This document discusses why Good Friday is good by explaining Jesus' sacrifice on the cross. It notes that Jesus, though sinless, accepted and forgave sinners. He was unjustly tried and crucified to take the punishment for humanity's sins. By his death, believers can have peace with God and the promise of eternal life. It also references passages that indicate Jesus opened the way to heaven and that his wounds bring healing, strength, and comfort to all. The empty tomb represents his victory over death for those who believe in him.

1. WHY IS
G o o d ?

2.
2
Cor
5:21
God
made
Him
who
had
no
sin
to
be
sin
for
us,
so
that
in
Him
we
might
become
the
righteousness
of
God.
Rom
5:8
But
God
demonstrates
His
own
love
for
us
in
this:
While
we
were
sBll
sinners,
Christ
died
for
us.
John
3:16
For
God
so
loved
the
world
that
He
gave
his
one
and
only
Son,
that
whoever
believes
in
Him
shall
not
perish
but
have
eternal
life.

3. Jesus was perfect,
sinless, holy,
yet a Friend of sinners.
He accepted and
forgave them their sins.
Ultimately He
was betrayed
by one of His
disciples.

4. Jesus went through
6 trials (3 religious,
3 civil);
Yet the political
leaders Pontius
Pilate and King
Herod could not
find any fault in
Him.
Finally, with false witnesses,
they got Him convicted on
the count that He claimed to
be the Son of God.

5. Pilate asked the
crowds,
“Whom will you that I
release to you?
Barabbas or Jesus who
is called Christ?”

6. Isaiah 53:2-3
“He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to Him, nothing
in His appearance that we should desire Him. He was
despised and rejected by men, a Man of sorrows, and familiar
with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces He
was despised, and we esteemed Him not.”

7. Jesus received 39 stripes from the
“cat-o-nine tails” whips

8. Verses 24 -26: And they crucified Him. Dividing
up His clothes, they cast lots to see what each
would get. It was 9 in the morning when they
crucified Him. The written notice of the charge
against Him read: “the King of the Jews”

9. Isaiah
53:4–5
“We
considered
Him
stricken
by
God,
smitten
by
Him,
and
afflicted.
But
He
was
pierced
for
our
transgressions,
He
was
crushed
for
our
iniquities;
the
punishment
that
brought
us
peace
was
upon
Him,
and
by
His
wounds
we
are
healed.”
Isaiah
53:7
“He
was
oppressed
and
afflicted,
yet
He
did
not
open
His
mouth.”

10. Jesus
died
that
we
might
live
through
Him.

11. Jesus died that we might live for Him.
“If Jesus Christ be God and died for me, then no
sacrifice is too great for me to make for Him.”
- CT Studd
Who
do
you
live
for?
What
do
you
live
for?
Jesus
died
so
we
can
find
our
real
purpose
in
life
and
that
is
to
live
for
God.

12. Jesus died also that we might live with Him.
Mark 15: 38-39
“The curtain of the temple was torn in two
from top to bottom. And when the
centurion, who stood there in front of
Jesus, saw how He died, he said, “Surely
this man was the Son of God!”
John 14: 2-3
“In My Father’s house are many mansions; if
it were not so, I would have told you. I go to
prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and
prepare a place for you, I will come again
and receive you to Myself; that where I am,
there you may be also.”

13. Heb 10:19-22
“Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have
confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of
Jesus, by a new and living way opened for us through the
curtain, that is, his body, and since we have a great priest
over the house of God, let us draw near to God with a
sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings,
having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty
conscience and having our bodies washed with pure
water.”
So
why
is
Good
Friday
good?
It
is
good
because
you
and
I
can
now
have
peace
with
God.

14. Isaiah 53:5
“He was pierced for our transgressions, He
was crushed for our iniquities; the
punishment that brought us peace was upon
Him, and by His wounds we are healed.”
The wounds of Jesus are strength for the weary, comfort
for the sorrowing, and healing for the wounded of heart
and body.

15. The empty tomb: 3 days later.
He is not there –He is risen.
He
was
dead
and
is
now
alive.