Grace. . . Even When - Jesus' Death
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· 3 viewsWhat was Jesus' death like? What did he endure before his final breath? What can it teach us about grace?
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We move into our third sermon in this series as we examine the last few hours of Jesus’ life. We are looking at these events from the perspective of the wrong done to Jesus and how grace can be displayed in the midst of those wrongs.
We started off by looking at Judas’ betrayal of Jesus. Betrayal is often times done by those who were closest to us. For Jesus, this was no exception. He was betrayed by one of the men he called to by his disciples. He was betrayed by a friend for 30 pieces of silver. And in that we learn that grace is best displayed when we are willing to forgive the betrayer and when we use that betrayal to draw near to the Lord and share in the sufferings of Jesus.
Last week we looked at the trial of Jesus. It was unjust in many different ways. But Jesus tells us this rather important statement. Truth matters. And in him, truth can be found. In fact, to go through those times when falsehood and lies are swirling, truth is what enables us to handle it. Standing on and resting in the truth is paramount to surviving this world.
Today, we move into Jesus flogging and crucifixion. It was not pretty. In fact, here is what ancient historians said about crucifixion:
Cicero stated that crucifixion was “the cruelest and most terrible punishment.”
Josephus, a Jewish historian, said crucifixion was “the most pitiable of deaths.”
Crucifixion was not just the handing on a cross (or the different methods that people were crucified on. It was a brutal process. In fact, the process was so brutal, many people didn’t even survive to make it to the cross.
The Crucifixion Process
The Crucifixion Process
Then he released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified.
In the Gospels, there is not much on the beating Jesus took before his crucifixion. We know that he was beaten a few different times before hanging on the cross. We know that before he went to Pilate, Jesus was spit on and punched by the chief priests and teachers of the law ().