Holy Thursday. This is the night Jesus said the words, Not my will Father, but yours be done. He is our example. Holy Thursday runs straight into Good Friday because it was on this night He was unjustly tried and unjustly sentenced to death. And as the sentence comes down, and we hear those terrible heart wrenching words, CRUCIFY HIM, I want to invite you to remember that Jesus did this for you. He did it for me. If we were the only ones, He still would’ve gone to the cross. Contemplate that today.
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Today we remember Holy Thursday on the Bible for Busy People. I’m Erica, your host, and today is indeed holy. You know the word “holy” means set apart, different, and this day, like tomorrow, Good Friday is a day like no other. On this day, we remember the last supper, the last Passover Jesus would celebrate with his closest friends, this side of heaven. The last time he would sip the fruit of the vine with his dear brothers. This is the night he went to the Garden of Gethsemane and prayed to the Father and asked if the cup of suffering could pass by him. This is the night Jesus said the words, not my will Father, but yours be done. He is our example. This is the night Jesus was arrested. Holy Thursday runs straight into Good Friday because it was on this night He was unjustly tried and unjustly sentenced to death. And as the sentence comes down, and we hear those terrible heart wrenching words, crucify him, I want to invite you to remember that Jesus did this for you. He did it for me. If we were the only ones, he still would’ve gone to the cross. Contemplate that today.
I encourage you, as we’ve been doing this week to open a Bible, if you have a few moments. And you may be listening to this while you’re in the car or while you’re doing other things, that’s fine, no guilt. But if you can, open a Bible, rustle the pages. There’s a little piece that comes in I believe when we do that, when we look at God’s Word as well as listen. We turn now to John’s gospel chapter 19, beginning in verse one.
Then Pilate had Jesus flogged with a lead-tipped whip. 2 The soldiers wove a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they put a purple robe on him. 3 “Hail! King of the Jews!” they mocked, as they slapped him across the face. 4 Pilate went outside again and said to the people, “I am going to bring him out to you now, but understand clearly that I find him not guilty.” 5 Then Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said, “Look, here is the man!” 6 When they saw him, the leading priests and Temple guards began shouting, “Crucify him! Crucify him!” “Take him yourselves and crucify him,” Pilate said. “I find him not guilty.” 7 The Jewish leaders replied, “By our law he ought to die because he called himself the Son of God.” 8 When Pilate heard this, he was more frightened than ever. 9 He took Jesus back into the headquarters again and asked him, “Where are you from?” But Jesus gave no answer. 10 “Why don’t you talk to me?” Pilate demanded. “Don’t you realize that I have the power to release you or crucify you?” 11 Then Jesus said, “You would have no power over me at all unless it were given to you from above. So the one who handed me over to you has the greater sin.” 12 Then Pilate tried to release him, but the Jewish leaders shouted, “If you release this man, you are no ‘friend of Caesar.’ Anyone who declares himself a king is a rebel against Caesar.” 13 When they said this, Pilate brought Jesus out to them again. Then Pilate sat down on the judgment seat on the platform that is called the Stone Pavement (in Hebrew, Gabbatha). 14 It was now about noon on the day of preparation for the Passover. And Pilate said to the people, “Look, here is your king!” 15 “Away with him,” they yelled. “Away with him! Crucify him!” “What? Crucify your king?” Pilate asked. “We have no king but Caesar,” the leading priests shouted back. 16 Then Pilate turned Jesus over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus away. 17 Carrying the cross by himself, he went to the place called Place of the Skull (in Hebrew, Golgotha). 18 There they nailed him to the cross. Two others were crucified with him, one on either side, with Jesus between them. 19 And Pilate posted a sign on the cross that read, “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.” 20 The place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the sign was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek, so that many people could read it. 21 Then the leading priests objected and said to Pilate, “Change it from ‘The King of the Jews’ to ‘He said, I am King of the Jews.’” 22 Pilate replied, “No, what I have written, I have written.” 23 When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they divided his clothes among the four of them. They also took his robe, but it was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom. 24 So they said, “Rather than tearing it apart, let’s throw dice for it.” This fulfilled the Scripture that says, “They divided my garments among themselves and threw dice for my clothing.” So that is what they did. 25 Standing near the cross were Jesus’ mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary (the wife of Clopas), and Mary Magdalene. 26 When Jesus saw his mother standing there beside the disciple he loved, he said to her, “Dear woman, here is your son.” 27 And he said to this disciple, “Here is your mother.” And from then on this disciple took her into his home.
Lord, we take a moment on this Holy Thursday to reflect on what you did for us. Lord Jesus, even in your final moments on this earth, you were thinking of others. You thought of your mother. You placed her in John’s care. We are reminded that your Word tells us to cast our cares upon you, for you care for us. Lord, you demonstrated what love looks like, even as you suffered on the cross for our sins. Lord, we remember you on this day. Lord, I love you. I know my friend who’s listening feels the same way right now, Lord. We just take this moment to soak up the immeasurable love you poured out for us on the cross, in Jesus’ name, amen.
Until next time when we remember Good Friday together, you are loved.
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