What's Good About It?
I grew up wondering why Good
Friday was good. It is the day that the cruel death of Jesus on the cross is
observed by many. How is that good?
Jesus hung by nails driven
through His hands and feet. I understand
that the only way for Him to breathe was to push up with the feet and pull up
with the hands until the pain forced Him to succumb and hang until He needed
another breath. Eventually, exhaustion
took over and the area around His heart filled with fluid and His heart stopped. How is such suffering good?
Jesus, the Sinless One, paid for
the sin of all mankind - my sin! He did this for me! He got what I deserved. It
is good because it is an expression of His love for me.
What the devil meant to be the
end of Christianity, God meant for the good.
It was really God's plan all along. Thus, it is good.
Good Friday is not the end of the
story. Jesus did not stay dead. Christ rose again victoriously over death,
which is observed on Easter Sunday.
Good Friday marks the day when
wrath and mercy met at the cross. That’s why Good Friday is so dark and yet so
Good.
An interesting side note for me
is that Good Friday has no other meaning like Christmas has Santa Clause,
Easter has the Easter Bunny, but Good Friday has no other distracting
observances - another good thing.
"Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: Who, when
he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but
committed himself to him that
judgeth righteously: Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the
tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose
stripes ye were healed." 1Peter 2:22 -24.
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