Good Friday 2026

Well, hey, Pando family, thank you so much for being here. If you are looking for Southeast Christian Church, you have found us. Welcome to our Good Friday service. My name is Derek. I'm part of our online team here at Southeast Christian Church. We would love to hear from you over the course of this next week and next month. We have dozens of prisoners across the country that write us letters every single week to let us know how we can be praying for them, and we would love for you to do the exact same thing. And so you can find the address to our church in the description of this video, and we hopefully will be hearing from you soon. But tonight, or today, wherever you're at, you're going to be seeing our Good Friday service at our Blankenbaker campus. And you may notice that the tone is just a little bit different than one of our normal weekend services. And it's because we are going to be focusing on Good Friday. So part of Holy Week, we recognize as a church that Jesus was crucified for our sin on a Friday, and he eventually rose from the grave on a Sunday. And I think what we've learned is that before we can celebrate truly what Jesus did for us on Sunday by rising from the grave, we have to take a moment and take a deep breath and recognize the price, the full price Jesus had to pay for your sin and my sin upon that cross on that hill on a Friday. Y'all, so thanks again for being here. Let's take a deep breath and prepare our hearts as we go and worship together. Well, hey, church family, we are so looking forward to getting to worship together tonight as we sit and reflect on the cross. I don't know if you are anything like me, but my temptation is to rush past Friday and right into Sunday where the tomb was empty and Jesus was alive and there was awe and wonder and excitement. Here at church on Sunday, everyone is dressed in colors and it's bright and it's so much

fun. But what I have to remind myself, and maybe this is a reminder for you, is that if we rush past what happened on this day over 2,000 years ago, we really miss the power, the divine opportunity that was Sunday. We miss how beautiful and profound the Father's love for us was, that he sent his son to die for our sins, to be beaten brutally, to be hung on the cross, nails pierced and a crown of thorns stuck in his head. If you're anything like me, it's hard to sit in the weight of that. But that's my encouragement to us tonight, is that we would sit with the weight of the cross and the crucifixion, because it's then that we realize just how much God loves us and just how much Jesus sacrificed for us, just how much forgiveness there is for us and just how much of a redeemer our God is. And so, church family, would you stand with me tonight? Tonight we are going to worship, we are going to read scripture, we're going to take communion and we're going to sit in reflection of all that God did for us. And so I want to read this scripture over you tonight. Isaiah 53, starting in verse 3, it says this, he was despised and rejected by men, a man of suffering who knew what sickness was. He was like someone people turned away from, he was despised and we didn't value him. Yet, he himself bore our sicknesses and he carried our pains. But we in turn regarded him stricken, struck down by God and afflicted, but he was pierced because of our rebellion, crushed because of our iniquities. Punishment for our peace was on him and we are healed by his wounds. We all went astray like sheep, we all have turned to our own way and the Lord has punished him for the iniquity of all of us. He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth. Like a lamb led to the slaughter, like a sheep silent before her shearers, he did not open his mouth. Church, let's worship together tonight. What can wash away my sin? Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

What can make me whole again? Nothing but the blood of Jesus. Oh, precious is the flow that makes me white as snow. No other fount I know. Nothing but the blood of Jesus. Nothing but the blood of Jesus. Nothing can for sin atone. Nothing but the blood of Jesus. Not a good that I have done. Nothing but the blood of Jesus. Oh, precious is the flow that makes me white as snow. No other fount I know. Nothing but the blood of Jesus. Nothing but the blood. Nothing but the blood of Jesus. This is all my hope and peace. Nothing but the blood of Jesus. This is all my righteousness. Nothing but the blood of Jesus. Oh, precious is the flow that makes me white as snow. No other fount I know. Nothing but the blood. Nothing but the blood. Oh, precious is the flow that makes me white as snow. No other fount I know. Nothing but the blood. Nothing but the blood of Jesus. Nothing but the blood of Jesus. ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Out into the Father's world ♪ ♪ He took a crown of thorns ♪ ♪ Oh, that rugged cross, my salvation ♪ ♪ Where your love poured out over me ♪ ♪ And now my soul cries out, hallelujah ♪ ♪ Praise and honor unto Him ♪ ♪ Son of heaven, God's own Son to purchase and redeem ♪ ♪ And reconcile the very ones who knelt unto that tree ♪ ♪ Oh, that rugged cross, my salvation ♪ ♪ Where your love poured out over me ♪

