Crucified! For You and For Me!

Jeremiah 23; Jeremiah 24; Jeremiah 25; John 19
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John 19


1 Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged. 2 The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They clothed him in a purple robe 3 and went up to him again and again, saying, "Hail, king of the Jews!" And they struck him in the face.
4 Once more Pilate came out and said to the Jews, "Look, I am bringing him out to you to let you know that I find no basis for a charge against him." 5 When Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, "Here is the man!"
6 As soon as the chief priests and their officials saw him, they shouted, "Crucify! Crucify!"
But Pilate answered, "You take him and crucify him. As for me, I find no basis for a charge against him."
7 The Jews insisted, "We have a law, and according to that law he must die, because he claimed to be the Son of God."
8 When Pilate heard this, he was even more afraid, 9 and he went back inside the palace. "Where do you come from?" he asked Jesus, but Jesus gave him no answer. 10 "Do you refuse to speak to me?" Pilate said. "Don't you realize I have power either to free you or to crucify you?"
11 Jesus answered, "You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above.

Observation

Do we really appreciate what Jesus did for us? I watched a music video last night and it had scenes from “The Passion of The Christ” in it and it was very hard for me to watch. I am going to try to place the link on this page today for you to take a moment and watch the video. Every pain he suffered, everything that he went through, was for you and for me!


Application

He took on the cross the penalty for my sins and the penalty for your sins. And he took the penalty for your neighbor’s sins…only they may not realize it yet and that is why we are commanded to tell them the Good News!


Prayer

Heavenly Father, thank you for taking the punishment for my sins on the cross. Thank you for suffering for me. I don't deserve the abundant life that I now enjoy. I deserve eternal punishment, but you have given me eternal life! Help me to share this Good News with those around me!Amen.



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