Certainly there is an irony to this day being named good Friday, for it was on this day that humans crucified God's beloved Son. They did not want to submit to him. They did not want him to reign over them. Out of envy, jealousy, lust for power, selfish-pettiness, and all manner of other sinful reasons they betrayed and rejected Jesus Christ. Like them we all have rebellious hearts. Our hearts are also prone to a long list of sinful vices that would have caused us, if we had been there in Pontius Pilate's courtyard, to cry out with the crowds, "Crucify Him!!". So why do we call this "good" Friday?
What happened on this day that was good? If we have eyes to see deeper, eyes to see beyond, eyes to see a bigger picture, we would see that God was using humanity's greatest sin for God's great purpose of salvation. "By his (Christ's) wounds we are healed." Is. 53:5
Good Friday was good because on that day:
1. "God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son..." John 3:16
and
2. "God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:8
which means
3. "God presented [Jesus] as a sacrifice of atonement..." Romans 3:25
which means
"God made him (Jesus) who had no sin to be a sin offering for us, so that in him we
might become the righteousness of God." 2 Corinthians 5:21
which means
4. "that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16
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