the secret, the song, the friday

the secret.. hulaaa.. it’s not the (what gramedia said as a best sellers) red-orange-brown-whatever the colours book.. yup.. it’s not.. it’s a part of 2008’s Good Friday theme.. the secret of the death of the Son of God !

it was preached in John Calvin Auditorium, at Graha Reformed Millenium. arrived at 0810 (exactly in time -10 mins late- :p), tried to find a parking slot, and found it *yeahh.. and 0820 now* ! got off the car, got in the building, geee.. full seats.. then somehow i remembered, it was a all-grii/mrii/prii-jabodetabek in one sermon .. so yeah.. no doubt.. fullll (later on rev. Tong said, it was 3200 audiences.. three thousand two hundreds.. *fiuhh*)

ended up in ‘foodcourt-wing’ (someone knows what i mean), there was i seated for total 2.5 hours of sermon.
excuse me.. 2.5 hours? yeah..
really? yeah.. it’s normal, pal !! save your tone !
okey! but i still checked on my pda *yup.. it showed number 1030 when we sang AMIN AMIN AMIN AMIN*

as far as i can memorize, the sermon unleashed the secret in the following points:
substitution
HE replaced us? yes.. as you can see.. it’s not us hanged on the cross.. but HIM.
but we are many.. he’s just One.. well, he’s GOD ! (remember this? finitesss < color="#3333ff">GOD?? GOD died? well, he’s human too !
r u kidding me? nope!

redemption
it’s not just A substitution, HE redeemed our sins with HIS sinless blood
so are you saying we are under satan’s grip? yes
so are you saying GOD discharged us? nope.. we did !
so are satan in powers? nope.. HE’s in power.. with HIS power, he delivered us from satan’s hands !

[i forgot the jargon.. but it’s not much different with]
reconciliation
HE actively settles us so we were and are friend now with HIM.. no bond.. no contract.. no agreement..
or in a simple way, it means start out now, tom and jerry are brothers ever and after *haha*


so yeah.. it’s about 1.5 hours of those points.. plus my sleepy eyes, with quite almost-hot temperatures.. with a have-to-seat behaviour (coz it’s a good friday.. we are supposed to seat here.. be a good christian.. and so on and so on.. *thunder claps* haha.. )

then sudenlly it turned out, i enjoyed the last 15mins of the sermon (is it because im not sleepy anymore? haha) yeah.. and when we came to offering, they had prepared a nice, beautiful song, called ‘I Believe in A Hill Called Mount Calvary’. i heard the song in sydney, 2-3 years ago.. it’s quite a simple song (for me :p ) it’s good to hear the melody again.. and the words, of course :

there are things as we travel this earth’s shifting sands
that transcend all the reason of man
but the things that matter the most in this world
they can never be held in our hand

i believe in a hill called Mount Calv’ry
i’ll believe whatever the cost
and when time has surrendered, and earth is no more
i still cling to that old rugged cross

indeed it’s nice to sing the refrain again and again and again..

offering’s over.. please be seated.. a bit of announcement.. then im going home..
so.. what’s good about my good friday sermon? i must say.. the good friday itself !