Good Friday gives us the opportunity to solemnly reflect on the sacrifice of Christ on the cross. We can become numb to our participation in the death of the cross. It wasn’t ultimately the Pharisees or Romans soldiers that killed Christ, it was us. Our sin, hammer blow by hammer blow, was the reason for His death. Our willful defiance of the God of the cosmos is the greatest offense in human history. This law-breaking could only be paid by a priceless payment. Jesus fulfills both the wrath of God against sin (bearing/borne) and removes from us all of our sin, guilt, and shame (bled).