Why do we call this day “Good” Friday? After all, this day was anything but good physically and emotionally for our Master. On "Good" Friday Jesus suffered emotional and physical pain that most of us could never fathom.
Emotionally, it was a bad day for Him because He was betrayed by one of His own disciples, and rejected by the rest of them. The very people that He poured into for more than three years had turned their backs on Him and left Him to face this day all alone. This pain alone is enough to drive many to the end of life.
Yet He also endured physical pain. The crown of thorns that pierced the tender skin on His head! The brutal scourging that most Roman prisoners didn’t survive! The nails through then wrists and ankles! The agonizing six-hours of suffocation on the tree!
“Good?” What’s so “good” about that!?
The “good” in Good Friday is twofold:
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