Good Friday
Good Friday is a phrase that has become common among Christians to reference the day that Jesus Christ was crucified on the cross. It would take more than one blog to cover all the details of what took place on this day but I my desire is to give you a little insight into what Jesus went through for our total redemption. The crucifixion of Christ is covered in all 4 of the gospels Matthew chapters 26 and 27, Mark chapters 14 and 15, Luke chapters 22 and 23 and finally John chapters 18 and 19. I give you these references so that you can take time to read through all the accounts as the different authors of the crucifixion share different details according to their perspective. All four give a good rounded picture of that day.
A favorite passage of mine concerning the crucifixion of Jesus is found in the Old Testament in Isaiah chapter 53. This chapter in Isaiah is a prophetic declaration sharing with us what took place on Good Friday. Let's take a look at this chapter and see how it points to the redemption of mankind that took place on this day.
Isaiah 53:1 Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
2 For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, And as a root out of dry ground. He has no form or comeliness; And when we see Him, There is no beauty that we should desire Him. 3 He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.
4 Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted.
5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, And as a sheep before its shearers is silent, So He opened not His mouth. 8 He was taken from prison and from judgment, And who will declare His generation? For He was cut off from the land of the living; For the transgressions of My people He was stricken. 9 And they made His grave with the wicked — But with the rich at His death, Because He had done no violence, Nor was any deceit in His mouth. 10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him; He has put Him to grief. When You make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days, And the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand. 11 He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many, For He shall bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great, And He shall divide the spoil with the strong, Because He poured out His soul unto death, And He was numbered with the transgressors, And He bore the sin of many, And made intercession for the transgressors. NKJV
And this is just a few reasons why we call this Friday "Good Friday!" Jesus was not just a good man, He was not just another prophet among many so called prophets through the ages. Jesus Christ is the Son of God, the only begotten of the Father. He is the redeemer of all who will put their faith and trust in Him. He is the One who received into Himself the entire sin of humanity past, present, and future. He shed His blood for the payment of all, and all who put their faith in Him and call upon His name will be saved both now and through all eternity. Good Friday is good because it was the day that God consummated His passion for humanity through His Son. Peace on earth good will toward all men!
Will you put your trust in Jesus today? If you want to receive Jesus watch the video linked below.
A favorite passage of mine concerning the crucifixion of Jesus is found in the Old Testament in Isaiah chapter 53. This chapter in Isaiah is a prophetic declaration sharing with us what took place on Good Friday. Let's take a look at this chapter and see how it points to the redemption of mankind that took place on this day.
Isaiah 53:1 Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
- This question of for all people and in almost a reverse sort of way it answers the next question. The arm of the Lord will be revealed to those who choose to believe in Jesus.
2 For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, And as a root out of dry ground. He has no form or comeliness; And when we see Him, There is no beauty that we should desire Him. 3 He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.
- Verse 3 shares with us that Jesus was "A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief." Why? Jesus personally had no sin, sickness, pain, or suffering on account of His own sins, but we have these as humans in abundance; and since He came into the world to carry them for us, He had to become identified with us in our sufferings by taking them upon Himself and bearing them unto death so that when we put our faith in Him we are freed from them. When you read the gospel accounts of His crucifixion you see that sorrow became a characteristic of His life. Jesus sorrowed for humanity when He took our sins, depravities, corruptions, sicknesses, diseases, and pains. Next we see that He was "acquainted with our grief." This word grief is actually the Hebrew word for malady and is translated as disease and sickness which it should have been here as well. Christ was acquainted with sickness and disease as He bore all of them on the cross for us as our substitute.
4 Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted.
- This passage of Scripture tells us that Jesus bore or carried away our griefs which again is sicknesses. We also see that He carried away our sorrows, which means that He on Good Friday carried our diseases. Jesus body was stricken and smitten or we could say today it was beaten and slaughtered so that ours could be made whole.
5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.
- Jesus was wounded for our sins, our transgressions. He was bruised or beat to pieces for our iniquities. Jesus on Good Friday had His body take the justified punishment for our sins.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
- The Lord has laid on Jesus the iniquity of us all. The idea here is the the iniquities of men fell all at once on Jesus and He bore them away. Wow Praise God for Good Friday!
7 He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, And as a sheep before its shearers is silent, So He opened not His mouth. 8 He was taken from prison and from judgment, And who will declare His generation? For He was cut off from the land of the living; For the transgressions of My people He was stricken. 9 And they made His grave with the wicked — But with the rich at His death, Because He had done no violence, Nor was any deceit in His mouth. 10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him; He has put Him to grief. When You make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days, And the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand. 11 He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many, For He shall bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great, And He shall divide the spoil with the strong, Because He poured out His soul unto death, And He was numbered with the transgressors, And He bore the sin of many, And made intercession for the transgressors. NKJV
- There is so much here that I want to take verses 7 through 12 and just point out the redemption phrases.
- Jesus was oppressed and afflicted so you and I could be free.
- Jesus on Good Friday was cut off from the land of the living and stricken for the transgressions of the people.
- It pleased the Lord to bruise Jesus and put Him to grief, it pleased the Lord to make Jesus an offering for sin in order to see the pleasure of the Lord which is humanities salvation. The labor of Jesus soul was our salvation!
- By knowledge Jesus bore the iniquities of humanity and then when He was raised from the dead He justified all those who would believe on Him.
- Jesus on Good Friday poured His soul unto death and was numbered with the transgressors and bore the sin of many and made intercession for all of humanity.
And this is just a few reasons why we call this Friday "Good Friday!" Jesus was not just a good man, He was not just another prophet among many so called prophets through the ages. Jesus Christ is the Son of God, the only begotten of the Father. He is the redeemer of all who will put their faith and trust in Him. He is the One who received into Himself the entire sin of humanity past, present, and future. He shed His blood for the payment of all, and all who put their faith in Him and call upon His name will be saved both now and through all eternity. Good Friday is good because it was the day that God consummated His passion for humanity through His Son. Peace on earth good will toward all men!
Will you put your trust in Jesus today? If you want to receive Jesus watch the video linked below.
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