Three Things You Might Not Know About Good Friday

If you are not a Christian, this is for you!
I am almost certain you already know that ‘Jesus died for sins’ on Good Friday. Yada yada.

Here are three things even some Christians may not know about Good Friday.

While #3 is for your consideration, try #1 and #2 on them when they come back “from church”. Test their religious knowledge- on Good Friday!

1. The Bible never commands Christians to remember Jesus’ death on Good Fridays

Your religious Christian room-mate/colleague is “attending church” especially today. (This happens on Easter Sunday and Christmas too). I remember travelling from one corner of Pune to the other just to attend my previous church’s Good Friday event. But Jesus made it plain on Thursday night that even the food that his followers munched on was to be a reminder of his death (Luke 22:19).
Doesn’t this mean that as often as his followers eat at Vaishali’s, KFC or had Maggi at home, his followers must remember his “Good Friday” death?

If Jesus’ death was SO important and emotional, why don’t Christians remember it every hour?

2. Something WORSE than the murder of Jesus happened on that day

Screen 1 : Jesus being scourged with torture instruments, then nailed to a wooden execution instrument called the cross to slowly die by choking. The city that welcomed him, now mocks him asking him to prove that he is the Son of God.

Meanwhile –

Screen 2 : God, who overrides time, space and all the “dark matter” our scientists find tough to define, shows His perfect justice by pouring His spirit-level, universe-squishing punishment on injustice.

Yeah! DEATH to all those perverts out there! Oh no! God sends this mega-bomb down on his OWN Son, Jesus, who stood up for ANY pervert who would trust in his Message. What kind of justice-love combination is that? Unheard of!
Jesus could not care less how the nails hurt him. What got to him, broke him, was His own Father’s treating him as scum of the earth in that moment.

Exactly why he said – “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (Matt 27:46).

3. Everything important about YOUR life is unbelievably connected to the Man of Good Friday

Parents’ financial struggle. Your boss’ angry e-mail.

The tragic GermanWings air-crash. Your pet’s death.

The Alzheimers-ridden neighbour. Nirbhaya.

Accomplishment. Betrayal.

Is there a possibility that all these things have ONE thing in common? One vein that runs through, colouring it all?

Yes. The Bible calls it sin.

Sin is the violation, in thoughts, words or actions, of anything God would never want violated. You are guilty of it. So am I. It was to undo the corrupting influence of sin that resides in each of us that Jesus gave himself up, as was God’s plan of old. There will come a day soon that will hinge on – What did you do about Jesus and Good Friday?

Did you think of it as someone else’ god who gave you one more holiday this year? Or is this Jesus, the One who will stand up for you when you know you are wrong, when you alone must face God’s final justice?

Will the life you live ahead become a Terrible Friday or a Good Friday because He holds the power to make all things new and true?

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. – Hebrews 11:1