Good Friday is, by all Biblical accounts, the worst day in the history of mankind.  That’s when Pilate, the priests and all those that felt threatened that Jesus would be an earthly king, crucified Jesus Christ on a wooden cross.   This form of death was the worst type of death that a person is put thru.   

 

Jesus knew from the time he was born, that he would have to endure a painful, earthly death.   And yet, he loved us sooooo much that he gave His life for us.

 

Good Friday, though, is not the end of the story, thank God!   Three days later, He arose from the grave!    Luke 24:1-12 gives us this account of how they found our Savior has risen:

 

1 On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. 2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3 but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. 5 In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? 6 He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: 7 ‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’ ” 8 Then they remembered his words.

 

9 When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others. 10 It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles. 11 But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense. 12 Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.

 

Death for Jesus was not the end of the story, it was the beginning of his ultimate trip to Heaven interceding for us at the right hand of the Father.

 

He is not here; He is risen!!

 

Please remember that Jesus died and rose from the grave this Easter weekend, for you and your sins.   All you have to do to begin a relationship with him is ask for forgiveness of your sins, and then ask that his Holy Spirit direct your life each and every day.

 

Just as Jesus had to die as a sacrifice for our sins, we have to ask for His forgiveness to begin our new relationship with Him.

 

I can’t think of a better time to begin a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, than this Easter weekend!