He Died for Our Sins

GOOD FRIDAY
Good Friday celebrates the day our Lord died for our sins on the cross. I have often sat by the hour and tried to imagine the agony and suffering He went through because of our sins.

At one point He said from the cross, "It is finished" (John 19:30). He meant that God had accepted His work on the cross as the penalty for our sins. Christ's death on our behalf is the reason God can forgive us and still be just.

And His death teaches us the depth and breadth that there should be in our forgiveness of one another.

While that holy Friday was tremendous, it was only a prelude to Sunday morning when He was raised from the dead.

Godly women had gone to His tomb, but upon their arrival, angels made the glorious announcement, "He has risen!" (Luke 24:6).

His resurrection guaranteed that we, too, will be raised, if we are obedient believers of His Word.