What Happened On Good Friday?
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After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), “I thirst.”
A jar full of sour wine stood there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth.
When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
john19:28-30
If you have a Bible or your phone, please look with me at Isaiah 53:3.
We’re going to spend a few minutes reflecting on: What happened on Good Friday?:
let’s look at Isaiah 53:3
He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Jesus’ earthly ministry that was beginning to gain notoriety… now culminates as he has made his way back into Jerusalem and is now completely and utterly rejected!
One of his disciples sells him out… his close friends are scared… his best friend, Peter, denies him… it was would’ve been a profoundly lonely situation.
We can only imagine this profound loneliness, and by the grace of God, may we never have to face it ourselves.
For a few minutes here, we will examine what happened on Good Friday.
(1) Jesus was despised, (2) Jesus took on God’s wrath, (3) Jesus suffered willingly (suffering servant)
Jesus took on God’s wrath
Jesus suffered willingly
Jesus was despised
propitiation
utilizes the word “despised” two times.
“He was despised...”
isaiaih 53:3-6
Up to this point, many people have been flocking to Jesus to see the miracles he’s performing, to listen to his teachings…
he has had several difficult conversations with the religious leaders —
but now the situation elevates to the point where everyone is mocking and dismissing of him!
He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.
He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him.
Jesus has claimed to be the Son of God… and historically, this is how people respond to God.
We might remember in the garden of Eden… “The serpent tempts Adam and Eve with the thought that (1) God was untrustworthy and ultimately if they rebelled against Him (2) they could be like God.”
And that temptation was appealing to Adam and Eve!
In that sense, instead of trusting, submitting, and honoring God — they despised Him… and they hid from Him.
This has been our dilemma ever since: “We know what’s best… we trust ourselves… we despise God rather than worshipping him.”
What happened on Good Friday?
Jesus took on God’s Wrath
Theologically, this is called the doctrine of propitiation.
propitiation: A sacrifice that bears God’s wrath to the end and in so doing changes God’s wrath toward us into favor.
Essentially, it’s the idea that Jesus takes the judgement we deserved!
To our modern ears, the sound of “the wrath of God” is offensive and odd.
“Why can’t God just love? Why can’t God just forgive?”
But even there we have a problem: because in order to have true love there must be wrath!
If God is loving then he has to despise wrongdoing!
In order for God to be just, he would have to punish sin.
And what we’re recognizing is that we’re guilty because of our rebellion and sin against a perfect, holy, and good God.
And if God is loving, there must be wrath — there must be consequences.
And if God is loving, there must be wrath — there must be consequences.
What is happening on Good Friday is Jesus is taking on God’s wrath!
One more thing we remember as we reflect on what happened on Good Friday:
Jesus suffered willingly
punishment / wrath
I think when we think about (1) God’s wrath, and we (2) think about sin, (3) and we think about Jesus’ crucifixion — we can forget the fact that Jesus’ suffered willingly.
This is why Jesus is referred to as the “Suffering Servant”
Behold, my servant shall act wisely; he shall be high and lifted up, and shall be exalted.
Jesus’ suffers willingly on our behalf.
This was not something that He had to do, but something Jesus chose to do.
In that I think we see the real beauty of Good Friday.
Good Friday is bloody, it’s horrific, and it’s sad.
But it’s a triumphant sadness. It’s certainly not the end of the story...
On Good Friday: (1) Jesus was despised, (2) Jesus took on God’s wrath, and (3) Jesus suffered willingly…
for us and
so that God might be glorified in ad through us.
He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.
But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
why was it necessary? Why did it have to happen?
what it accomplished
why it happened: sin
he finished
triumphant sadness...