GOOD FRIDAY

Last night, one of my friends I chatted with online asked me "What is Good Friday? Do we have to be specially good today and other days, we can be do good and bad?" At times, its difficult to give exact answers to certain questions...

Here are some exerpts I abstracted from the internet and put into simple words what Good Friday is about...

Good Friday is the Friday immediately preceding Easter Sunday. It is traditionally the day on which Jesus was crucified. Should Christians celebrate Good Friday?

The Bible gives us freedom whether to honor or celebrate a certain day, in Romans 14:5 says, "One man considers one day more sacred than another, another man considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind."

Why is Good Friday referred as "good"?, Ah...that I would like to know too...cos what Jesus has gone through is not "good" but a horrifying and terrifying time...to be crucified . HOWEVER... the results of Christ's death are very good.

Romans 5:8 tells us "But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." 1 Peter 3:18 continues "For Christ died for sins once and for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit."

So...whether or not, we christians choose to "celebrate" Good Friday, the events of that day should be ever on our minds because the death of Christ on the cross is the paramount event of the christian faith.