Good Friday Really Is Good

-April 18, 2025-

Good morning beloved, happy Good Friday,

“Then he delivered Him to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus and led Him away.”’

(John 19:16).

How can we call Good Friday good when Jesus suffered such agony, pain, and anguish on the cross? The depths of His spiritual and physical pain was unbearable. Christ took our place as our Substitute, bearing our sin, becoming sin for us. The worst part of His suffering was being forsaken by God and enduring the wrath and judgement of God that was our due.

Our Savior stood before the chief priests, Pilate, Herod, and Pilate the second time who condemned Him to be crucified. He was nailed to the cross and agonized from the third hour (9:00 am) to the ninth hour (3:00 pm). Darkness fell over the land from sixth hour to the ninth hour when all the waves and billows crashed against His soul.

Back to my question, how can Good Friday can be called good? It was good that Jesus accomplished the Father’s will and brought about our salvation by grace through faith. We are now the beneficiaries of such a great salvation.

Have a blessed Good Friday reflecting on what our Savior did for us at the cross. Stay safe and healthy.

As someone said, “He paid a debt He did not owe, because we owed a debt we could not pay.”

Dean