TITLE: Black Friday
TEXT: Matthew 27:22-23
INTRODUCTION:
1. Black Friday – shopping day after Thanksgiving
2. Black – not dark or fearful, but black (making a profit)
3. Black Friday is the beginning of the Christmas shopping season
4. There was another Black Friday - - -
The Day Christ Died
BLACK FRIDAY with DESIRE to be rid of Christ Matthew 27:22-23
BLACK FRIDAY with DESERTION of apostles and others Matthew 26:56
BLACK FRIDAY with DISLOYALTY of Judas Matthew 26:48-50
BLACK FRIDAY with DENIAL of Peter Matthew 26:74-75
BLACK FRIDAY with DEBT of sin 2 Corinthians 5:21
Not a sale, no ½ off, no BOGO, no 2fers, no 70% off
BLACK FRIDAY with DEATH
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:23
FULL PRICE WAS PAID
Tasted of death for every man
Galatians 3:13
John 1:29
Hebrews 2:9
Forsaken of God - Matthew 27:46
Dark hours, earthquake, temple veil torn - Matthew 27:45; Matthew 27:51
BLACK FRIDAY – but it was a BRIGHT SUNDAY
1. Jesus was raised the 3rd day 1 Corinthians 15:1-3
2. Our hope of eternal life
3. Proof that Jesus is the Son of God – Romans 1:4
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Baptism = our death to sin, burial, and resurrection to new life