The Goodness God On Good Friday

Jesus bore my shame and your shame to give you a name; to enable us see His glory and His power.

² looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Heb12:2

On Good Friday Jesus was punished, vilified, brutalised and crucified that you and I might be forgiven and justified.

²¹ But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, ²² even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference; ²³ for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, ²⁴ being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, ²⁵ whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed, ²⁶ to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. Rom3:21-26

On Good Friday, Jesus was wounded so that by His stripes we would be healed and delivered from destruction.

But He was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
And by His stripes we are healed.
⁶ All we like sheep have gone astray;
We have turned, every one, to his own way;
And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.

⁷ He was oppressed and He was afflicted,
Yet He opened not His mouth;
He was led as a lamb to the slaughter,
And as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
So He opened not His mouth.
⁸ He was taken from prison and from judgment,
And who will declare His generation?
For He was cut off from the land of the living;
For the transgressions of My people He was stricken.

Isa53:5-8

On Good Friday, Jesus who knew no sin was made sin with our sinfulness so that we would be the righteousness of God in Him.

²¹ For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. 2 Cor5:21, 1Cor1:30

On Good Friday, Jesus bore our curse that we might be free to enjoy the unlimited blessings of God.

¹³ Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”), Gal 3:13 Isa53:4-5, Matt.8:16-17

On Good Friday, Jesus endured rejection that we might not only be accepted in the beloved but also celebrated.

³ He is despised and rejected by men,
A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.
And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him;
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. Isa53:3,

⁶ to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.  Eph.1:6

On Good Friday Jesus died in our place that we might live eternal life, the God-kind of life

¹⁰ The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. John10:10,

¹¹ And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. ¹² He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. ¹³ These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God. 1John5:11-13, 2Cor5:14

On Good Friday Jesus taught powerful lessons that:

You can pray for your enemies even when you are facing death or very difficult circumstances.

²⁸ bless those who curse you, and pray for those who spitefully use you. Luke6:28. Matt5:44

You can take care of others even in your dying moments.

¹¹ For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. 2Cor4:11

You can heal others even when you are hurting.

⁵¹ And suddenly, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword, struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear. Matt.26:51,

Mark 14:47, Luke22:50-51, John18:10-11

Whoever is penitent can be saved, even on their death-bed.

⁴² Then he said to Jesus, “Lord, remember me when You come into Your kingdom.”

⁴³ And Jesus said to him, “Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”

  Luke23:42-43

Without the crucifixion that occurred on Good Friday, there would be not resurrection, so all things are working together for your good if you are the called according to purpose.

⁸ which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 1Cor 2:8,

²⁸ And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. Rom8:28

You can entrust your life into God’s hands no matter what you go through, knowing that it is in safe hands. ⁴⁶ And when Jesus had cried out with a loud voice, He said, “Father, ‘into Your hands I commit My spirit.’ ” Having said this, He breathed His last.  Luke23:46

Glory to God for His goodness on Good Friday!