A Three-Part Holy Week Series
PART TWO–GOOD FRIDAY, THE CROSS & THE HIGH COST OF LOVE
The cheers of Palm Sunday give way to the silence of Good Friday.
The King stood before a Cross.
Good Friday confronts us with the seriousness of redemption. Jesus was not a victim of circumstance; He was the fulfillment of God’s eternal plan.
During Passover, lambs were sacrificed remembering Israel’s deliverance. At that very time, Jesus — the perfect Passover Lamb, gave His life for the world.
“For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.” (1 Corinthians 5:7)
At Calvary, justice and mercy met.
Jesus bore humanity’s sin, shame, and separation so reconciliation could be restored. The Cross revealed both the depth of human brokenness and the greater depth of divine love.
When Jesus declared, “It is finished,” He announced that the debt of sin had been fully paid.
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!
The veil of the temple tore from top to bottom — not humanity reaching God, but God opening the way to humanity.
Good Friday reminds us:
• Love sacrifices.
The Cross calls us not merely to admiration but transformation.
We do not simply remember the Cross; we carry it, dying to self so Christ may live through us.
Yet the story pauses here.
Hope seems buried. Heaven appears silent.
But God is still working.
BY DOUG STRINGER
