What is your view of what happened on Good Friday? What good took place that it is called ‘good’? How do we celebrate the execution of the perfect human that ever lived? For me the pure washing of His blood to cleanse me from my sin and selfishness needs to be a reminder, not just once a year, but everyday. We cannot save ourselves from our narcissistic twists. We need a Savior who gives us new life, not just for after own own earthly death, but for the here and now.
“The enemy of mankind lies in his own heart. That’s what has to be dealt with. And so Jesus very carefully planned his death. You don’t want to think of Jesus as a victim. Pilate was not in charge, and the high priest were not in charge.
But Jesus was in charge. And he had this carefully worked out with the other members of the Trinitarian community, and he said, “No man takes my life from me. I lay down my life.”
Paul stated, ‘May it never be that I should boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.’
It is the doorway into the life that God intended for human beings. It is the doorway into eternal life, into a life beyond this life which strangely is now present within this life, an eternal kind of life that we take with us wherever we go. And it’s a real presence and power that enables us to achieve the goodness of God in human life that is laid out in Jesus and in His teachings.” - The Dallas Willard Podcast: 32. What’s So Good About Good Friday (2010), Apr 14, 2025
“Sunday Is Coming”, Phil Wickham
A great light dawns in Galilee
Some say mad man
Some say King
Wonder working rebel priest
Jesus Christ the Nazarene
He knew well what it would take
To free us all from sin and grave
A perfect man would have to die
And only He could pay that price
Friday's good 'cause Sunday is coming
Don't lose hope 'cause Sunday is coming
Devil, you're done, you better start running
Friday's good 'cause Sunday is coming
So He let those soldiers take Him in
As His friend betrayed Him with a kiss
There before the mocking crowd
Like a lamb to the slaughter didn't make a sound
Then He carried that cross to Calvary
And He shed His blood to set us free
As the nails went in and the sky went dark
The redemption of the world was on His heart
Friday's good 'cause Sunday is coming
Don't lose hope 'cause Sunday is coming
Devil, you're done, you better start running
Friday's good 'cause Sunday is coming
Then He breathed His last
And bowed His head
The Son of God and man was dead
With bloody hands
Tears on their face
They laid Him down
Inside that grave
But that wasn't the end
That wasn't the end
That wasn't the end
Let me tell you what happened next
The women came before the dawn
To find that stone already gone
When they looked inside, the angel said
"Why you looking for the living among the dead?"
He's alive
He's alive
Hallelujah, He's alive
Give Him praise
Lift Him high
Hallelujah, He's alive
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