What’s good about Good Friday?

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How is it that we remember Jesus’ death on a cross as Good Friday? Many children ask this question every year. I remember wondering about it as well.

Jesus was betrayed by one of his twelve closest friends, and the rest of them deserted him when he was arrested. He was crucified because the chief priests were jealous of him.

He was ridiculed and spit upon, and whipped with spiked straps designed to rip his skin open. Everything about the crucifixion was designed to be the most cruel form of death the Roman world could think of. Yet we dare call it good.

When they tried to take his life he gave it freely, he did not resist.

Jesus took their attempt to end his life and turned it into a sacrifice that gives us eternal life.

What men did in hate, Jesus returned with the greatest love and forgiveness man has ever known.

Listen to Sandi Patty’s Via Doloroso.

Dare to consider the cost Christ paid for our salvation, but remember – It’s Friday, but Sunday’s coming. (powerful video – not for the squeamish)

Sunday is coming, and Jesus loved us too much to stay dead!

 

The Creation by Janice D. Green

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Janice D. Green, wife, mother, and grandmother, retired after over 20 years in the public school system, most which were as an elementary librarian, with a goal to write Christian children's books. Her most recent releases are Jonah: The Fearful Prophet and The Creation (second edition) which are both published in three different formats. Janice's passion is to write about the Bible in a way that encourages people to want to know more and to read it for themselves. She also quilts and hopes to inspire families and youth groups to create Bible quilts for children. www.honeycombadventures.com www.biblequilts.com.

2 Comments

  • Amen! His awful sacrifice brought us eternal life! Yes!

    Patty Kyrlach 06.04.2012
    • Yes. I feel so inadequate to even post on such days as Good Friday and Easter. There is so much that could be said and so much has already been said…

      JaniceDGreen 06.04.2012

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