WHY IS

G o o d ?

 2  Cor  5:21  God  made  Him  who  had  no  sin  to  be  sin  for  us,  so  that  in  Him  we  might  become  the  righteousness  of  God.      Rom  5:8      But  God  demonstrates  His  own  love  for  us  in  this:  While  we  were  sBll  sinners,  Christ  died  for  us.      John  3:16  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.  

Jesus was perfect, sinless, holy, yet a Friend of sinners. He accepted and forgave them their sins.

Ultimately He was betrayed by one of His disciples.

Jesus went through 6 trials (3 religious,

3 civil);

Yet the political leaders Pontius Pilate and King

Herod could not find any fault in

Him.

Finally, with false witnesses, they got Him convicted on the count that He claimed to be the Son of God.

Pilate asked the crowds, “Whom will you that I release to you? Barabbas or Jesus who is called Christ?”

Isaiah 53:2-3 “He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to Him, nothing

in His appearance that we should desire Him. He was despised and rejected by men, a Man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces He

was despised, and we esteemed Him not.”

Jesus received 39 stripes from the “cat-o-nine tails” whips

Verses 24 -26: And they crucified Him. Dividing up His clothes, they cast lots to see what each would get. It was 9 in the morning when they crucified Him. The written notice of the charge against Him read: “the King of the Jews”

Isaiah  53:4–5  “We  considered  Him  stricken  by  God,  smitten  by  Him,  and  afflicted.  But  He  was  pierced  for  our  transgressions,  He  was  crushed  for  our  iniquities;  the  punishment  that  brought  us  peace  was  upon  Him,  and  by  His  wounds  we  are  healed.”  

Isaiah  53:7  “He  was  oppressed  and  afflicted,  yet  He  did  not  open  His  mouth.”  

Jesus  died  that  we  might  live  through  Him.    

Jesus died that we might live for Him.  

“If Jesus Christ be God and died for me, then no sacrifice is too great for me to make for Him.” - CT Studd

Who  do  you  live  for?  What  do  you  live  for?    

Jesus  died  so  we  can  find  our  real  purpose  in  life  and  that  is  to  live  for  God.    

Jesus died also that we might live with Him.  

Mark 15: 38-39 “The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. And when the centurion, who stood there in front of Jesus, saw how He died, he said, “Surely this man was the Son of God!”

John 14: 2-3 “In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.”  

Heb 10:19-22 “Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water.”

So  why  is  Good  Friday  good?  It  is  good  because  you  and  I  can  now  have  peace  with  God.    

Isaiah 53:5 “He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His wounds we are healed.”

The wounds of Jesus are strength for the weary, comfort for the sorrowing, and healing for the wounded of heart and body.

The empty tomb: 3 days later. He is not there –He is risen.

He  was  dead  and  is  now  alive.