Good Friday — The Most Important Week in History

In this Holy Week devotional video series, Pastor Jim Davis walks us through the events of Jesus’s final week leading to his crucifixion and death.

Jesus’ trials and crucifixion. Why would we call this day ‘good’? Whether this day is good for us determines our eternity.

[gabriellaarchive]

Great video, really informative. We are so loved and Jesus's sacrifice was so good for us. He has changed my life forever and I hope to continue serving His kingdom. ❤️

[cindylewis]

Thank you. While I understand what you are saying the thought of God’s wrath going into Jesus just makes me feel so sad. This entire week makes me sad. How vain, inhumane, the hypocrisy of putting an innocent man through torture & death for us? I’d rather look at it that evil did what it could to him but he beat evil as he came back from the dead. God gave us free will to either make a choice between good & evil. And sometimes good people do bad things. But evil people love to do bad things. He beat them and in believing in him filling our hearts & mind in love for God, for him, the Holy Spirit & our Earth is definitely living thru him.

[Darren-V.]

Thank you Lord Jesus for laying down your life, for my sin. I’m so thankful and grateful

[sharoncarter]

Thinking of Jesus today. He gave his life for us to see there is life after our death. Thank you Jesus, we love you 💜

[addie]

Thank you for this series. All praise to our LORD for His gift of forgiveness and new life❤️🙏❤️🙏Thank you Jesus🙏

[roseoflove]

Happy good Friday all💕 stay strong 🙏love sending ❤️

[newconservative]

Thank you very much, this video caused a very deep-felt reaction in me. You really helped tie everything together.
May God bless you.

[John.OuO]

Remember repentance is a change of mind that leads to an action, the action isn't what saves us, Gods grace is. So just trust Jesus

[natestein]

I've never thought of the idea of Barabbus being a picture of us as sinners.

[cherylrielly]

Thinking of Judas wanting forgiveness and it not being offered made me stop in my tracks.😢

[metaphyziks]

Very well presented thank you for making this video

[elleramirez]

Thank you for this informative explanation. 🙏🏻❤️

[Closelylove]

Thank you for this video, God bless you!!!

[AbaloneKid]

"IT IS FINISHED!" John 19:30.

WE LOVE YOU, LORD! YOU GAVE ALL FOR US. YOUR SUFFERING WAS IMMENSE! WE GIVE YOU ALL THE GLORY! YOU ARE OUR LIFE SAVIOR. YOU KEEP YOUR WORD IN THE BIBLE. Subscribed.

GOD'S BLESSINGS TO ALL NATIONS AND PEOPLES
Gospel! The good news about Jesus Christ and salvation from judgment on our sins. Jesus dined with His disciples; Mark 14:22-25, the night before He went to the cross.
Jesus and His disciples were eating a Passover meal together at the Last Supper. After partaking of bread and wine (His body and His blood), the Bible mentions the hymn Jesus sang with His disciples. “And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives” Mark 14:26. What were they singing on such an occasion? PRAISE! Psalms 113-118.

THE GOOD NEWS
"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes to the Father, but by me.."John 14.6

Blood coming from his body, NAKED, hanging on that cross like Roman torture weapon! What a Lord God and Savior! He had to. HE is God the Son. Only His sinless blood could pay our sins price.1 John 2:1-2. The Savior was born to die for our sins so we could live through Him.

* * * God knew your praise ministry before the world was made! Ephesians 1:1-14. Prayer goes out for you and those here. A Crown in Heaven awaits all who share the Gospel of Jesus Christ that saves a soul. ( see"JESUS SAVES") 1 Thessalonians 2:19-20; Philippians 4:1. The Apostle Paul said in Romans 1:16 "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believes; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek".

This praise resounds throughout the earth: "Jesus Christ is Lord and God. Only He saves". He testified: ''I and my Father are One" John 10:30
2 Samuel chapter 22:verse 50 "Therefore I will praise you, O Lord, out of the countries, and I will praise your name."

JESUS SAVES
God the Son (Jesus Christ) has given us the gospel to share with the world. Mark 16:15: "And He said unto them, Go into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature."
How can we hear it? Scripture tells us. Romans 10:17 "Then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." (We receive the "word" in many ways. The "Word" is Jesus Christ!); John 1:1-5. God the Holy Spirit teaches through the Word of God in the Bible.

The Birth of Jesus Christ
Isaiah 7: 14: "Therefore the LORD shall give you a sign; behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and call His name Immanuel." Hebrew: עִמָּנוּאֵל, "God with us" in human flesh but without sin. The Savior of the world was born to die for our sins! He did so 33 years later. His terrible ordeal; body mutilated; blood poured out, finally died (John 19:30; Luke 23:46 ) and was placed in a tomb and rose from the dead the 3rd day ! "HE IS RISEN" Matthew 28: 6.

