He wasn’t seeking salvation, he was seeking situational relief. He didn’t know that Jesus had to die so that we could be saved from our sins.
He didn’t know he was talking to the Son of God. He deserves the wrath that’s about to befall him. One of them turned to Jesus, knowing whom Jesus was said to be and said, “Can’t you get me out of this!?” We call them thieves but in all reality that’s putting it too mildly. They weren’t there because they hurt the feelings of the religious leaders they were there justly. They were criminals who had received their fair trial. In this moment he says in regards to the folks surrounding this situation: “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.”Īs if all of this wasn’t bad enough, there were two fellas who were also being put to death by the Romans that day. In this pain, Jesus, who by all right and authority could have called down the angels of heaven to wipe Rome off the map, He gives us a glimpse of God’s love. Now to be honest I can’t stand splinters, let alone my hands and feet being nailed to a tree.įinally they slid the cross into the hole and as Jesus weight comes down on that nail in his feet, undoubtedly it’s the most pain He’s ever experienced. The soldiers nail his hands and his feet to that cross. Then after all of this, he’s told to carry the cross that would hold him up the hill to his destination. He is given a crown not of gold, but thorns. He has been delivered to authorities only to be falsely accused and put to death. Jesus being perfect in word, thought, and deed, has been betrayed by one of his closest friends.
There is an exchange while Jesus is hanging on the cross that really touches my heart, and I just want to share it with you. It’s probably because I had a chance to put life on pause, slow down long enough to smell the roses, and let the story of the crucifixion and resurrection really speak to me. But we all know 2020 ain’t it! Even with all of the things that are frustrating and different about this Easter, the story of Christ dying on the cross for you and I really impacted me. Usually the grass is growing and the weather is warming.oh and we are playing baseball. One of the criminals who were hanged railed at him, saying, “Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!”īut the other rebuked him, saying, “Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds but this man has done nothing wrong.” And he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.”Īnd he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.”Įaster, in my opinion, is the best time of the year. And the people stood by, watching, but the rulers scoffed at him, saying, “He saved others let him save himself, if he is the Christ of God, his Chosen One!” And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And they cast lots to divide his garments.