UBAMA Ministries

This is what Jesus Christ endured…

A crown of thorns… not a small ring, but forced down over His entire head like a helmet. Thick thorns—long, sharp, unforgiving—driven into the scalp, one of the most sensitive parts of the human body. Every movement… every breath… pushing those thorns deeper, blood running down His face into His eyes.

Iron nails… not small, but heavy, square spikes. Driven through His wrists and feet with force. The kind of pain that shocks the entire nervous system—sending fire through every nerve. Each breath required Him to push up against those wounds, grinding bone against iron just to inhale… and collapsing back down in agony to exhale.

The scourge… a Roman whip with multiple leather tails, each embedded with bone and metal. Every strike didn’t just bruise—it tore. It ripped flesh open, exposing muscle. Again and again, until His back was no longer whole… but shredded.

This wasn’t quick.
This wasn’t merciful.

It was prolonged… calculated suffering.

And He didn’t resist it.
He didn’t stop it.

He chose to endure every second of it…

For you.

And before he died he asked the father to forgive you.

𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗜𝗦 𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗬 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗔𝗬?

Good Friday, also called “Holy Friday,” is the Friday immediately preceding Easter Sunday. It is traditionally celebrated as the day of Jesus’ crucifixion.

Many Christians celebrate Good Friday with a subdued service, usually in the evening. The singing of solemn hymns, the offering of prayers, SCRIPTURE READINGS, and a message on Christ’s suffering on our behalf are often part of a Good Friday service. Also, Christ’s death is remembered with the observance of the Lord’s Supper, or communion. Some Christian traditions enforce a strict fast on Good Friday, and worshipers wear black and cease from work, treating Good Friday as a day of mourning. In some countries, people bake hot cross buns and serve them to friends and family. However Christians choose to observe Good Friday, the great sacrifice of Christ should be the focus.

The death of Christ, commemorated on Good Friday, was unlike any other death. Jesus’ death was truly a sacrifice for sin: “For God presented Jesus as the sacrifice for sin. People are made right with God when they believe that Jesus sacrificed his life, shedding his blood. This sacrifice shows that God was being fair when he held back and did not punish those who sinned in times past, for he was looking ahead and including them in what he would do in this present time. God did this to demonstrate his righteousness, for he himself is fair and just, and he makes sinners right in his sight when they believe in Jesus” (ROMANS 3:25–26, 𝗡𝗟𝗧).

The Bible does not instruct Christians to observe Good Friday; neither does it forbid such an observance. The Bible gives us freedom in these matters. ROMANS 14:5 says, “One person considers one day more sacred than another; another considers every day alike. Each of them should be fully convinced in their own mind.” Believers are to remember Christ’s death every time they observe the ordinance of the Lord’s Supper. Jesus’ words at the Last Supper