Tag: Devotional Thoughts
-
The Sixth Word: Victory
This post is part of The Seven Words of Jesus series. “It is finished!” (John 19:30). This, the culmination of the ages. This, the fulfillment of the first gospel promise heard by Adam and Eve in a once-perfect garden. This, the completion of our Savior’s 33 years of living perfectly in our place and dying…
-
The Fifth Word: Suffering
This post is part of The Seven Words of Jesus series. “I thirst” (John 19:28). The One who promised springs of living water to those who would drink from him and never thirst again was now parched. But thirst wasn’t why Jesus spoke. He wasn’t complaining about his physical discomfort or unimaginable pain from his…
-
The Fourth Word: Anguish
This post is part of The Seven Words of Jesus series. “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (Matthew 27:46). The psalms were our Savior’s prayer book and hymnal. He sang and prayed through them his whole life. He knew that everything in them testified about him and what he came to do.…
-
The Third Word: Compassion
This post is part of The Seven Words of Jesus series. “Woman, here is your son!” Then he said to the disciple, “Here is your mother!” (John 19:26-27). Behold a dying man, hanging on a tree, bearing the full brunt of God’s wrath against sin. This man looks down at a sea full of faces…
-
The Second Word: Salvation
This post is part of The Seven Words of Jesus series. “Amen I tell you: Today you will be with me in paradise” (Luke 23:43). Words of an unbreakable promise—a promise of salvation spoken to a dying man who knew he deserved nothing but the horrible punishment he was currently facing as a criminal and…
-
The First Word: Forgiveness
This post is part of The Seven Words of Jesus series. “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing” (Luke 23:34). Crucifixion was one of the most inhumane, torturous, and agonizing ways to die. It wasn’t a quick death by any means. The Roman government reserved it for the worst of…
-
No Condemnation
“There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death” (Romans 8:1-2). Not a day goes by that I am not made painfully aware of my sinfulness. It might be…
-
Lessons of the Fig Tree
“A man had a fig tree growing in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it but did not find any. So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, ‘For three years now I’ve been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any.…