February 9, Reading 3 – Matthew 26:58-75

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SAA Notes

All the gospels witness to this fact – the chief priests could not find any testimony against Jesus to condemn Him. They condemned Him by the words of His own mouth – something highly illegal in Israel. (Confession was inadmissible in a Jewish law-court. A person can lie for any number of reasons or easily be coerced.)

SJA Notes

* Dear God, please show us Your majesty today, that we might know You better.

“Then they spit in his face and struck him. And some slapped him, saying, ‘Prophesy to us, you Christ! Who is it that struck you?'”

The humility of Jesus bears great thought.

Who is this man?

Isaiah speaks of Jesus here in this moment,

“He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth.”

Who is this man, that would stay quiet while other men reveal their hypocrisy and depth of hatred in a miscarriage of justice that will (and did) reverberate through creation itself?

Who is this?

In yesterday’s passage we read of the true power Jesus had at His disposal,

“Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, and he will at once send me more than twelve legions of angels.”

What humility this man who is God, the Creator God, King of Kings, Lord of Lords, Mighty to Save, Majesty and honor are His – What humility He shows!

Oppressed and afflicted, with the Father’s omnipotence at hand to bring to bear – And yet He chooses to walk this narrow road filled with the shadow of death and terrible pain.

For us.

Jesus did it for us.

* Mighty God Above,

Thank You for Jesus, who bore the curse of sin that we deserve, so that we can go free.

It is beyond us to fully understand how He bore it meekly, with all humility, but Lord we would try. Please help us understand and follow obediently.

Hallelujah, what a Saviour!

Amen.

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