What is so good about Good Friday?

The Friday before Easter is commonly known as "Good Friday". It is the time when Christians commemorate the death of Jesus on the cross. And of course Easter is the time Christians celebrate Jesus' resurrection from the dead. Did this really happen? And what is so "good" about someone dying anyway? We typically mourn people's deaths. So, what gives here?

I'll tell you what gives here, only the most miraculous, selfless, and loving act anyone could commit. The fact is Jesus did die on a cross. He died in our place as a sacrifice for our sins. Without Jesus' death on the cross there would be no salvation. We have all sinned, and we all need salvation. God loved us enough that He sent Jesus to take our place on the cross, so that by our acceptance of His redemptive act, we could spend eternity in Heaven.

Yes, Jesus really did rise from the dead. God raised Him up and Jesus ascended up to Heaven to prepare a place for those of us who choose to accept Him as our Lord and Savior. Then the Spirit of Christ, a.k.a. the Holy Spirit came so that through Him we might have access to all of the power of God's kingdom. Wow! Pretty amazing. And here in America, supposedly a Christian nation, all this time we thought Easter was about some silly little rabbit with colored eggs. How did we get so far off base? Could it be because of the efforts made to totally remove all mention of God from our schools and society at large? Just a thought.

Regardless of what the politically correct (actually the morally and spiritually bankrupt) say Easter is about Jesus and nothing else. Think about it!!

Have a great Easter!!!

Jim Chitty