Podcast
Why Is It Called "Good Friday"?
The Bryce Crawford Podcast
Speaker: Bryce Crawford
April 14, 2025 · 22 min
Summary
Three Old Testament stories—Abraham's willingness to sacrifice Isaac, the Day of Atonement with two goats, and Hosea's redemption of Gomer—prefigure Christ's crucifixion and redemption. Good Friday is called "good" not because of Jesus's suffering, but because his death provides salvation and unconditional love to all who believe.
Highlights
Good Friday is called Good Friday because it's the day that you and I had a chance to be set free from the things that keep us bound and separated from God, our sin.
Jesus Christ loved his enemies so well that even the disciples didn't know who would betray him until he physically passed the bread to Judas. Jesus Christ is on the cross thinking about you and me enduring the suffering and he knows who's gonna say no, but he still dies for them. Unconditional love, even for those who will reject it.
You and I are Gomer. God's so faithful to us, but we oftentimes turn our back on him and substitute ourselves in the place of God and we sin. But Jesus Christ is looking at us and sees value in us.