June 9, 2021
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Reading along with us in John? Here’s today’s reading:
John 19 (NIV)
Jesus Sentenced to Be Crucified
1Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged. 2The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They clothed him in a purple robe 3and went up to him again and again, saying, “Hail, king of the Jews!” And they slapped him in the face........Continue Reading
Each time I read the account of the crucifixion it breaks my heart all over again. Reading of the torment, abuse, and ultimate death of Jesus is reading the account of my own Father and friend enduring that pain for me. I am convicted each time I read it because I know I don’t live the life I always should and I put too many things before God on a daily basis. The reality of what He has done for me and what He endured on my behalf is just overwhelming!
John 19 😢
John 19
John 19
I agree with you Kelly. Hard to read how our Lord was treated and crucified. The lowest of humiliation deaths held for the lowest of criminals. Love the answer given to pilate. You have no power over me unless it was given to you from above. I would have let him go after hearing those words! Chief priests.!! We have no king but ceaser. Shows their spineless hate filled character. They hated the Roman oppression. How much more they hated our Lord. At least Joseph of arimathea and nicodemus had some brains and some spine. Three most awesome words in scripture. “It is finished”. Often wondered why Jesus this time took a drink. Liked to think so he could loudly say. “It is finished” The greatest masterpiece of all time. In all of history. The miracles of miracles. Our sins were dead with Jesus!! Hallelujah!!!!
John 19 I always hate reading about the suffering Jesus went through for us, he took on so much pain and darkness upon himself, Pilate even gave the Jews another chance to let Jesus go but their hearts were filled with hate, they wanted him crucified. Jesus paid in full for our sins.
How great the suffering was that Jesus endured for us. They thought so little of Jesus to do these things, and yet the reality is that He is the King of kings and the Lord of lords. I couldn’t help but think of the day when the Romans and Jews responsible for Jesus’ death would stand before Him in His glory. Imagine the conviction that would come over them that the one they treated as nothing was the Supreme being of the universe. But then to see that He allowed them to treat Him in that way to show the depth of love that He had to suffer so much so as to save them from their sin. It was all necessary in God’s economy to deal with the sin of man, for the righteous to die for the unrighteous, that He who knew no sin would die so that we might have the righteousness of God. And at that point they would do what all of us will do……fall to our knees and confess that He is Lord!
Christ completes the work the Father gave Him to do. He endures the cross and dies for our sins.
It is interesting in the middle of John’s account, he “breaks the fourth wall” so to speak and testifies not with just an objective account, but specifically says, “I saw it.”
“And he who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you may believe.”
41At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid. 42Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.