Day 75 Good Friday

Good Friday is the day we observe Jesus death. For many Christians this is a somber day of reflection as we remember the great suffering and pain Jesus endured for our benefit. What Christ endured during his trial and execution is indescribable. But when we consider that Jesus was innocent of any crime, we may begin to lament his tragic end even more. But how did Jesus feel about his own ordeal?

Turn to Luke 23:27-31 and see:

And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him. But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck. Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us. For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?

Is it not interesting that Jesus told the people not to weep for him? Who should we weep for if not Jesus. He was the innocent man they were leading off to his own death. But he would have none of it. He did not want us to feel sorry for him. He willingly went to the cross to pay the debt for our sin.

And so he tells us to save the tears for a latter day. A day coming in which the death of one man will pale in comparison to the great tribulation of his followers.

Jesus' death was no accident, nor did he look forward to it (Luke 22:42). But he was willing to pay the price that was required to save your very soul from sin and hell. And so he went. He went willingly.

In Christ Alone,

Jay