♪ And now my soul cries out, hallelujah ♪ ♪ Praise and honor unto Him ♪ ♪ Of all the praise, and now my debt is paid ♪ ♪ It is paid in full by the precious blood ♪ ♪ That my Jesus spilled ♪ ♪ Now the curse of sin has no hold on me ♪ ♪ Who the Son sets free, oh, is free indeed ♪ ♪ Now my debt is paid, it is paid in full ♪ ♪ It is paid in full by the precious blood ♪ ♪ That my Jesus spilled, oh, my Jesus spilled ♪ ♪ Now the curse of sin has no hold on me ♪ ♪ Who the Son sets free, oh, is free indeed ♪ ♪ Oh, that rugged cross, my salvation ♪ ♪ Where your love poured out over me ♪ ♪ Now my soul cries out, hallelujah ♪ ♪ Praise and honor unto You ♪ ♪ Oh, that rugged cross, my salvation ♪ ♪ Where your love poured out over me ♪ ♪ Now my soul cries out, hallelujah ♪ ♪ Praise and honor unto You ♪ ♪ Praise and honor unto You ♪ Oh, my God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me? So far from the words of my groaning. Oh, my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest. But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind and despised by the people. All who see me mock me. They make mouths at me, they wag their heads at me.

He trusts in the Lord, let him deliver him. Let him rescue him, for he delights in him. I'm poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joints. My heart is like wax and is melted within my breast. My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to my jaws. You lay me in the dust of death. For dogs encompass me, a company of evildoers encircle me. They have pierced my hands and my feet. I can count all my bones, they stare and gloat over me. They divide my garments among them. And for my clothing they cast lots. Then I surveyed the wondrous cross On which the Prince of Glory died. My riches gained, I count but loss, And poor content on all my pride. See from his head, his hands, his feet, Sorrow and love flowed me all down. Did ever such love and sorrow meet? Oh, those gumbos so rich a crown. Oh, that wonderful cross. Oh, that wonderful cross. Bids me come and die, And find that I may truly live. Oh, that wonderful cross. Oh, that wonderful cross. All who gather here, By grace drawn near, Then bless your name. Were the horror of nature mine? That were an offering far too small. Love so amazing, so divine, Deepens my soul, my life, my all. Oh, that wonderful cross. Oh, that wonderful cross.

Bids me come and die, And find that I may truly live. Oh, that wonderful cross. Oh, that wonderful cross. All who gather here, By grace drawn near, Then bless your name. Bless your name. We bless your name, King Jesus. Thank you for the cross. Thank you for your blood. And all you do. Love so amazing, so divine, Deepens my soul, my life, my all. ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ All praise to Jesus Christ ♪ ♪ You're high king of heaven and my king forever ♪ ♪ All praise to the Lord, most high he's worthy ♪ ♪ All praise to the one who saved my life ♪ ♪ All praise to Jesus Christ ♪ ♪ He's high king of heaven and my king forever ♪ ♪ What could stop you God, not even death ♪ ♪ Why would I fear, why would I worry, you're able ♪ ♪ Thank you Lord, so I lift my hands up ♪ ♪ Lay my whole life down, my whole life down before you ♪ ♪ Because you're worthy Lord, lay my whole life down ♪ ♪ My whole life now is for you, oh come on ♪ ♪ I lift my hands up, lay my whole life down ♪ ♪ My whole life down before you, oh come on ♪ ♪ I lift my hands up, lay my whole life down ♪ ♪ My whole life now is for you, oh I lift my hands up ♪ ♪ Lay my whole life down, my whole life down before you, oh ♪ ♪ I lift my hands up, lay my whole life down ♪