Isaiah 53:" 5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all." - IT IS FOUNDED UPON GOD'S LOVE FOR MAN AND WOMAN HE CREATED

John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
"For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God." Romans 3: 23
" For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans 6:23

"1 Corinthians 15: 3 "For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:"

THE PAYMENT BY HIS BLOOD FOR ALL SINS EVER!
Romans 5:8 " But God demonstrates his love for us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, now justified by his blood, we will be saved from wrath through him."
“For he (God) hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.” 2 Corinthians 5:21.
" In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;." Ephesians 1:7; 1 Peter 1:18-19.
Matthew 26: 28 "For this is my blood of the New Testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins." (the life is in the blood. He had to pay with His life)
"And according to the Law, one may almost say, all things are cleansed with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no forgiveness." Hebrews 9:22

BY GOD'S GRACE ALONE THROUGH FAITH ALONE IN JESUS CHRIST ARE WE SAVED
Ephesians 2:8 "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 not of works, lest any man should boast."

Jesus died and paid the penalty for our sins to rescue us from eternal death. He died on our behalf. We believe in Him, trusting His death and shedding of His blood as payment for ALL our sins and His burial and resurrection from the dead the third day! John 20:24-31; 1 Corinthians 15: 3-4 above.

WHOSOEVER BELIEVES SHALL TESTIFY TO THE TRUTH
Romans 10:
9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
13 For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”
TO DIE IS TO REJECT SALVATION IN JESUS CHRIST AND BE SEPARATE FROM GOD FOREVERMORE
Salvation and forgiveness of sins is the blessing of anyone who believes in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. We receive the baptism of God the Holy Spirit immediately which seals us in Christ and that is permanent! Ephesians 1:13-14. Those who reject the free gift of salvation, see John 3:16 above, "perish", which means their sins are judged by God the Son and they suffer eternal separation from God and the family of God forever called the "second death". Revelation 21:8.

[shavonnegreen]

Great video, I was hoping you would speak on the scripture that talks about dead people rising from their tombs during Jesus' crucifixion.

[ianalan]

We do not know the mystery of the cross. We know that our Lord God willfully let us kill Him to eliminate the barrier standing between us and God. The barrier of sin and death. It’s a day if repentance. A day of joy and gratefulness for what God did for us. It’s not ‘happy Friday’. It’s Good Friday.

Forgive me for it is my sins that nailed Him to a cross.

[RKLCan]

Great ordering of the events of the crucifixion. Could we have the references please?

[diannenida]

Thank you for these teachings. Can we get transcript of these lessons?

[nealrich]

The timeline, day wise, seems off. I always thought Good Friday was a traditional holiday, not the actual day of the crucifixion.

[stephenhall]

Some errors here. 'Good Friday' was mainly known as 'Holy Friday' and 'Great Friday' in Hebrew until Christianity became the religion of Rome. Variations are 'Pious Friday' and 'God's Day' in the middle east. The notion that the term was a corruption of old English 'Gode Friday' is incorrect as Britain was not very important for centuries and, in any case, in official Old English the day was called 'Lange Friday', meaning 'long Friday'. This is still used in some Nordic countries. Much of Britain was under 'Danelaw' (Vikings) a good while after the Romans left and 'Old English' is quite a mix of words from the Saxons, Jutes, Angles, Vikings and Gaels (incorrectly called 'Celts). Thus, your conclusion that 'good' or anything positive for mankind was in the thoughts of people at the time is too sophisticated.
Just ask yourself roughly WHEN the backwater of Roman Syria began to be called The Holy Land.
Furthermore, Pilate was not called back to Rome "in disgrace" over this matter at all. Around 10 years after the event he was recalled because he had reached official retirement age and because he was deemed to have used too many resources in persistent battles for the Samaritan fortress of Gerizim by Jewish raiding parties of considerable size. The Gospel of Mark says most about him and in New Testament Apochrypha texts there is mention of good works by Pilate and his wife. He is a minor saint in the Coptic Church.
Post-recall, it seems likely that he lived to old age in the style of sub-governors of the time under Caligula's brief reign then part of that of Claudius Germanicus. Scholars who have the time for more detail could be read.
Thank you in general, though, for a kind and calm presentation. I am not a church attender and my birth certificate of 1949 shows Church of England given by my parents. Strangely, even at my considerable age, Good Friday has been a day of jitters and reading the Gospels for me. This started in my mid-teen years. Easter Sunday is the greatest day of my own inner life each year.
Again, thank you very much.