THANKFUL

Good Friday, April 15, 2022,

Lord, Good Friday is good for whom? For Jesus? Maybe, but not so much. Good, pure, innocent Jesus, Your only Son, left Heaven on a holy mission to become the Lamb of God to take away the sins of mankind (John 1:29). Jesus became a human like me—like all of us. And like us, He faced temptations in this fallen world. But Satan worked overtime to tempt Jesus, the Son of God, in every way imaginable, yet He lived a sinless life as a human. He never sinned. Not one time. Ever!

Because You are a Holy and Righteous God, You take sin seriously. Scripture states sin can only be removed by the shedding of innocent blood (Hebrews 9:22). Over the centuries, the countless millions of perfect, innocent lambs sacrificed every year failed to remove sin from mankind. Therefore, only Jesus, the Lamb of God, would be an acceptable sacrifice for our sins. Sinless Jesus was about to have all the sins ever committed in the history of the world dumped on Him while You poured out Your Holy wrath on Him. Was it unjust? Absolutely! And for the first time in eternity, You, Lord God, would turn Your back on Your Son Jesus, because He was now sin! (Matthew 27:46).  

Was it necessary? Absolutely. But Jesus, Your triumphant cry, “It is finished!” still resounds throughout the universe. The Lamb of God has satisfied the punishment for sin once and for all. And all who believe in Jesus’ sacrifice for sin have eternal life (John 3:16–18).

So, for whom is Good Friday good for? For mankind? For you and me? Absolutely.