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'This man truly was the Son of God!' Mark 15:39
I'll never forget that day. I much prefer to remember the week before, when Jesus came to my town. Everyone was talking about Him. He was saying things that really challenged people's thinking and performing miracles.
As He came through our city gates, everyone cheered, 'Hail Jesus, King of the Jews!' But days later, He'd been arrested. I couldn't find out why, but they were going to let us choose between bad man Barabbas and Jesus.
You'd think everyone would shout to release Jesus, right? But one person shouted 'Barabbas!' and then another, and then everyone. Even I was shouting, 'Barabbas Barabbas, free Barabbas!' I don't know why I did it, but you know what it's like when you just go along with the crowd - you do what everyone else is doing and don't stop and think for yourself! Why didn't I stop and think for myself?
The next time I saw Jesus, I hardly recognised Him. His whole face was swollen and bruised - they'd beaten Him up real bad. He had blood running down His head from where they'd stuck a crown of thorns. They said it was a joke, but it didn't look funny to me. People were laughing and cussing Him.
A soldier asked some guy to help carry Jesus' cross - I suppose that's one good thing that happened that day, but perhaps not the only good thing. Because when they were nailing Jesus to a cross He said, 'Father, forgive them for they don't know what they're doing.' While He was there, dying, He was thinking of us, asking God to forgive us ... to forgive me.
written by Bob Gass
'This man truly was the Son of God!' Mark 15:39
I'll never forget that day. I much prefer to remember the week before, when Jesus came to my town. Everyone was talking about Him. He was saying things that really challenged people's thinking and performing miracles.
As He came through our city gates, everyone cheered, 'Hail Jesus, King of the Jews!' But days later, He'd been arrested. I couldn't find out why, but they were going to let us choose between bad man Barabbas and Jesus.
You'd think everyone would shout to release Jesus, right? But one person shouted 'Barabbas!' and then another, and then everyone. Even I was shouting, 'Barabbas Barabbas, free Barabbas!' I don't know why I did it, but you know what it's like when you just go along with the crowd - you do what everyone else is doing and don't stop and think for yourself! Why didn't I stop and think for myself?
The next time I saw Jesus, I hardly recognised Him. His whole face was swollen and bruised - they'd beaten Him up real bad. He had blood running down His head from where they'd stuck a crown of thorns. They said it was a joke, but it didn't look funny to me. People were laughing and cussing Him.
A soldier asked some guy to help carry Jesus' cross - I suppose that's one good thing that happened that day, but perhaps not the only good thing. Because when they were nailing Jesus to a cross He said, 'Father, forgive them for they don't know what they're doing.' While He was there, dying, He was thinking of us, asking God to forgive us ... to forgive me.
written by Bob Gass
