Some consider it a great historical irony that Christendom calls the anniversary of the day that the son of God was unjustly executed on a roman cross Good Friday. John Ensor explains the goodness of Good Friday in our next quote from The Great Work of the Gospel: How We Experience God’s Grace:
Why is it called Good Friday? It is called Good Friday because on the cross, God glorified himself by demonstrating his wrath against guilty sinners and by manifesting his love for them at the same time. It is called Good Friday because on the cross we see the justice of God maintained and the mercy of God obtained. It is called Good Friday because this is the work of God, when grasped by faith, that transforms our guilt over sin into a gladness toward God and causes us to live resolutely to the praise of his glory!
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