Today’s reading: John 19
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Jesus was flogged, ridiculed, beaten and ultimately crucified. He who was without sin was treated like the worst sinner and died through the most painful punishment that humans ever invented. But what were Jesus’ final words? “It is finished” (verse 30).
The disciples did not understand the meaning of his death. Was death not the ultimate failure? Besides, dying on a wooden cross was considered a curse from God (see Deuteronomy 21:22–23). However, the apostle Paul explains how God took away our sin through Jesus’ sacrifice: “Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:7–8).
In another of his letters, Paul says, “Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us” (Galatians 3:13). Jesus told his disciples, “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends” (John 15:13). This is exactly what he did: he gave his own life, so that we could be saved.
The history of God’s action in our world is marked by many powerful events in which He turned evil into good...
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