6 words changed my life for eternity.  They are:

1. It is finished 

2.  He is risen.

As I think about what Good Friday and Easter mean to me, I keep going back to those 6 powerful words written in Scripture that have had such an eternal impact on my life. 

What if those words didn’t exist in Scripture?  What would my life be like?  I would still be lost wandering around searching for truth and a purposeful meaning to my existence.  My sins and all of the terrible things that I have done in my life would not have been forgiven.  I would not have a secure place in Heaven.  I would not have met all of the amazing people Jesus put into my life to help shape me as a person and as a disciple of His.  I would not have found true peace wrapped up in the arms of a loving God.

I would not have been able to share this beautiful Gospel of hope with others who so desperately needed Jesus in their lives.  I would not have seen some of them give their lives over to Jesus and change their eternal destiny.  I would not have been able to witness my daughter be baptized.  I would not have been able to stand in the pulpit and preach the Good News.

Without those 6 words my life would not have the meaning it does now.  What do those 6 words mean to you?  How have they changed your life? 

It is finished.  He has risen indeed.

It was Thursday.  The day before Jesus was betrayed and sentenced to die on the cross.  What was on his mind?  Was he worried?  Was he begging for his life?  Did he run away? 

No.  Jesus first thought was that his time was short and he had so much yet to teach his disciples.  Humility was next.  Read this beautiful passage of love and humility.  Jesus truly understood what it meant to be a servant leader.  His love for us is never ending.

John 13

Jesus Washes His Disciples’ Feet

 ¹It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.

 ² The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. ³ Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God; ⁴ so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. ⁵After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.

 ⁶He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?”

 ⁷Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”

 ⁸“No,” said Peter, “you shall never wash my feet.”

   Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with me.”

 ⁹“Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!”

 ¹⁰ Jesus answered, “Those who have had a bath need only to wash their feet; their whole body is clean. And you are clean, though not every one of you.” ¹¹For he knew who was going to betray him, and that was why he said not every one was clean.

 ¹² When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. “Do you understand what I have done for you?” he asked them. ¹³ “You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am. ¹⁴ Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. ¹⁵ I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. ¹⁶ Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. ¹⁷ Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.