Jesus is Crucified

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Jesus is Crucified

Date: Jul. 9, 2022

Passage

Mark 15:16-32 (ESV)

16 And the soldiers led him away inside the palace (that is, the governor’s headquarters), and they called together the whole battalion. 17 And they clothed him in a purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him. 18 And they began to salute him, “Hail, King of the Jews!” 19 And they were striking his head with a reed and spitting on him and kneeling down in homage to him. 20 And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. And they led him out to crucify him.

21 And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross. 22 And they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull). 23 And they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it. 24 And they crucified him and divided his garments among them, casting lots for them, to decide what each should take. 25 And it was the third hour when they crucified him. 26 And the inscription of the charge against him read, “The King of the Jews.” 27 And with him they crucified two robbers, one on his right and one on his left. 29 And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads and saying, “Aha! You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, 30 save yourself, and come down from the cross!” 31 So also the chief priests with the scribes mocked him to one another, saying, “He saved others; he cannot save himself. 32 Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may see and believe.” Those who were crucified with him also reviled him.

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Daily Bread

Key Verse: 15:20

And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. And they led him out to crucify him.

After Jesus was condemned to death, he was led into the palace, where the whole company of soldiers brutally tortured him. They mocked him by saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” To the eyes of this world the kingship of Jesus is a mockery. But this is how his kingship over us is established. Jesus bore all this punishment, but by his wounds we have been healed (Isa 53:4-5)

Simon of Cyrene was forced to carry the heavy cross of Jesus. Jesus refused to take any pain-relieving drug. He bore all the pain on himself. The soldiers, who were assigned to the execution detail, were hardened men, unmoved by human suffering. They were only interested in what they could get. But Jesus died for them, too. The charge written above him was ironically true--"The King of the Jews." He is indeed the eternal King. Jesus was crucified like the two rebels next to him. But he was different. The passersby and even the chief priests taunted him. They tempted him to save himself. Jesus is our king because instead of saving himself, he offered himself and was crucified for our sins.

Prayer: Prayer: Lord, thank you sending your Son as the king who saves me.

One Word: One Word: Jesus, the king who was crucified

Pride and Foolishness Are Cousins

1 Chronicles 19:1-19

Key Verse: 19:2

And David said, “I will deal kindly with Hanun the son of Nahash, for his father dealt kindly with me.” So David sent messengers to console him concerning his father. And David’s servants came to the land of the Ammonites to Hanun to console him.

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What are the sacraments of the New Testament?

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