♪ My whole life now is for you, yeah ♪ ♪ Oh praise, oh we give Him praise ♪ ♪ You saved my life Lord, to Jesus Christ ♪ ♪ You're high King of heaven and my King forever ♪ ♪ Oh praise to the Lord most high ♪ ♪ Oh praise to the one who saved my life ♪ ♪ Oh praise to Jesus Christ ♪ ♪ You're high King of heaven and my King forever ♪ ♪ I lift my hands up, oh we give it all to you God ♪ ♪ Before you, you sacrificed it all ♪ ♪ It's the least we could do for you God ♪ ♪ My whole life now is for you ♪ ♪ Oh praise to the Lord most high ♪ ♪ Oh praise to the one who saved my life ♪ ♪ Oh praise to Jesus Christ ♪ ♪ You're high King of heaven and my King forever ♪ ♪ Oh praise to the one who saved my life ♪ ♪ Oh praise to Jesus Christ ♪ ♪ High King of heaven, my King forever ♪ My God, I'm so glad that you're with us again today. You shepherd us, you've raised us over all the land until the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthanai. That is my God, my God, why have you forsaken me? And some of the bystanders hearing it said, this man is calling Elijah. But the others said, wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to save him.

And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and yielded up his spirit. And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom and the earth shook and the rocks were split. The tombs also were opened and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised. And coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many. When the centurion and those who were with him keeping watch over Jesus saw the earthquake and what took place, they were filled with awe and said, truly, this was the son of God. There were also many women there looking on from a distance who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him, among whom were Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joseph and the mother of the sons of Zebedee. When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph. who also was a disciple of Jesus. He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him. And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen shroud and laid it in his own new tomb where he had cut it in the rock. And he rolled a great stone to the entrance of the tomb and went away.

There was a moment when the lights went out when death had claimed its victory The king of love had given up his life The darkest day in history Their arm across the name for sinners For every curse his blood had torn One final breath and it was finished But not the end we could have known For the earth began to shake And the veil was torn What sacrifice was made For heaven to know We sing All hail King Jesus All hail the Lord of heaven and earth All hail King Jesus All hail the Savior of the world There was a moment when the sky laid out A flash of light breaking through When all was lost he crossed eternity The king of life was on the move For in a dark cold tomb Where our Lord was laid One miraculous breath And we're forever changed We're changed forever All hail King Jesus All hail the Lord of heaven and earth All hail King Jesus All hail the Savior of the world

All hail King Jesus All hail the Lord of heaven and earth All hail King Jesus All hail the Savior of the world All hail Let every knee come down before the King of kings Let every tongue confess that he is the Lord Lift up your shout Let us joy with all of heaven singing Singing hallelujah Singing hallelujah ♪ We, we cry holy, you are holy ♪ ♪ All hail King Jesus, we lift this up ♪ ♪ All hail the Lord of heaven and earth ♪ ♪ All hail King Jesus, we lift you up ♪ ♪ All hail the Savior of the world ♪ ♪ We lift you up, we lift you up, we lift you up, we lift you up ♪ ♪ In Christ alone, my hope is found ♪ ♪ He is my light, my strength, my soul ♪ ♪ This cornerstone, this solid ground ♪ ♪ Firm through the fiercest drought and storm, you sing ♪ ♪ What heights of love, what depths of peace ♪ ♪ When fears are stilled, when strife is ceased ♪ ♪ My comforter, my all in all ♪ ♪ Here in the love of Christ I stand ♪ ♪ In Christ alone, who took all flesh ♪ ♪ Fullness of God in helpless pain ♪ ♪ This gift of love and righteousness ♪ ♪ Scorned by the ones he came to save ♪ ♪ Till on that cross, as Jesus died ♪

♪ The wrath of God was satisfied ♪ ♪ For every sin on Him was laid ♪ ♪ Here in the death of Christ I live ♪ ♪ Here in the death of Christ I live ♪ ♪ In Christ alone, who took all flesh ♪ ♪ Fullness of God in helpless pain ♪ ♪ This gift of love and righteousness ♪ ♪ Here in the love of Christ I live ♪ ♪ In Christ alone I live ♪ It was a place of rest and renewal. But on this night, the night that Jesus would be betrayed, he would go to the Garden of Gethsemane and it wouldn't be a night of rest. It would be a night filled with agony and anguish. The Bible says that Jesus fell to the ground to pray, not once, not twice, but three separate times. And he cried out to the Father and he said, Father, if there be any other way, let this cup pass from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours be done. The gospel writer of Luke gives us a unique snapshot into this moment. He shows us something that no other gospel writer shows us. He says that as Jesus was on the ground, he began to sweat what seemed like drops of blood. Jesus was in agony. I think the question that I want us to wrestle with tonight and I think it's the same question that's gonna help us understand why Good Friday is good is simply this.

