Good Friday was truly good

Greetings:
On this Good Friday, let us reflect on the cross and the atonement it provided for each of us as Christians.
In 1 Corinthians 15:3-4(NLT), the Apostle Paul wrote, "I passed on to you what was most important and what had also been passed on to me. Christ died for our sins, just as the Scriptures said. He was buried, and he was raised from the dead on the third day, just as the Scriptures."
Nearly 2,000 years ago a poor, homeless, single man in his early 30’s was executed by crucifixion - just like many other common criminals. He was a common man. He never traveled more than 200 miles from his home, never held a political office, never married or had children, and never ran a company. His name is Jesus Christ and history is divided into the periods before and after his life.
Thank you Lord for the Cross this day. Thank you Lord for your amazing grace and love that was shown to us.
Christ died so we might live.
It was a long, painful death. According to the  Gospel of Mark, Jesus endured the torment of crucifixion for some six hours from the third hour, at approximately 9 a.m., until his death at the ninth hour, corresponding to about 3 p.m.
Take time today, to understand what it meant when Jesus was nailed to the cross that day many years ago at Calvery.
1 Peter 2:24 says, "He himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by His wounds you have been healed."
Christ's final words before his Spirit left his body and he died are reason enough to be encouraged.
He said, "It is finished." (John 19:30).  This is from the Greek word "tetelestai" , which is also translated "It is accomplished", or "It is complete".
Christ death paid the price in full for our sins that day. We received unmerited, undeserved, unearned forgivess.
On this Good Friday, reflect on the goodness of God, His mercy, His grace and His love for each of us. We know that the best is yet to come on Easter morning, but this act at Calvary is the foundation of our salvation.
Remember, Christ died so we might live.
To believe that fact, we must believe in heaven and hell and not be misguided by some church leaders. We must believe in the validity of God's Word as written in the Holy Bible. To believe, we must understand that the death of Jesus on the cross fulfilled more than 100 Old Testament scriptures.
In Isaiah 53:9, the prophet Isaiah wrote about a sinless servant being put to death with the wicked and buried with the rich. About 700 years after this was written, Jesus was put to death along with two criminals and was buried in a tomb owned by a wealthy man. 
I choose to believe.
Be blessed.