Good
Friday is a day that is used to help Christians around the world remember the crucifixion of
Christ. The name "Good Friday" is
generally believed to be a corruption of the real name “God’s Friday.” On Good Friday, churches all across our
nation hold special services of worship to help Christians remember the great
sacrifice that Christ paid when He died on the cross for us. I trust that you will spend some time before
(or on) Good Friday reflecting on this significant event in the life of our
Lord, in the life of the church, and in your life.
The
crucifixion of Christ was a painful and terrible death – but it was extremely
important that He died.
Why? Peter reminds us, “For Christ died for
sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God”
(I Peter 3:18). And the writer of
Hebrews adds to that by reminding us that, “Without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness” (Hebrews
9:22).
Without
the death of Christ we would never be brought into a right relationship with
God or have our sins forgiven. As we
meditate on the things that happened to Christ during Passion Week (the time from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday), let’s thank
God for His great love for us. “For God so loved
the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall
not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16).
