SATURDAY October 22, 2022
Who Crucified Jesus?
“Him, being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death; whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it.”
Acts 2:23-24
Who was guilty of the death of Jesus Christ? Jews, Gentiles and Romans killed Him. We cannot just blame the Jews. In fact, if it was not for the Jewish nation, we would have no Gospel. Understand that you and I are just as guilty for Christ’s Crucifixion.
I love Israel. God has placed a love in my heart for the Jewish people. If you ever get the opportunity to witness to a Jewish person, show them Jesus in the Old Testament. Isaiah 53 speaks of Christ’s Crucifixion and the reason for His death: He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed (Isaiah 53:5).
Remember, God approved Jesus Christ through miracles, signs and wonders. Think about this for a moment: If God approved Jesus, so will He approve us. Why? We have placed our faith in His Son for salvation. The Bible reveals to us how we have been accepted:
...having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved (Ephesians 1:5-6).
God’s Beloved Son was crucified so that we can be set apart from this sinful world to enjoy the privilege of being His adopted sons and daughters: “I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty” (2 Corinthians 6:18).
As you consider the crucified Christ, your guilt and the reason for why He died and rose again, will you surrender your life to Him? You have everything to gain. Do not lose your soul because of your attachment to the sinful pleasures of this world.
Jesus did in his sufferings perform what may be forcibly and fitly described as the payment of a ransom, the giving to justice a quid pro quo for what was due on our behalf for our sins.
~C. H. Spurgeon~
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