Good Friday — “Fight Like Jesus” review

• Read the overview of the book “Fight Like Jesus” by Jason Porterfield here.
• Read about Palm Sunday here.
• Read about Holy Monday here.
• Read about Holy Tuesday here.
• Read about Holy Wednesday here.
• Read about Maundy Thursday here.

The hammer comes down on Friday. The question is who holds it? Jesus or the Sanhedrin? Jesus or Pilate and Rome? How we read Good Friday says a great deal about what we believe about God. Is God wrathful, desiring the spilling of blood to make up for sin? Or is God so loving that God would suffer the worst that humanity has to offer and still love all of creation in spite of it?

The end of the Gospel is related to the beginning. “…before we consider the events of Good Friday, we’re first going to go back to the start of Jesus’ public ministry, to the day when he publicly declared what his messianic mission would be all about. In response to his announcement, those listening tried to kill him. The incident is recorded in the second half of Luke 4.” (Pg. 143)

And even before that, we’re told about Jesus time in the desert, where Jesus was “tempted by the devil to become the kind of messiah…