God’s love, which is stronger than death, is causing me to continue walking the path of the mission the Lord has given me (John 6:1–15). “At that very time some Pharisees came and said to Him, ‘Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill You.’ He replied, ‘Go tell that fox, “I will keep driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach My goal.” In any case, I must press on today and tomorrow and the next day—for surely no prophet can die outside Jerusalem! Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing. Look, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see Me again until you say, “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord” (Luke 13:31–35). ...
Day 13: Luke 23, Romans 6:23
He ought
not to live any longer
The Apostle
Paul was an upright and blameless man. However,
he was marked as a man who out not to live any longer by all the Jewish crowds.
Governor Festus could not find any
punishable offense in him, but the Jewish people branded him as someone not to
be spared, treating him as if he were a condemned criminal. When we look at him, we think of Jesus. When accused, Pilate, even though he found no
crime worthy of death in Jesus, allowed the Jewish crowd to crucify Him on the
cross (Lk. 23). How unjust a death was
this? Why did Jesus have to be put to
death on the accursed tree of the cross? The reason is to grant eternal life to you and
me (Rom. 6:23). Do you not desire to
receive this gift of eternal life? To
receive it, you must believe in Jesus. May
God grant you the faith that leads to salvation.
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