What was in Jesus's cup? What would cause the Son of God, the creator and sustainer of all things to quake and tremble in the very same garden that he created? What was in Jesus's cup? You know, in 2004, there was a movie that came out called The Passion of Christ. It created quite the stir in the Christian community. I remember my friend, we were teenagers at the time, and I remember my friend wasn't allowed to see it. And it wasn't because of the language. It wasn't because of any sexual content because there was none. The reason why he couldn't watch it was because of the gruesome depiction of the cross of Jesus. For most people, this would be the first time that they wouldn't just read about the cross. but that they would experience it. I think the first thing that we see in the cup that Jesus had to bear was we see the physical suffering of Jesus. He was beaten, he was struck in the face, he was blindfolded and mocked by soldiers who taunted him, daring him to prove who he was. He was scourged. History describes scourging as Roman punishment designed not just to hurt, but to tear apart the flesh. The whip that they used was embedded with bone

and fragments of metal, and with every strike, it would rip into Jesus's skin, leaving his back opened and exposed. They stripped him, they humiliated him. They pressed a crown of thorns into his head, piercing his scalp, and by this point alone, most would have already died from the pain. But for Jesus, the suffering didn't stop. He was forced to carry his cross through the streets until his body collapsed under its weight. When they reached the place of crucifixion, they didn't tie him to the cross. They drove nails into his hands and his feet, and then they lifted him up, and as he hung there, the weight of his body pulled his chest downward, making it nearly impossible to breathe. The only way to inhale was to push himself against the nails in his feet just to get enough air and then drop back down again. Every breath was agony. Over and over and over, he would push against those nails for hours until finally he could no longer lift himself, and he breathed his last, and the Son of God was crucified. You know, often when people talk about Good Friday, they focus on the physical suffering of Jesus, and they're not wrong. The cup Jesus had to bear certainly included physical suffering, but it wasn't just that.

You see, when we go back to the garden, when we see Jesus fall to the ground, when you hear him say, Father, if there's any other way, when his body is under such distress that he begins to sweat drops of blood, physical suffering alone cannot explain that moment. You see, when you look at the early church, right after the apostles, there were others who were crucified after Jesus. Men and women who walked towards death, even crucifixion, and it wasn't marked by this kind of anguish. In fact, there was a follower of Jesus by the name of Polycarp. He was one of the early church leaders, a disciple of John the Apostle himself. And history tells us what he faced as he was being burned at the stake, as he was being martyred for trusting in Jesus for trusting in Jesus. He didn't collapse in fear, but rather history quotes him saying this, you threaten with fire that burns for an hour, then soon is extinguished for you do not know about the coming judgment and the eternal punishment reserved for the ungodly. So why do you delay? Bring on what you want. Eyewitnesses said that as he spoke these

and many other words, he was filled with courage and joy and his face was filled with grace. You can't convince me that the student is greater than the teacher, that Jesus, the son of God was less prepared to face death than his followers, which means only one thing. It means that there was something else beyond physical death in his cup. It means that there was something more in his cup, something no one else would ever have to drink, something that belonged to him and him alone. So yes, the cup Jesus bore was physical suffering. But what I wanna submit to you tonight is that the full weight that Jesus had to carry was what the Bible calls the cup of God's wrath. We see it mentioned in several places in scripture. Isaiah 51 says this, "'Wake yourself, wake yourself, stand up, O Jerusalem, "'you who have drunk from the hand of the Lord, "'the cup of his wrath, "'who have drunk to the dregs, the bowl, "'the cup of his wrath.'" Staggering, goes on to say in Psalms, for in the hand of the Lord, there is a cup with foaming wine, well mixed and he pours out from it and all the wicked of the earth shall drain it down to the dregs.

