5 Minutes with Jesus is a daily devotional series for people in the midst of real life, whether facing anxiety, grief, questions of purpose, or simply needing encouragement and connection. Hosted by Sheila Walsh, each five-minute episode offers Biblical truth, honest reflections on faith and emotions, and closes with a moment of prayer.
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| Sheila Walsh: Made New in Christ | 5 Minutes with Jesus | April 6, 2026
- Good friday is a day we honor every year
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- And remember, because of the priceless sacrifice of jesus.
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- But easter sunday and every day after that, we celebrate
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- Because we've been given a new identity.
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- No longer are we defined by our mistakes
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- And the places where we have failed.
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- Now we are defined by whose we are.
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- We are eternally easter people
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- Forgiven, redeemed and loved.
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- Scripture teaches us that if anyone is in
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- Christ, he or she is a new creation.
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- Old things have passed away.
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- Everything becomes new.
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- I wonder if you've ever read any books
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- By a man called jean edwards.
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- He's written lots of books that i love,
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- And i've learned so much from them.
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- But one of his books is called crucified by christians.
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- And it makes
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- This interesting statement, something that i underlined
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- And thought about for a while.
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- Embracing a crucifixion will change your life forever.
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- What does he mean by that?
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- I mean, first read.
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- It sounds terrifying,
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- But i was so intrigued that i wanted to dig
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- Deeper to understand what he might have meant.
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- So obviously, what is the point of crucifixion?
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- The point is death and destruction.
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- So do you think it might be possible that god's love for us
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- Is so intense, so pure that he would allow, not cross,
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- But allow pain to come into our lives
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- So that what is dark and bitter and resentful
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- And doesn't look like jesus in us, could be put to death.
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- When jesus was in the garden of gethsemane.
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- He asked his father if it was possible
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- For the cup of the wrath of god to pass from him.
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- Now think about it.
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- He didn't ask for anything from caiaphas, the high priest.
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- He asked nothing of pilate.
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- The only one he talked to about the cross was his father.
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- Jesus accepted fully that his life was in god's hands.
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- I mean, in truth, his father was crucifying him.
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- I realize that might sound shocking,
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- But listen to what the writer to the hebrews had to say.
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- This is in hebrews chapter five.
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- While jesus was here on earth, he offered prayers and pleadings
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- With a loud cry
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- And tears to the one who could rescue him from death.
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- And god
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- Heard his prayers because of his deep reverence for god.
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- Even though jesus was god's son,
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- He learned obedience from the things he suffered.
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- In this way, god qualified him as a perfect high priest,
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- And he became the source
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- Of eternal salvation for all those who obey him.
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- I think about that.
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- Jesus prayed to the only one who could save him, his father.
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- His father heard his prayers,
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- And yet he allowed the crucifixion to go ahead.
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- So you might question, well, was he hurt then?
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- After all, jesus died.
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- But the greek word that is used in this
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- Particular instance for hurt is the word eisakouooe.
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- It means not just to be heard,
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- It means to be heard and listened to.
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- Jesus asked for the cup to pass, but
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- He also asks that the will of god be done.
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- God hurt him.
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- He listened to his beloved son suffering
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- Such agony, and answered him by strengthening him
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- For the hill ahead.
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- Jean edwards points out that after the resurrection,
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- Christ never referred to the cross or the pain again.
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- There were no words of
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- Vengeance, no regret or no cutting words,
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- Just life, forgiveness and love.
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- Crucifixion is god's invitation to resurrection,
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- To a new life, for the old is dead and buried.
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- Think about it.
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- After his resurrection, jesus never said to peter,
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- I told you that you would deny me.
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- He never said to the disciples, so where were you
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- When i was dying?
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- Jesus never sought out the soldier who drove the sword
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- Into his side, or pilate
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- Or any of the players on the stage of his death.
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- He prayed for god's will to be done
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- In his great devotional.
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- Oswald chambers writes, we are called to be broken
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- Bread and poured out wine.
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- The dilemma we struggle with is
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- Whose fingers god will use to break the bread and squeeze
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- The juice from the grapes to make the wine.
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- It's one thing
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- If we recognize god's fingers in the crushing process.
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- But what if he uses someone we don't like, or circumstances
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- That we would never have signed up for?
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- If god has allowed suffering to come into your life,
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- It's my prayer that even in its depths,
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- You will know the grace and mercy
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- And presence of god, strengthening you.
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- Good friday is a day we honor every year
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- And remember, because of the priceless sacrifice of jesus.
- 00:05:17.565 --> 00:05:21.803
- But easter sunday and every day after that, we celebrate
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- Because we've been given a new identity.
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- No longer are we defined by our mistakes
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- And the places where we have failed.
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- Now we are defined by whose we are.
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- We are eternally easter people
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- Forgiven, redeemed and loved.
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- Scripture teaches us that if anyone is in
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- Christ, he or she is a new creation.
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- Old things have passed away.
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- Everything becomes new.
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- Let's pray.
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- Lord what a joy it is.
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- What a joy it is to know
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- That we get to come into your presence,
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- Where we have loved and received.
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- I want to thank you for the way that you were willing
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- To walk through things that we cannot
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- Even imagine, things that we couldn't possibly bear
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- So that we could come into right relationship with god
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- Our father.
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- Lord, i pray for anyone who's struggling right now,
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- Lord, but you give them the gift of your presence,
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- Or thank you that we get to come as we are.
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- Thank you that we get to tell you the truth,
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- And thank you that you give us the grace and the strength
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- To take the next step.
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- In jesus name, amen.
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