What makes Good Friday good? Everything depends on what happened on that cross — and who it happened for. In this Good Friday message, we answer three questions. Three answers that will change the way you see the cross. WHO died? Not just a good man. The eternal Son of God — fully God, fully man — who lived the perfect life we could never live and walked straight toward the cross on purpose. WHAT did he do? He absorbed the wrath of God. He stood in the place of sinners, took the penalty that was ours, and paid it in full. Penal substitutionary atonement is not just a theological term — it is the best news you will ever hear. FOR WHOM? For the ungodly. Not the righteous. Not the people who had it together. The weak. The broken. The hell-bound. If you are a sinner, you qualify to be saved. No one is too far gone to be reached by the saving arms of God.
On Good Friday, we remember the final words of Jesus on the cross: "It is finished." In this message from John 19:30, we reflect on the powerful declaration of Tetelestai—a cry not of defeat, but of victory. Jesus completed the work of redemption, paid the debt of sin in full, served our death sentence, and won the victory over sin and  Satan.

He Was Pierced

March 29, 2024
On Good Friday 2024, we looked at Isaiah 53:4-6 and Christ's substitutionary sacrifice. Explore the profound love of Christ who bore our sins, enduring the cross to reconcile us to God.