MY DAILY COVENANT WITH GOD DEVOTIONAL
Devotion for Good Friday April 10, 2020
Topic: At Calvary They Crucified Him
Text: Luke 23:32 – 49
Luke
called the place where Jesus was crucified, Calvary while the other 3 Evangelists
say it is “Place of Skull called Golgotha” in Hebrew (Matthew 27:33; Mark 15:22
& John 19:17).
Calvary
is a hill just outside the city walls of Jerusalem where the Crucifixion of
Jesus Christ took place. Why the choice of Calvary? The Chief Priest and Romans
soldiers choose the place which was conspicuous so as to make mockery of Jesus
but they never knew it was symbolic. See Hebrews 13:11, 12 and compare it with
these passages Ex. 29:14; Lev. 4:11 – 12, 21; 6:30 and Num. 19:3.
He
was crucified there because He was bearing the sins of the world just like the
lamb in the Old Testament bearing sin is burnt outside the camp.
To
show what He came to do at Calvary, the first thing was to plea for forgiveness
of those who crucified Him. With His death He purchase and procured for us forgiveness
of sin. He also pardoned one of the criminals right there at Calvary. This
shows that true repentance is never late. But we should not procrastinate about
it because we may not have the grace this criminal enjoyed.
As
the soldiers taunted Him, He was humble and didn’t retaliate (1 Pet 2:21 – 24).
His death was recorded in v 46 while the reaction of the Centurion to His death
is in v 47.
Having
died for us, we should seek to glorify God with true repentance and conversion;
by a sober, righteous, and godly life; and by employing our talents in the
service of Him who died for us and rose again.
Food for Thought: Christ became accursed for us upon the cross. What have you done
to reciprocate this sacrifice?
Memory verse: Luke 23:33
Prayer:
God may this ultimate sacrifice made for me not be in vain.
