A strange day to call "good."



Luke 23:44-46

It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon, for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” When he had said this, he breathed his last.

On Good Friday —
Jesus is hangs from a cross.
The sun stops shining.
God forsakes his son.
The promised Messiah dies.

What could possibly be good about that?

As he gives up his spirit, the curtain in the temple tears in two. The payment for your sins has been paid. You can enter God's presence.

Amidst the darkness of this day is God's greatest good.

What does Jesus' death teach me about the depth of God's love?

 

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