You see the cup of wrath depicted in the Old Testament was reserved for the enemies of God. It was a metaphor describing a picture of the full undiluted judgment of God against sin. Bill Lane in his commentary of Mark says this, the dreadful sorrow and anxiety that Jesus experienced in the garden was not just the shrinking from physical suffering and death but it was the horror of facing the divine judgment against sin. So yes, Jesus experienced a physical death that was truly incomparable but the full weight of what he carried was not just what was happening physically to him. It was what was being poured out spiritually upon him. It was the wrath of God. It was the just penalty for sin. The Old Testament describes it as a cup to be drank but the New Testament gives it another lens. Second Corinthians says, for our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. Galatians says, Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written, cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree. First Peter says, he himself bore our sins in his body on the tree. Jesus didn't just die a physical death. He bore the weight of our sin.

He became our sin. He became our curse and he experienced the full undiluted consequence of sin. And I think it's hard to even comprehend something that's worse than death. Like what could be worse than being tortured and executed? How do we understand what Jesus experienced that the martyrs never did? I think the best way to understand it is to let scripture show us the difference. In Acts 7, we meet Stephen, the first recorded Christian martyr after Jesus's resurrection. In Acts 7 verse 54, it says this, Now, when they heard these things, they were enraged and they ground their teeth at him. But he full of the Holy Spirit gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God. And Jesus standing at the right hand of God. And he said, behold, I see the heavens opened and the son of man standing at the right hand of God. See, the Bible tells us that a Stephen is being killed. The stones are striking his body as life is slipping away. He looks up and the heavens opened. And who does he see? He sees Jesus. He sees Jesus standing at the right hand of God. And in his worst moment,

the assurance of Jesus gives him a confidence that transcends even death. But when Jesus is on the cross, as he hangs there, he doesn't look up and see heaven open. He doesn't hear those reaffirming words from his father. This is my son in whom I am well pleased. But rather, Jesus cries out and he says, my God, my God, why have you forsaken me? My God, why have you forsaken me? Do you wanna know what's worse than death? It's not just pain. It's not just suffering. It's forsakenness. It's the just penalty of sin. It's the essence of hell. It's the most terrifying sin satisfying consequence. It's not that God is absent, but it's that God withdrew his grace. And we are left to face his righteous judgment because of our sin. You see the reason why we can call tonight Good Friday, isn't because anything good happened to Jesus, but it's because the worst thing imaginable happened to him. So that the best. thing imaginable could happen to us. So what was in Jesus's cup? It was the punishment for our sin. It was the wrath of God being poured out on Jesus and in the garden when Jesus was trembling he chose to submit to the will of the Father which meant that he drank from the cup of God's wrath so that we could drink from the cup of salvation. You know usually a good sermon ends with

celebration. Usually we would lift our voices and we would rejoice with the hope of Sunday but tonight on this Good Friday we don't want to rush past this moment because before there was an empty tomb there was a cross. Before there was a resurrection there was wrath poured out and so tonight we remember. We remember the death and the burial of Jesus. We remember the just penalty of sin and that it was our sin that put him on that cross. So what I want us to do is I want us to end tonight taking communion together. Over the next few moments the worship team is going to come and sing and on your own we're gonna give you space to take the elements tonight. You can go ahead and get your elements out right now. We're gonna take the cracker that represents Christ's body that was broken for us. We're gonna take the juice that represents Christ's blood that was poured out for us and as you take the elements I want you to sit and reflect. My prayer is is that you would see your sin clearly. That you would feel the weight of what you were intended to carry and I want you to stay there just for a moment but not for long and then quickly I want you to turn your eyes to Jesus. I want you to look to the cross and remember that he took on what you were intended to carry. If you trust in Jesus he took your place. He took your sin. He became sin so that we could become the righteousness of God. Over the next few moments we're gonna worship together. We're gonna look to Jesus. We're gonna celebrate the fact that God poured his wrath out on Christ so that we could drink from the cup of salvation. Let's pray. Jesus as we take communion we remember the sacrifice of Jesus. On this Good Friday we are so aware of our sin. We are acquainted with the fact that our sin is heavy and we could do nothing to forgive it. But because of you Jesus, because you willingly received the just penalty of sin we were able to receive the righteousness of God. And so tonight we remember, we worship, and we love you. Thank you for the cross. We pray all this in Jesus name. Amen. ♪♪♪ ♪ The precious fountain from Calvary's mountain. Flowing down to you and I. It washes us clean. Oh what a mystery. That red blood makes me white. Isn't it white?

