Why Good Friday?
That first Good Friday silenced the Father. How broken was He? The Bible does not explain.
That first Good Friday silenced the Father. How broken was He? The Bible does not explain.
It is finished! (John 19:30) Jesus threw His final pain-filled cry into all time at 3pm.
The righteousness of the righteous man will be credited to him, he is the man who holds a new spirit and a new heart - he is a new man...
Ordinary men can live by grace not by performance when each become familiar with the Savior nailed on our cross.
Set your heart so that righteousness is its standard. Jesus' death removes the punishment for sin. His righteousness removes the compulsion to sin.
That first and only Good Friday was our heavenly Dad inviting us all to no longer pen treaties with sin.
At that first Easter The Place of the Skull became the altar to sacrifice God. An improbable messiah, Jesus the Christ stood before the raging the masses.
Your eyes gaze upwards, filling with tears that refuse restraint. It is very dark, not cold, but oh so dark. It shouldn't be, it is only mid-afternoon.
An unconscionable Pilate considered only self-protection. Herod the Tetrarch sought a messianic sideshow. The Jews blindly chose murder for their long awaited Messiah.
Night goggles permit vision in darkness.