Good Friday

 


This is the story behind the commemoration of Good Friday:

Before the Sanhedrin:

The high priest said to him, "I charge you under oath by the living God: Tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God." "Yes, it is as you say, "Jesus replied. "But I say to all of you: in the future you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven."

Jesus before Pilate:

The governor asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" "Yes, it is as you say," Jesus replied...[the governor asked] "What should I do with Jesus, who is called Christ?" They all answered, "Crucify him!"

The Crucifixion and Death of Christ:

And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit. At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook and the rocks split. When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified, and exclaimed, "Surely he was the Son of God!"

Taken from The Holy Bible; Matthew 26-27

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This is the account of the story behind Good Friday.

I think the most important question we grapple with is:

Why did Jesus need to die on the cross?

For all sinned and fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23)
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord (Romans 6:23)
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed (1 Peter 2:24).

The death due to sin in this context is not physical death, but spiritual death - separation from God. And the only remedy to reconcile man with God - to help us reconnect to God again, is Jesus dying on the cross. Christ death on the cross is to mend the broken bridge between us and God. For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life (John 3:16). Christ was the ultimate sacrifice so we can once again approach God directly and experience God's love.

But Christ death is not the end of the story, and that is why we have Easter on Sunday. Tune in on Sunday to learn more about the meaning behind Easter!

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