#good-friday

S. M. Lockridge (March 7, 1913 – April 4, 2000) was the Pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in San Diego from 1953 to 1993. He was known for his preaching across the United States and around the world. His Easter Meditation—“It’s Friday, but Sunday’s Comin’!”—is part of one of the most powerful sermons I’ve ever heard.

It’s Friday Jesus is praying Peter’s a sleeping Judas is betraying But Sunday’s comin’!

It’s Friday Pilate’s struggling The council is conspiring The crowd is vilifying They don’t even know That Sunday’s comin’!

It’s Friday The disciples are running Like sheep without a shepherd Mary’s crying Peter is denying But they don’t know That Sunday’s a comin’!

It’s Friday The Romans beat my Jesus They robe him in scarlet They crown him with thorns But they don’t know That Sunday’s comin’!

It’s Friday See Jesus walking to Calvary His blood dripping His body stumbling And his spirit’s burdened But you see, it’s only Friday Sunday’s comin’!

It’s Friday The world’s winning People are sinning And evil’s grinning.

It’s Friday The soldiers nail my Savior’s hands To the cross They nail my Savior’s feet To the cross And then they raise him up Next to criminals.

It’s Friday But let me tell you something Sunday’s comin’!

It’s Friday The disciples are questioning What has happened to their King And the Pharisees are celebrating That their scheming Has been achieved But they don’t know It’s only Friday Sunday’s comin’!

It’s Friday He’s hanging on the cross Feeling forsaken by his Father Left alone and dying Can nobody save him? Ooooh It’s Friday But Sunday’s comin’!

It’s Friday The earth trembles The sky grows dark My King yields his spirit.

It’s Friday Hope is lost Death has won Sin has conquered and Satan’s just a laughin’.

It’s Friday Jesus is buried A soldier stands guard And a rock is rolled into place.

But it’s Friday It is only Friday Sunday is a comin’!

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On the night Jesus was betrayed, He and His disciples had gathered in an upper room to celebrate the Jewish Passover, the sacred remembrance of how God delivered His people Israel from death as they sheltered in their homes that were marked by the blood of a sacrificial lamb.