God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. This is real love – not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins. [1 John 4:9-10 (NLT)]

Good Friday: a day of agony and anguish, torture and degradation, betrayal and abandonment, sorrow and sacrifice. But the overwhelming message of this horrible day is one of love!

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. [John 3:16 (NLT)]