Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

DENNIS Good Morning. I’m Dennis Gossett, with Central United Methodist Church. It can be hard to follow Jesus at times. It certainly was for a man named Nicodemus. I can imagine there were times when he could not demonstrate his deep passion for the Lord in public. He had to act normal, but there also came a point in his life where the truth of Jesus overpowered him. He could not sit back and be silent any longer! No longer could this Councilman hide what was in his heart, which broke when he heard that Christ had been crucified. Nicodemus broke all protocol and decided to go to the cross. He went with Joseph of Arimathea to take down the Lord’s body. He spent his own money to buy 75 pounds of burial spices; then helped carry it to a new tomb and laid him inside. Most of us want to avoid the cross. It is a place of pain, but it is necessary. We must speak the passion that has been burning in our hearts for too long. It is time we risk everything and go to the cross. We can come to it bringing with us all anger, fears, hurts, and pains with the assurance that we can be healed and set free. I hope to meet there, at the foot of the cross.

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