Wednesday April 16th, 2025
Meditate on John 1:29NKJV
« The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! »
1So then Pilate took Jesus and scourged Him.
2 And the soldiers twisted a crown of thorns and put it on His head, and they put on Him a purple robe.
3 Then they said, “Hail, King of the Jews!” And they struck Him with their hands.
4 Pilate then went out again, and said to them, “Behold, I am bringing Him out to you, that you may know that I find no fault in Him.”
5 Then Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said to them, “Behold the Man!”
6 Therefore, when the chief priests and officers saw Him, they cried out, saying, “Crucify Him, crucify Him!” Pilate said to them, “You take Him and crucify Him, for I find no fault in Him.”
7 The Jews answered him, “We have a law, and according to our law He ought to die, because He made Himself the Son of God.”
8 Therefore, when Pilate heard that saying, he was the more afraid,
9 and went again into the Praetorium, and said to Jesus, “Where are You from?” But Jesus gave him no answer.
10 Then Pilate said to Him, “Are You not speaking to me? Do You not know that I have power to crucify You, and power to release You?”
11 Jesus answered, “You could have no power at all against Me unless it had been given you from above. Therefore the one who delivered Me to you has the greater sin.”
12 From then on Pilate sought to release Him, but the Jews cried out, saying, “If you let this Man go, you are not Caesar’s friend. Whoever makes himself a king speaks against Caesar.”
13 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus out and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called The Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha.
14 Now it was the Preparation Day of the Passover, and about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews, “Behold your King!”
15 But they cried out, “Away with Him, away with Him! Crucify Him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar!”
16 Then he delivered Him to them to be crucified. Then they took Jesus and led Him away.
17 And He, bearing His cross, went out to a place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha,
18 where they crucified Him, and two others with Him, one on either side, and Jesus in the center.
Imagine that you are right at the scene of Jesus’ crucifixion and you are looking at Him on the cross.
What do you see ?
You will be right if you say,
“I see a man in pain”.
He had been beaten and a crown of thorns had been placed on His head before His crucifixion John 19:1-18.
Someone else may say,
“I see a man who is naked”,
because according to Matthew 27:35, they even took His garment away from Him.
That is the highest level of shame that a man can experience, to be naked in front of multitudes.
Another person could also say,
“I see a man being ridiculed”.
Matthew 27:39-44 says people that were passing by were saying,
” He saved others; himself he cannot save”.
Though he had the power to call for angels to rescue Him, He chose to endure the ridicule so that you and I can have a chance of spending eternity in Heaven.
I want you to imagine the president of the most powerful country in the world holding a device in his hand with which he can call on his army anytime, yet he subjected himself to some terrorists who were about to kill him and were mocking him, “You call yourself the President of a nation with weapons of mass destruction, look at you now, you cannot save yourself”.
That is similar to what Jesus did just so that you and I will not perish in hell.
Without any doubt, when you look at Jesus on the cross, you will see a man in sorrow.
You cannot be in pain, naked, in shame, ridiculed, and be joyous.
Isaiah saw the scene of Jesus’ death many years before and he called Him a man of sorrow Isaiah 53:3-5.
If you however take a closer look at Jesus as He hung on the cross, you will see a man in love.
A man so much in love with you and I that He went through the highest level of physical and emotional pain to save our soul.
Thank God He resurrected on the third day and has made eternal life available to all those who surrender their lives to Him.
Beloved, don’t let that sacrifice go to waste.
- Don’t live your life for the devil, live your life for the One who loves you so much that He gave His life for you.
Application – Reflect on the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross for you and determine never to offend Him again.
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
Posted by Naomie Joseph
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