Sermon: 3/29/26- Thursday's Devotional

The Weight of Good Friday
Reading: Isaiah 53:1-12; Mark 15:33-39

Palm Sunday's celebration quickly turned dark. Within days, the crowds crying "Hosanna!" would shout "Crucify Him!" The journey from triumph to tragedy reveals humanity's fickleness and God's faithfulness. Jesus knew where this week would lead—to betrayal, abandonment, torture, and death.
Yet He rode into Jerusalem anyway. Why? Because Palm Sunday wasn't about temporary acclaim; it was about eternal salvation. The same prophecies that foretold His triumphal entry also predicted His suffering. Isaiah described it 700 years earlier: "He was pierced for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities."
As you approach Good Friday, don't rush past the pain. Sit with the weight of what Christ endured. The cross wasn't an unfortunate tragedy—it was the deliberate fulfillment of God's rescue plan, announced in Eden and accomplished on Calvary.