November 24

Matthew 27:27-31

QUESTIONS

How was Jesus mistreated? How does this relate to how He promised His followers would be treated?

Why do you think God allowed Jesus to be humiliated in such a way before the crucifixion? In His omnipotence, why didn’t He orchestrate the events so that Jesus could make His sacrificial death on our behalf more quickly without enduring the added physical and emotional turmoil?

Romans 6:23 says the wages of sin is death. How did Jesus pay these wages for us? If Jesus had not paid this debt, is this something we could have paid for on our own? Why or why not?

PRAYER

Thank god for the substitution of Jesus on the cross. Thank God that His wrath was satisfied by the sacrifice of Jesus on your behalf. Ask God to give you joy and gratitude each day as you live with your mind set on the cross.