SAVED BY WORK: Good Friday Reflection

On Good Friday--Jesus truly becomes the true & greater Savior...

Jesus is the true & greater Adam who doesn't falter in his Garden, but is fully obedient to God unto the point of death.
Jesus is the true & greater Seth who doesn't just provide a way for Adam's family to be redeemed, but for all families of the earth of to be saved.
Jesus is the true & greater Noah who doesn't just provide a way out of God's wrath for a moment, but for all time through the Cross.
Jesus is the true & greater Ark of Noah who truly delivers people from death to life in the ultimate sense.
Jesus is the true & greater Abram who doesn't just rescue us physically from captivity as Abram does Lot, but who rescues & delivers us ultimately from a greater captivity.
Jesus is the true & greater Isaac who willingly lays down his life before his Father in order to show us the great love of his Father.
Jesus is the true & greater Moses who stands in the ultimate breach between man and God and intercedes for his people before the Father.
Jesus is the true & greater Joshua who doesn't just lead his people into the promised land, but becomes the promised land through his death & resurrection.
Jesus is the true & greater David, a King who will establish his eternal Kingdom through death & resurrection by perfect obedience to the Father.
Jesus is the true & greater Hosea who pursues his faithless people with steadfast faithfulness to bring them back to Him.
Jesus is the true & greater Jonah who is sent to another city in order to become peace for them and save from the wrath of God.
Jesus is the true & greater High Priest who enters into the holy of holies once and for all to perfect us through his death on the cross.
Jesus is the true & greater Perfect Tent that is not made with human hands, but with the hands of God to fully atone for sin through his death on the cross.
Jesus is the true & greater Mercy Seat that is not merely sprinkled with the blood of animals, but is drenched with his blood for our sake.
Jesus is the true & greater Lamb who is truly without spot, without blemish, and is slain on our behalf to make us spotless before him.
Jesus is the true & greater Covenant whose death on the cross for our sins covers up all of our iniquities and brings us boldly into His presence.
Jesus is the true & greater Sacrifice whose death on the cross satisfies the wrath of God towards sin and allows us complete access to the Father.

Jesus thirsts that we never would.
Jesus suffers God's wrath that we never would.
Jesus is cut off from the Father so we never would be.
Jesus is killed outside the gate, so that we could be brought in the gate.
Jesus doesn't save himself on the cross so that he can save us by the cross.
Jesus tears the veil in two to give us complete access to the Father.
Jesus is overwhelmed by sorrow that we never would be.
Jesus is condemned so that we never would be.
Jesus becomes guilty so that we never would be.
Jesus becomes unclean to make us clean.
Jesus bears judgement that we never would.
Jesus becomes sin to forgive us all our sin.

The Cross says...

You can't be...
too broken
too dirty
too ashamed
too guilty
too sinful
too filthy
too selfish
too enslaved
too unclean
too untouchable
too hopeless
too unworthy
too defiled
too unlovely
too unwell
too unrighteous
too decadent
too unpardonable
too undeserving
too captive
too evil
too far gone

Never. Ever.

The Cross demonstrates the outrageous love and mercy of God in Jesus Christ--to bring you back to Him, no matter what.

WE ARE SAVED BY WORK.

THE WORK OF JESUS CHRIST ON THE CROSS.

It.
Is.
Finished.

Glory to Jesus Christ, the true & greater Savior who brings us all the way home by his LIFE, DEATH, AND RESURRECTION.