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April 7 - Luke 23 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hi friends. It is Good Friday.
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  I'm Sean and well, I'm not so delighted today.
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  I am grateful that you join me because this is the hardest
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  reading for me to do reading the good fighter story.
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  This is grueling, this is cruel. This is what Jesus does for us,
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  because he loves us and there's our hearts sink and our head
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  shake. And a shoulders slump.
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  Hearing the terrible story. We will just hear of this
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  incredible love. That the son of the god of the
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  universe has for you, and for me and lives it out today.
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  So we prepare our hearts holy spirit that you would transform
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  us as we hear Luke's words, we hear the story of Jesus
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  sacrifice for us. Friends.
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  There's nothing left to do, but to read this together, Luke
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  chapter 23 Then the entire Council took
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  Jesus to pilate the Roman Governor.
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  They began to State their case. This man has been leading our
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  people astray by telling them, not to pay their taxes, to the
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  Roman government. And by claiming he is the
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  Messiah, a king. So pilate asked him.
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  Are you the king of the Jews? Jesus replied.
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  You have said it pilot turn to the leading priests and to the
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  crowd and said, I find nothing wrong with this, man.
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  Then they became insistent, but he is causing riots by teaching
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  wherever he goes, all over Judea From Galilee to Jerusalem.
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  Oh, he is a Galilean pilate asked when they said that he was
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  pilot sent him to Herod Antipas because Galilee was under
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  herod's jurisdiction. And Herod happened to be in
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  Jerusalem at the time. Herod was delighted at the
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  opportunity to see Jesus because he had heard about him and had
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  been hoping for a long time to see him perform a miracle.
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  He asked Jesus question after question, but Jesus refused to
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  answer. Meanwhile, the leading priests
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  and teachers of religious law stood there, shouting their
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  accusations then Herod and his soldiers began mocking and
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  ridiculing, Jesus. Finally, they put a royal robe
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  on him and sent him back to pilate Herod and pilate had been
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  enemies before became friends that day.
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  Then pilate called together, the leading priests and other
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  religious leaders along with the people.
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  And he announced his verdict. You brought this man to me the
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  cused him of leading a Revolt. I have examined him thoroughly
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  on this point, in your presence and find him.
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  Innocent Herod came to the same conclusion and sent him back to
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  us. Nothing this man has done one
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  calls for the death penalty. So I will have him flogged and
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  then I will release him in a mighty Roar Rose from the crowd
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  with one voice. They shouted, kill him and
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  release Barabbas to us. Barabbas was in prison for
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  taking part in an Insurrection in Jerusalem against the
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  government and for murder pilot argued with them because he
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  wanted to release Jesus. But they kept shouting crucify
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  him crucify him For the third time.
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  He demanded. Why?
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  What crime has he committed? I have found.
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  No reason to sentence him to death.
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  So I will have him flogged and then I will release him.
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  But the mob shouted, louder, and louder demanding, that Jesus be
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  crucified and their voices prevailed.
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  So, pilate sentenced Jesus to die as they demanded.
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  As they had requested, he released Barabbas the man in
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  prison for Insurrection and murder.
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  But he turned Jesus over to them to do as they wished.
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  As they LED Jesus away, a man named Simon who was from Cyrene
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  happened to be coming in from the countryside, the soldiers
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  seized him and put the cross on him and made him carry it behind
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  Jesus. A large crowd trail behind
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  including many grief-stricken women.
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  But Jesus turned and said to them.
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  Daughters of Jerusalem, don't weep for me, but weep for
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  yourselves and for your children, for the days are
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  coming, when they will say fortunate, indeed other women
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  who are childless the wombs that have not borne a child and the
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  breasts that have never nursed, People will beg the mountains
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  fall on us and plead with the hills bury us.
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  For if these things are done, when the tree is green, what
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  will happen when it is dry? Two others.
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  Both criminals were LED out to be executed with him when they
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  came to a place called the skull and nailed him to the cross.
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  And the criminals were also crucified one on his right and
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  one on his left. Jesus said father forgive them
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  for they don't know what they are doing and the soldiers
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  gambled for his clothes by throwing dice.
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  The crowd watched in the latest scoffed, he saved others.
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  They said let him save himself if he is really God's Messiah.
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  The chosen one. The soldiers mocked him to pay
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  offering him. A drink of sour wine, they
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  called out to him. If you are the king of the Jews,
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  save yourself. A sign was fast and above him
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  with these words. This is the king of the Jews.
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  One of the criminals hanging beside him scoffed, so you're
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  the Messiah. Are you proved by Saving
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  yourself on us too while you're at it?
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  But the other criminal protested, don't you fear God
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  even when you have been sentenced to die, we deserve to
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  die for our crimes but this man hasn't done anything wrong.
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  Then he said, Jesus Remember me when you come into your kingdom.
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  And Jesus replied, I assure you today, you will be with me in
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  Paradise. By this time it was about noon
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  and a Darkness fell across the whole land.
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  Until three o'clock the light from the sun was gone and
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  suddenly the curtain in the sanctuary of the temple was torn
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  down the middle. Then Jesus shouted, father.
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  I entrust my spirit into your hands. and with those words, he
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  breathed his last when the Roman officer overseeing the execution
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  saw what had happened, he worshipped God and said, surely
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  this man was innocent And when all the crowd that came to see
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  the crucifixion saw what had happened?
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  They went home and deep sorrow. But Jesus friends, including the
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  women who had followed him From Galilee stood at a distance
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  watching. Now, there was a good and
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  righteous man named Joseph. He was a member of the Jewish
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  High Council, that he had not agreed with the decision and
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  actions of the other religious leaders.
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  He was from the town of Arimathea in Judea and he was
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  waiting for the kingdom of God to come.
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  He went to pilate and asked for Jesus body.
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  Then he took the body down from the cross and wrapped it in a
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  long sheet of linen cloth, and laid it in a new Tomb that had
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  been carved out of Rock. This was done late on Friday
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  afternoon, the day of preparation as Sabbath was about
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  to begin. As his body was taken away for
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  women From Galilee, followed and saw the tumor.
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  His body was placed. Then they went home and prepared
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  spices and ointments to anoint his body.
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  But by the time they were finished, the Sabbath had begun.
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  So they rested as required by the law.
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  Jesus. We have no words.
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  All we have is Hearts filled with sorrow. and with deep
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  gratitude, And with love. Thank you for everything you do
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  for us. And for loving us so much more
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  than our minds can possibly fathom.
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  You are good. And we just love you and are so
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  thankful for you. And today, our prayer continues
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  in your presence as we reflect on what you have done for us.
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  So, we sit here and now in your presence and we adore you.
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  Jesus.