Friday, April 2, 2010

GOOD FRIDAY


"At the very hour when the Lord Jesus was being crucified outside the city of Jerusalem, the priests and religious leaders were worshipping God in the temple, inside the city.

Both in His life and in His death, the Lord Jesus Himself was outside all religious formalism, and so will His true disciples be."

- Zac Poonen

6 comments:

Sheri Travis said...

Is this one of your paintings? So cool!It really speaks to me. Thanks for posting! I put on FB, I hope you don't mind.( I gave you the credit & directed them to this blog. :) Love you! & why is everyone starting to wish you a Happy Birthday already, It's not till tomorrow!(Yes, I wanted to b the first)smiles

River said...

Doesn't it seem out of death comes life. Letting that which may be suffering die so that which may be trying to grow blossom.

Out of the blood bath came the River that washes us white as snow.

Bishop Happy Early Birthday

Bishop Jim Swilley said...

Sheri, it's not one of mine, but thanks for the vote of confidence...

Anonymous said...

Nonnie Lemmon said...

"Highly sophisticated", "Ruggedly Advanced", "Designed for Integration", "Brutally Effective" - When I read today's post, I remembered this ad for a Waterman Pen, thinking... how like Jesus!

Erik said...

Amen on that ! Outside of all religious formalism.

Thing is, not that it is first choice, but, to include everyone, hangin with the religious is needed too. Just not as much fresh air as is with those outside of all religious formalism.

I sometimes see it as lambs and lions. Religious are ready to devour with dogma and doctrine as the lamb walks by. However, the Lamb (with peace, joy, righteousness, love for all without the shackles of doctrine and dogma) changes the lion, and they can lay down together in the simple presence of God, without any clothes, covering of dogma and doctrine. It just gets in the way of the intimacy with God. No need for 'clothes' there.

Karl said...

Good analogy there Erik. A good Friday to all.