Good Friday commemorates the day on which Jesus, the Son of God, was crucified for our sins. He had committed no sin. He was God’s perfect sacrifice for our sins.
Below is the meat of what the Apostle Paul preached about Jesus...
“Though they found NO CAUSE for death in HIM [Jesus], they asked Pilate that He should be put to death. After they had fulfilled all that was written concerning Him [in the Old Testament], they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb.
BUT GOD RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD! [Hallelujah!]
...We declare to you GLAD TIDINGS... GOD... has raised up JESUS.” [1]
“Therefore, let it be known to you, brethren, that through this Man is preached to you the FORGIVENESS OF SINS; and BY HIM EVERYONE WHO BELIEVES IS JUSTIFIED FROM ALL THINGS FROM WHICH YOU COULD NOT BE JUSTIFIED BY THE LAW OF MOSES.” [2]
Jesus Christ is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. The Law of Moses convicts humanity of sin before God. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ erases the criminal records of every believer in Him from all divine offenses.
We who believe in JESUS are no longer offenders before GOD. We are justified... just-if-I’d not sinned... justified by God due to our faith in His Son Jesus Christ.
How does one get his or her name in the Lamb’s Book of Life? The answer is to believe in one’s heart and confess with one’s mouth, “Jesus Christ is the Lamb of God who takes away my sin.”
As Scripture says, “Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.” [3]
The key to victory over sin, satan and death is FAITH in the SON of GOD, JESUS CHRIST!
This is what makes Good Friday so GOOD!
[1] Acts 13:28-33
[2] Acts 13:38-39
[3] Romans 8:33-34
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