Friday, April 18, 2025
Good Friday
Sermon Text: John 19:31-37
"[31] Since it was the day of Preparation, and so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away. [32] So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who had been crucified with him. [33] But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. [34] But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out blood and water. [35] He who saw it has borne witness—his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth—that you also may believe. [36] For these things took place that the Scripture might be fulfilled: ‘Not one of his boneswill be broken.’ [37] And again another Scripture says, ‘They will look on him whom they have pierced.’"
Sermon Theme: "The Hand of the Lord Who Was Pierced for Us"