THEY ABANDONED HIM AND FLED
Tuesday July 28, 2015
Text: Matthew 26:55 – 56 Memory verse: v
56
Everything
about Christ was prophesied before His birth especially those things that
concerned His birth, death and resurrection. When each time comes, He doesn’t
object to it. Here we have the arrest of Jesus as if He was a criminal. This is
the manner to arrest a criminal. of desperate character and armed to defend his
life. This shows the depth of His humiliation. He consented to be hunted down
thus by wicked men, and to be treated as if he had been the worst of criminal
ever. All these were to fulfill the scriptures (v 56). Unfortunately, the
disciples fled when He was arrested (v 31, 35).
Overcome
with fear, when they saw their Master actually taken; alarmed with the terrific
appearance of armed men, and torches in a dark night; and forgetting their
promises not to forsake Him, they all left their Saviour to go alone. They
abandoned Him! Are there not found among His disciples still, persons who
betray Him and His cause? Persons who deny Him and His people? Persons who abandon Him, His people, His
cause, and His truth? Beloved, do you
belong to any of these groups?
Food for Thought: Are there ways you abandon Jesus?
Prayer: God, may I not abandon you in face of challenges of
life.
