Good Friday

 

When we look at the Cross we come face to face with ourselves and what we have done. 

Ever since Adam and Eve the human race has thought IT was God. 

From Genghis Kahn to Alexander the Great to Julius Caesar to Napoleon to Hitler to Stalin and everyone in between who wanted their own Kingdom to rule over. 

Ever since Cain killed Abel, brother has been killing brother. 

What started as one brother killing another turned into over 600,000 brothers killing each other in the Civl War. 

Over the last 5 thousands years, 1.7 billion people have died in wars. 

And now we are capable of killing 6 billion people in a matter of days and months with nuclear war. 

And then there is Genocide.  

A term thrown about daily it has now become so common. 

10 million Jews in the Holocaust. 

20 million died in Stalin’s gulags. 

40-80 million were killed in China’s Cultural Revolution. 

There are families that do not speak to one another;

Cities filled with violence and crime. 

Churches are divided over who is orthodox and who is not. 

And all of this comes from the seeds of hatred, anger, pride, greed, envy, gossip, and revenge that are rooted in the human heart. 

And all of this is on display for us to see on the cross. 

We had all gone astray like sheep, each following his own way. 

But the Lord laid upon Him all of our guilt. 

He was pierced for our offenses and crushed for our sins. 

Our infirmities He bore. 

Our sufferings He endured. 

Like a lamb He was led to the slaughter;

And by His wounds we were healed. Is. 52-53

When we look at the cross we see who we are and what we have done as individuals and as a race. 

But when we look at the cross we see not only who we are and what we have done we also come face to face with the love of God. 

For God so loved the world that He sent His only Son not to condemn it but to save it. 

While one will hardly give up one’s life for a good person,

God shows His love for us that while we still sinners, Christ died for us. Rom. 5:8

This is why it is called Good Friday

Because God is so Good that He gave up His only son to death not for a good person but for a sinful one. 

This is how Good God is. 

When we look at the cross, we come face to face with who we are and what we have done and Who God is and How much He loves us!