Why Is It Called "Good Friday"? (EP 91)
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What is Good Friday and why is it called that?
I'm Bryce, and in today's episode, by the title of this podcast, you know, it's coming out a few days early, but I wanted this podcast to be the summary of this Palm Sunday, Good Friday, Easter thing. So the title of today's podcast is, Why is it called Good Friday? Okay. Why is it called Good Friday? I'm going to highlight three stories from the Bible that I believe exemplify the gospel. And they all happen to be from the Old Testament, which is, I think it's going to be so amazing. So if you guys have your Bibles, we're going to be flipping to three different stories in the Bible. And before we get into these, I do want to preface something really quick. And That is the title, Good Friday. Why do Christians call the day that Jesus Christ was crucified Good Friday?
I mean, in my opinion, that's not even that good of a day. That's a pretty dark day. I mean, if you read the Gospels, if you look through history, non-Christian historians, I mean, they would tell you that that was a pretty dang bad day. I mean, a dude had all the flesh of his back ripped off. His face was beaten so bad he didn't even look like a human being. He was stripped naked in front of people. He was accused of saying and doing things that he didn't even do. And then he carries a couple hundred pound wooden cross up a hill and gets nailed to it, pinned to it by nails in his body weight, sagging through the nails, ripping holes deeper and deeper and thicker and wider into his skin. And people call that Good Friday. Why do they call it Good Friday?
Why do Christians view Good Friday as a 'good' day?
Well, it obviously wasn't a good day for Jesus in the physical. The reason we call it Good Friday is it's a good day for you and me. Good Friday is called Good Friday because it's the day that you and I had a chance to be set free from the things that keep us bound and separated from God, our sin. The reason it's called Good Friday is because for the first time in any pinpoint of history, any human being can accept this free gift called friendship with the God of the universe that offers them a clean slate from the sins and rebellion that they've done against God. That's why it's called Good Friday. I mean, it was God's will that Jesus Christ would be crushed and crucified and beaten and die for the sins of the world. Like, I mean, if you were to be real with yourself, it's not good. Like to say that Jesus was having a good day. I mean, the Bible is very clear in Hebrews 12 that it was the joy that was set before Jesus that he endured the cross. Meaning there was pain. There was agony.
There was suffering. And the thing that held him up against the cross wasn't, oh man, I'm having a good day. The thing that held Jesus on the cross was the fact that he was thinking about you and me. So when we celebrate Good Friday, and we celebrate Resurrection Sunday, and we celebrate Palm Sunday, we have to understand that the goodness aspect of the crucifixion of Christ is for us that's why we call it good friday now the first story i want us to talk about is a story in the old testament about our friend abraham abraham seemed to be the father of many nations and when you read the story in genesis 22 and 23 about this guy named abraham you see god had told abraham that he would be the father of many nations through a son that he would have with this lady named sarah which was his wife now sarah in that time period she was barren she couldn't have kids
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is Good Friday and why is it called that?
0:44–2:29
2
Why do Christians view Good Friday as a 'good' day?
2:29–9:16
3
What stories from the Old Testament are relevant to Good Friday?
9:16–9:41
4
How does the story of Abraham relate to Good Friday?
9:41–20:38
5
What is the significance of Leviticus 16 for Good Friday?
20:38–22:36