Good Friday Home Devotional Guide
1. Prepare your heart to worship the Lord
Listen to the following hymn, or sing:
Traditional: “The Old Rugged Cross”
Contemporary: “Sing to Jesus”
Traditional: “The Old Rugged Cross”
Contemporary: “Sing to Jesus”
2. The Death of Jesus
28 Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so thatScripture would befulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.” 29 A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked asponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus’ lips. 30 When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
31 Now it was the day of Preparation, and the next day was to be a special Sabbath.
Because the Jewish leaders did not want the bodies left on the crosses during the
Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down. 32 The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified withJesus, and then those of the other.
33 But when they came to Jesus and found that he
was already dead, they did not break his legs. 34 Instead, one of the soldiers
pierced Jesus’ side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water. 35 The man who saw it has given testimony, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells thetruth, and he testifies so that you also may believe.
36 These things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of his bones will be broken,”[c] 37 and, as anotherscripture says, “They will look on the one they have pierced.” (John 16:28-42)
31 Now it was the day of Preparation, and the next day was to be a special Sabbath.
Because the Jewish leaders did not want the bodies left on the crosses during the
Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down. 32 The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified withJesus, and then those of the other.
33 But when they came to Jesus and found that he
was already dead, they did not break his legs. 34 Instead, one of the soldiers
pierced Jesus’ side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water. 35 The man who saw it has given testimony, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells thetruth, and he testifies so that you also may believe.
36 These things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of his bones will be broken,”[c] 37 and, as anotherscripture says, “They will look on the one they have pierced.” (John 16:28-42)
3. The Burial of Jesus
[e] 40 Taking Jesus’ body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen. This was in accordance with Jewish burial customs. 41 At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid. 42 Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.
Consider This:
It is human nature to get to John 19:42 or Matthew 27:66 or Mark 15:47 and Luke 23:56 and mentally jump ahead to what we know is next. We know Sunday is
coming and our faith is anchored not only on the Suffering Savior who broke the
curse of sin but ALSO on the Risen Savior who conquered death and now sits at the
right hand of God. Yet on Good Friday let’s not skip to what we know is coming.
Let’s sit in the gravity of what Jesus willingly went through to pay our debt, to
secure our freedom, to make it possible for us to live in the Kingdom of Light forever.
Let’s let the suffering, pain and death Jesus endured with US on his mind
and heart, resonate deeply.
coming and our faith is anchored not only on the Suffering Savior who broke the
curse of sin but ALSO on the Risen Savior who conquered death and now sits at the
right hand of God. Yet on Good Friday let’s not skip to what we know is coming.
Let’s sit in the gravity of what Jesus willingly went through to pay our debt, to
secure our freedom, to make it possible for us to live in the Kingdom of Light forever.
Let’s let the suffering, pain and death Jesus endured with US on his mind
and heart, resonate deeply.
4. IT IS FINISHED
In John 16:30 Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up
his spirit. In many passages from today you read things like, “These things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled.” Jesus was ever mindful of the prophecy His very life was fulfilling. Did you know there are over 300 prophecies about Jesus in the
Old Testament? When Jesus spoke, "IT IS FINISHED," all those prophecies, minus the ones that would come to pass in three days, had been fulfilled. IT IS FINISHED were words of holy completion.
Jesus took the punishment he was not due.
He carried the shame that was never his own.
He died a grueling death that should have been mine.
To pay a debt he did not owe.
his spirit. In many passages from today you read things like, “These things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled.” Jesus was ever mindful of the prophecy His very life was fulfilling. Did you know there are over 300 prophecies about Jesus in the
Old Testament? When Jesus spoke, "IT IS FINISHED," all those prophecies, minus the ones that would come to pass in three days, had been fulfilled. IT IS FINISHED were words of holy completion.
Jesus took the punishment he was not due.
He carried the shame that was never his own.
He died a grueling death that should have been mine.
To pay a debt he did not owe.
J E S U S
The sinless, perfect, once-for-all sacrifice.
He came and IT IS FINISHED.
And we are forever changed.
Amen.
The sinless, perfect, once-for-all sacrifice.
He came and IT IS FINISHED.
And we are forever changed.
Amen.