Good Friday 2025
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Good evening
This evening we celebrate Good Friday
Ever wondered why it is called Good Friday because it was on this day that Jesus was beaten and died
Except when you are able to sit back and look at the entire picture of Easter not just certain parts but the Salvation as a whole
Wow it is so very very good
So on Good Friday some very important things happened
Last night Jesus gave the last Supper, spent time praying, was arrested, give a mock trial and found guilty, and remember peter denied Jesus 3 different times
So today we see prophecy come true for you and I
Some 700 years before Jesus was born Isaiah the prophet writes this about Jesus
4 Surely our griefs He Himself bore, And our sorrows He carried; Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken, Smitten of God, and afflicted. 5 But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, And by His scourging we are healed. 6 All of us like sheep have gone astray, Each of us has turned to his own way; But the Lord has caused the iniquity of us all To fall on Him.
Some 700 years before Jesus physically walked the earth Isaiah writes this about Jesus
How He was smitten by God
Smitten means to strike, smite, strike dead, hit or injure
Isaiah is saying that Jesus was pierced through which is to be stuck all the way through
And what for, like yesterday because of His great and awesome love for you and I
He was crushed for you and I
He was scourged for you and I
All of which you and I deserved and yet no one here has been scourged, not one of us has been crushed
All because Jesus took that in our place
That last part of vs6 The Lord has caused the iniquity of us all to fall on Him
All of our sin
To think of everything you have ever done
All the punishment that you and I should have received fell on Jesus praise the Lord
Church that is what happened on Good Friday
The wrath of God was poured out on Jesus instead of you and I
26 Then he released Barabbas for them; but after having Jesus scourged, he handed Him over to be crucified.
So let me put the curtain back on the wrath of God that is being poured out
Because God is a holy God and cannot and will not be a part of sin
You sin is being punished on Jesus
Just so you are aware of what you sin punishment looked like
Jesus was scourged
That word is a word we don’t use so it is defined as punishment suffering and being whipped, to inflict great pain
So to go into detail and we did this last year
I want to read a few excerpts from an article we have used in the past
Dr. William D. Edwards, MD from the Mayo Clinic
Article on Physical Death of Jesus Christ
“Jesus of Nazareth underwent Jewish and Roman trials, was flogged, and was sentenced to death by crucifixion. The scourging produced deep stripe like lacerations and appreciable blood loss, and it probably set the stage for hypovolemic shock
“Hypovolemic shock is an emergency condition in which severe blood or other fluid loss makes the heart unable to pump enough blood to the body.”
as evidenced by the fact that Jesus was too weakened to carry the crossbar (patibulum) to Golgotha. At the site of crucifixion his wrists were nailed to the patibulum, and after the patibulum was lifted onto the upright post, (stipes) his feet were nailed to the stipes. The major pathophysiologic effect of crucifixion was an interference with normal respirations. Accordingly, death resulted primarily from hypovolemic shock and exhaustion asphyxia. Jesus’ death was ensured by the thrust of a soldier’s spear into his side. Modern medical interpretation of the historical evidence indicates that Jesus was dead when taken down from the cross.”
Just let that settle in your heart with scripture in mind that
So as you preach you should expound on the scripture
This is expounding on scourging
Now when you read
26 Then he released Barabbas for them; but after having Jesus scourged, he handed Him over to be crucified. 27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole Roman cohort around Him. 28 They stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him. 29 And after twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in His right hand; and they knelt down before Him and mocked Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” 30 They spat on Him, and took the reed and began to beat Him on the head. 31 After they had mocked Him, they took the scarlet robe off Him and put His own garments back on Him, and led Him away to crucify Him.
Now the scourging and what happened to Jesus who took your place is put into some context maybe we can understand
Church we talked last night how Jesus willingly endure this because of His great love for you and I
So this isn’t just something we can read over and say Jesus wasn’t beaten that word doesn’t do what Jesus went through for you and I justice
There was more to the beating that actually should have been for you and I
But it was Jesus who willingly took them
And because of that church we have the chance to be free from sin and to live an abudent life
24 and He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed.
because of what happened to Jesus we are healed
That is the good part of good Friday
Because we are healed by his wounds
for us to fully understand his wounds it is more than a scrape on the knee
“Flogging was a legal preliminary to every Roman execution, and only women and Roman senators or soldiers (except in cases of desertion) were exempt. The usual instrument was a short whip (flagellum or flagellum) with several single or braided leather thongs of variable lengths, in which small iron balls or sharp pieces of sheep bones were tied at intervals Occasionally, staves also were used.
For scourging, the man was stripped of his clothing, and his hands were tied to an upright post. The back, buttocks, and legs were flogged either by two soldiers or by one who alternated positions. The severity of the scourging depended on the disposition of the soldiers and was intended to weaken the victim to a state just short of collapse or death. After the scourging, the soldiers often taunted their victim.”
Then The Doctor William Edwards goes on to give in detail the effects of the scourging of Jesus
“As the Roman soldiers repeatedly struck the victim’s back with full force, the iron balls would cause deep contusions, and the leather thongs and sheep bones would cut into the skin and subcutaneous tissues. Then, as the flogging continued, the lacerations would tear into the underlying skeletal muscles and produce quivering ribbons of bleeding flesh. Pain and blood loss generally set the stage for circulatory shock. The extent of blood loss may well have determined how long the victim would survive on the cross.”
We are set free because of His sacrifice and death
Church that is why we celebrate Good Friday because of the good that came out of such a horrible thing
And those of you who have accepted the free gift of eternal through Christ you can celebrate and those who have not accepted that free gift please hear me there is still time
The beating wasn’t enough to pay for our sin but it required death to cover our penalty of sin
16 So he then handed Him over to them to be crucified. 17 They took Jesus, therefore, and He went out, bearing His own cross, to the place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha. 18 There they crucified Him, and with Him two other men, one on either side, and Jesus in between.
So the crucified Jesus
Sin always leads to death
Our sin lead to Jesus’s death because of His great love for us
Church they laid Jesus’s beaten body on the cross
Not sanded or smooth wood and then church began to hammer the nails into the feet and hands of Jesus
(Hammer and Crow Bar)
This is what it sounded like
This is what I think our salvation sounded like
But not that Jesus was killed by the Romans because they didn’t like
He was killed but scripture says that He gave up His Spirit
Church this points directly to the Love, Grace and Mercy of God being on display for you and I to see
30 Therefore when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And He bowed His head and gave up His spirit.
Jesus’s death means that we are no longer slaves to sin, Jesus paid our debt of sin
Jesus was the sacrificially lamb that paid the price of death four your sin and my sin
It is important because without the perfect lambs sacrifice we would still continually be sacrificing animals to cover our sin
Which we all know wasn’t good enough because we continually had to do it year after year
But not any more
Because Jesus on the cross cried out IT IS FINISHED
The battle against the flesh and sin is already over Jesus said so Himself
CLOSING
So church as we come to a close this evening
Maybe you are here at the invitation of some friends and for the first time you are hearing and understanding the Gospel Message
that Jesus died to pay for you sin because He loves you
If you want to accept that free gift I would invite you to the front and speak with someone who can show you through scripture how you can repent of your sin and trust Jesus this evening
Or maybe there is something else you want to spend time in prayer about
the altar is open
This Some things happen today in the life of Jesus
Beaten
Killed
Jesus willingly went to the cross
Jesus didn’t die as a matter of happen stance in a hard situation by people who didn’t like him killed him
But rather Jesus gave up his spirit
46 And Jesus, crying out with a loud voice, said, “Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit.” Having said this, He breathed His last.
Jesus willingly went to the cross to die for you sin
8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
