4.
“The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of his enemies. He will be killed, but three days later he will rise from the dead.”
Mark 9:31 NLT
Solemn and silent that day may have been yet it was bursting with anticipation of the promise.
resurrection.
1. Silent Saturday.
Good Friday carries with it the weight of the crucifixion, and Easter Sunday the triumph of the resurrection, but the Saturday between them is very different. Compared to the other days it seems silent, solemn, yet it glimmers with the hint of what’s to come.
3.
⁃Those that loved him exhausted from a sleepless night of grief.
⁃His disciples confused, doubting, “we thought He was the Messiah”.
But between the waves of grief, anger, and guilt the things Jesus told them would burn within their hearts.
Temptation is a trap set by Satan to make you fall into a life of compromise. Compromise chips away at your convictions & binds the power in you. He's desperate to destroy your effectiveness as a born-again, Spirit-filled believer by you compromising your life of service to God.
Without the freedom of choice, judgement by God would be unjust. We know God is just, which implies we are free to choose.
“Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses.
Deuteronomy 30:19a NLT
As a man , don’t dismiss uncontrolled anger as a family trait or a masculine quality , it is a WORK of the FLESH that must be dealt with.
{Ephesians 4:26}