{"id":15148,"date":"2021-04-07T22:00:01","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T05:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/john_19_1-16-copy\/"},"modified":"2021-04-04T15:37:17","modified_gmt":"2021-04-04T22:37:17","slug":"john_19_17-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/john_19_17-27\/","title":{"rendered":"The Greatest Hero Who Ever Lived"},"content":{"rendered":"

John 19:17-27 Click here for Bible Verses<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is John 19:17-27.\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

John 19:17-18 (NIV)\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>
\n17\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha).
\n18\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Here they crucified him, and with him two others–one on each side and Jesus in the middle.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 17-18:\u00a0\u00a0The pain, suffering and humiliation of Jesus is taken to a climactic level as Jesus, carrying his own cross, to taken to the place of the Skull and crucified.\u00a0\u00a0That Jesus carried his own cross and was crucified in between two criminals shows that Jesus identified in every way with sinners like us.\u00a0\u00a0Jesus stood right in the middle of us all and received the punishment we deserved for our sin.<\/p>\n

John 19:19-22 (NIV)\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>
\n19\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross. It read: JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.<\/em>
\n20\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Many of the Jews read this sign, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the sign was written in Aramaic, Latin and Greek.
\n21\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0The chief priests of the Jews protested to Pilate, “Do not write ‘The King of the Jews,’ but that this man claimed to be king of the Jews.”
\n22\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.”<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 19-22:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0At the same time that Jesus was dying on the cross like a criminal for our sins, Jesus was also, ironically and to the dismay of the Jewish chief priests, affirmed as \u201cThe King of the Jews\u201d, which he truly was.<\/p>\n

John 19:23-24 (NIV)\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>
\n23\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes, dividing them into four shares, one for each of them, with the undergarment remaining. This garment was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.
\n24\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0“Let’s not tear it,” they said to one another. “Let’s decide by lot who will get it.” This happened that the scripture might be fulfilled which said, “They divided my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.” So this is what the soldiers did.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 23-24:\u00a0\u00a0Here we read of even more pain and humiliation that Jesus endured on our behalf. Jesus was stripped of his clothes and nailed to a Roman cross. Soldiers even played games to see who would get his final undergarment, and in so doing unknowingly fulfilled the prophecy about the Messiah contained in Psalm 22:18.\u00a0\u00a0To think that Jesus was stripped so that we could be clothed with His righteousness. He was shamed before men so that we could be honoured before God. If Jesus endured such shame and humiliation for us, how can we not be willing to endure shame and humiliation for Him? My prayer for you and me today is that we wouldn’t be so concerned about protecting our own image, but that we’d be willing to be fools for Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n

John 19:25-27 (NIV)\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>
\n25\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.
\n26\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, “Dear woman, here is your son,”
\n27\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 25-27:\u00a0\u00a0It amazes me that even as Jesus is in excruciating pain that would result in his death, Jesus still thinks about his mother and how as the oldest son it was his responsibility to take care of her.\u00a0\u00a0He places his mother in the care of John, \u201cthe disciple whom he loved\u201d (v26).\u00a0\u00a0Jesus faithfully fulfilled every responsibility he was given and was full of selfless love even till the end.<\/p>\n

Jesus, as great as the pain, suffering and humiliation You went through, far greater is the courage, selflessness and love that You have in Your heart.\u00a0\u00a0Thank You for being my hero, my saviour, my example, my friend and my king.\u00a0\u00a0You are the greatest hero who ever lived.\u00a0\u00a0In Jesus\u2019 name, AMEN!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is John 19:17-27.\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

John 19:17-18 (NIV)\u00a0
\n17\u00a0\u00a0Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha).\u00a0
\n18\u00a0\u00a0Here they crucified him, and with him two others–one on each side and Jesus in the middle.<\/p>\n

On verses 17-18:\u00a0\u00a0The pain, suffering and humiliation of Jesus is taken to a climactic level as Jesus, carrying his own cross, to taken to the place of the Skull and crucified.\u00a0\u00a0That Jesus carried his own cross and was crucified in between two criminals shows that Jesus identified in every way with sinners like us.\u00a0\u00a0Jesus stood right in the middle of us all and received the punishment we deserved for our sin.<\/p>\n

John 19:19-22 (NIV)\u00a0
\n19\u00a0\u00a0Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross. It read: JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
\n20\u00a0\u00a0Many of the Jews read this sign, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the sign was written in Aramaic, Latin and Greek.\u00a0
\n21\u00a0\u00a0The chief priests of the Jews protested to Pilate, “Do not write ‘The King of the Jews,’ but that this man claimed to be king of the Jews.”\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15150,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gametime-sharing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15148"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15149,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15148\/revisions\/15149"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}