April 28- He Died For Us

Judges 8:18-9:21
Luke 23:44-24:12
Psalm 99:1-9
Proverbs 14:9-10

^{Luke 23: 44}It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour, ⁴⁵for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. ⁴⁶Jesus called out with a loud voice, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit." When he had said this, he breathed his last. ⁴⁷The centurion, seeing what had happened, praised God and said, "Surely this was a righteous man."

Jesus was a righteous man. In all that he did and all that he was, Jesus behaved as God would. He loved, he served, he lived a sinless life, he challenged, he administered justice, and he demonstrated the holy lifestyle which God had called him to. Jesus was a man of God. Jesus was the Christ. And for all of this. For all of the love, for all of the compassion, for all of the good things that Jesus was and the things that he did, Jesus was treated as a criminal. He was killed for our sins, murdered for our wickedness. Jesus stands as the example of what we are to be like, and how far from grace we humans can fall. Why did this righteous man have to die? For us. So that we could live free for him. Jesus has called us to trust and obey him. To follow his example. Thank God that Jesus came to die. A righteous man who gave himself for us.