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1980 Good Friday Service

Year: 1980
Verses: Matthew 26:36-68; Matthew 27:15-54; Psalms 130:1-8; Jeremiah 38:6-13
Source: TCOTW

Pastor Jack leads a Good Friday service commemorating the exact hour Jesus was crucified. Drawing from Matthew 26-27, he walks through Jesus’ arrest in Gethsemane, his trial, and his crucifixion, pausing to reflect on Jesus being held in a maximum security dungeon beneath the high priest’s estate – a pit from which there was no escape. Pastor Jack connects this to the psalmist’s words about being lifted from “the horrible pit,” showing how Jesus entered into our deepest sufferings so that He might bring us plenteous redemption and deliverance.