Emphasis Preaching Journal
Good?
Commentary
What is good about Good Friday?
How can one look at what takes place and come to that conclusion? After all, Jesus is arrested, is lied about, is ridiculed, is pushed to and fro between the power brokers, is scourged, is made to drag a heavy cross, and finally to hang on that cross and die. Good? How? If one focuses attention on the events of that day there is not much to call good. But the Christian is always looking at every event through resurrection glasses. When the Christian attends a Good Friday Service he can do it with joy because he already knows how the story ends.
How can one look at what takes place and come to that conclusion? After all, Jesus is arrested, is lied about, is ridiculed, is pushed to and fro between the power brokers, is scourged, is made to drag a heavy cross, and finally to hang on that cross and die. Good? How? If one focuses attention on the events of that day there is not much to call good. But the Christian is always looking at every event through resurrection glasses. When the Christian attends a Good Friday Service he can do it with joy because he already knows how the story ends.
