a sentence for that. It\u2019s the death sentence. You\u2019re under the curse.\u201d The curse can\u2019t be reversed\u2014that\u2019s the curse of the law. And everyone born is born under the curse of the law because there is a law\u2014because you can\u2019t keep it\u2014you are outside the camp, away from the blessing of God. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>18:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut Paul says, \u201cJesus redeemed you\u201d\u2014or He bought you\u2014\u201cout from under the curse of the law.\u201d How did he do it? Galatians 3:13 says, \u201c\u2026by becoming the curse for us.\u201d You see\u2014that\u2019s why it says He was crucified, dead, and buried. He was crucified so that He could be that picture of the curse\u2014the public declaration that He was cursed by God, even though He was an innocent man. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBecause you and I are law-breakers and deserve to be executed, we deserve to have our bodies hung on a tree so that everybody knows we\u2019re guilty. But Jesus became the curse for us by dying and having His body hung for all to see on the cross in our place. The method of execution was significant. The Apostle\u2019s Creed draws our attention to it. Jesus suffered in body and soul as our substitute \/ He suffered unjustly under Roman rule, under Pontius Pilate. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>19:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHe was put to death in a way that put Him on public display as an object of shame and ridicule. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd then the last part of the Creed says that he died and was buried. So why does the Creed say he was crucified, dead, and buried? The Creed writers wanted to make sure everybody understood\u2014He wasn\u2019t crucified and then just lapsed into a coma. R. C. Sproul says this\u2014he says: \u201cThe testimony to the actual death of the Savior is important because,\u00a0 given all that we\u2019ve said about the curse of God and the satisfaction of His wrath, if there was any doubt that Jesus really died, there\u2019d be doubt as to whether the Father had actually meted out His wrath on Christ. Death is the sentence pronounced on sinners; death is required for the atonement. If Jesus hadn\u2019t died, we\u2019d have no assurance that the demands of God\u2019s law were met in Christ; and we\u2019d have no foundation for believing we\u2019re at peace with the Father.\u201d The account of Jesus\u2018 burial, in the Creed then, is more than just a record of historical fact\u2014it proves that He truly died and endured the curse for His people. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>20:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe Creed writers want to make sure you get the point: \u201cHe was crucified,\u201d\u2014that was the means of execution\u2014\u201cHe died; He was buried.\u201d Folks, the suffering and the pain are a part of the story\u2014not just a part of the story\u2014they\u2019re the central part of the story. Jesus was bruised for us, crushed for us, suffered for us\u2014died in our place. That\u2019s why Jesus, at His final meal with His disciples, took common elements\u2014bread and cup\u2014and He said: \u201cAs often as you eat a piece of bread, I want you to think about My body being crushed. As often as you drink wine, I want you to think about blood running down My side and My face.\u201d Jesus wanted us to reflect on His suffering <em>regularly<\/em> so that we would remember what He has done for us. We are pulled back to the center of the gospel message\u2014to the death, and burial, and resurrection of Jesus.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Studio]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>21:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWell, reflecting on the death of Christ today\u2014on Good Friday\u2014this is not something that we ought to just take one day a year and think about, but it is central to everything we believe.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> It is. I think\u2014obviously, you can\u2019t talk about His death without talking about Him defeating death on the third day He arose. Because He defeated death, He can offer eternal life to anyone who cries out to Him as Savior and Lord\u2014who says: \u201cGod, forgive me. I\u2019m a sinner. Be merciful to me, and come into my life, and transform me, and make me into the person You\u2019ve made me to be.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> And if this is, indeed, a dark and sober day; then in the same way, Sunday ought to be <em>the<\/em> most joyous of days in our year.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>22:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> It is indeed! Think of the great news that occurred at the tomb. The angel declared: \u201cHe is not here! He\u2019s alive! He defeated death!\u201d Because of that, we can go to a funeral of a family member and we can have hope. We can think of the day when there will be a funeral for us; and we can have hope that\u2014as one author said, \u201cA grave is merely a doorway cut in sod,\u201d\u2014it is a doorway into eternity and to a face-to-face reunion with the Savior who walked on this planet. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Our hope and our prayer is that every listener to this program is ready to walk through that doorway and to walk to the other side, not to face punishment, but to be welcomed home as a child of God.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> If you\u2019re listening to this broadcast and aren\u2019t assured of your salvation, just bow\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>23:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014say: \u201cLord God, be merciful to me a sinner. Come\u2014take up residence in my life.\u201d The word, \u201cChristian,\u201d means \u201cChrist in one.\u201d Because He\u2019s alive, He can invade your life\u2014He can help you become the person God made you to be. Take Him at His word\u2014trust Him and begin to experience eternal life right now. In fact, that\u2019s what he said in John 17 [verse 3]: \u201cThis is eternal life, that you know Me and the true God who sent Me.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> If you do have questions about what it means to be a follower of Jesus\u2014on our website, at FamilyLifeToday.com, we have a link there that says, \u201cTwo Ways to Live.\u201d It lays out there for you the choice that each one of us faces\u2014the choice about: \u201cWhat will guide, and direct, and mark our lives? What are we living for?\u201d Go to FamilyLifeToday.com and click the link that says, \u201cTwo Ways to Live.\u201d Ask yourself the question: \u201cHow am I living? What am I living for?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>24:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOur website, again, is FamilyLifeToday.com. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, we hope you have a great weekend this weekend. Hope you and your family are able to worship together in your local church on Easter Sunday. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI hope you can join us back on Monday. Josh McDowell is going to be here. We\u2019re going to talk about the epidemic that is sweeping our country\u2014it\u2019s the epidemic of pornography. What do we do about this? Josh will be here to give us some thoughts. Hope you can tune in as well.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, along with our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I'm Bob Lepine. Have a great weekend. 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