Tegucigalpa, Honduras
I live in a very comfortable home. Sure it needs a fresh coat of paint, carpet and other things I might deem necessary. I have a yard, a vegetable garden, and a fence.
This family had none of what I consider to be the necessities of life.
They had no yard, no garden, no carpet. They had one room with a curtain dividing where they sleep and where they sit. I don't remember a light, though if they did, there was probably just one.
They had a creek that served as a sewer. They had a first floor to their apartment complex with no rooms, just trash and other unmentionables.
There was a sense of hopelessness.
On Good Friday we remember the hopelessness of the cross for Jesus. I know, that sounds radical, but what I'm suggesting is that there was no hope for Jesus to come off of his cross except through death. He had determined that he would accomplish the will of his father.
He had nothing on his cross so that we might possess everything.
The message of Christ crucified reaches into the poverty of Tegucigulpa. The message of Christ crucified reaches into the riches of America. Whether we're rich or poor it is Christ crucified that gives us hope.
For this reason the Apostle Paul could boast in nothing more than Christ crucified.
"But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world." Galatians 6:14 English Standard Version
This day, may we also boast in Christ's cross.
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This family had none of what I consider to be the necessities of life.
They had no yard, no garden, no carpet. They had one room with a curtain dividing where they sleep and where they sit. I don't remember a light, though if they did, there was probably just one.
They had a creek that served as a sewer. They had a first floor to their apartment complex with no rooms, just trash and other unmentionables.
There was a sense of hopelessness.
On Good Friday we remember the hopelessness of the cross for Jesus. I know, that sounds radical, but what I'm suggesting is that there was no hope for Jesus to come off of his cross except through death. He had determined that he would accomplish the will of his father.
He had nothing on his cross so that we might possess everything.
The message of Christ crucified reaches into the poverty of Tegucigulpa. The message of Christ crucified reaches into the riches of America. Whether we're rich or poor it is Christ crucified that gives us hope.
For this reason the Apostle Paul could boast in nothing more than Christ crucified.
"But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world." Galatians 6:14 English Standard Version
This day, may we also boast in Christ's cross.
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