It's white as fire. Doesn't it make you wonder, how something so profound could be so simple? The blood, the blood, the blood, oh the wonderful blood Your love, your love, your love, oh the marvelous love Let the redeemed see the song, praises below to the sun The blood, the blood, the blood, oh the wonderful blood My precious Jesus, oh I'm so thankful For you did, you saved my life As I remember, my heart grows tender Tears begin to fill my eyes Isn't it wild? Doesn't it make you wonder, how something so profound could be so simple? Isn't it wild? Doesn't it make you wonder, how something so profound could be so simple? The blood, the blood, the blood, oh the wonderful blood Your love, your love, your love, oh the marvelous love Let the redeemed see the song, praises below to the sun The blood, the blood, the blood, oh the wonderful blood Oh, thank you Jesus Oh, hallelujah Oh, hallelujah The work you do is great All of our sins forgiven And now we get to live in The wonder of the working blood The cross was your decision But death was not the ending You rose and now we're risen The wonder of the working blood The work you do is great

All of our sins forgiven And now we get to live in The wonder of the working blood The cross was your decision But death was not the ending You rose and now we're risen The wonder of the working blood The wonder of the working blood The blood, the blood, the blood, oh the wonderful blood Your love, your love, your love, oh the marvelous love Let the redeemed sing a song Praise His beloved, sing a song, oh The blood, the blood, the blood Sing a song, praise His beloved, sing a song, oh The blood, the blood, the blood, oh the wonderful blood The work you did was finished All of our sins forgiven You rose and now we're risen The wonder of the working blood The cross was your decision But death was not the end You rose and now we're risen The wonder of the working blood The wonder of the working blood ♪ The flow that makes me what I'm supposed to be ♪ ♪ Don't I know nothing but the blood of Jesus, sing it ♪ ♪ Oh precious is the flow that makes me what I'm supposed to be ♪ ♪ That makes me what I'm supposed to be ♪ ♪ I have found my love, nothing but the blood of Jesus ♪ ♪ Nothing but the blood, sing it, sing it, sing it, sing it ♪

♪ Nothing but the blood of Jesus ♪ ♪ The blood, the blood, the blood of the wonderful blood ♪ ♪ Your love, your love, your love, oh the marvelous love ♪ ♪ Let the redeemed sing a song, praises belong to the song ♪ ♪ The blood, the blood, the blood of the wonderful blood ♪ Hey, Pando family, thank you again for hanging in there with us during kind of a somber and a heavy service. And it's that way for a reason, because I think when we are talking about Good Friday, we have to remember and meditate and dwell for just a little bit upon the sin in our life, because it shows just the great price that Jesus had to pay for you and for me, for us to be made right with God. And if there's one thing that I could leave with you today, it's that we need to remember why we call this dark day Good Friday. It's not because what happened to Jesus that day was good. It's because of what Jesus accomplished on the cross was. Scripture tells us that on that cross, Jesus took our sin upon his shoulders and paid our penalty for the sin in our lives in full. And we also call it good because we know that Friday was not the end of the story. We believe that three days later, Jesus rose from the grave, he defeated sin and death, and made a way for us to be forgiven and made right with God. Pando family, we can rest in this,

that Jesus and Jesus alone has accomplished everything necessary for our salvation because of what Jesus did for us on that cross 2000 years ago. So y'all, as we wrap up this Good Friday service, I wanted to remind you that we will be back on Sunday to celebrate the resurrection of our King Jesus together.