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April 3 - Mark 15 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's shown here. It is Friday, it is Good Friday,
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  it is the 3rd of April, and here we are at the beginning of this
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  Easter weekend, on this most sombre of days when we remember
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  Jesus death, Jesus terrible death on that cross.
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  And as we remember it, we know that he marched there with one
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  thought in his mind, the thought of how much he loved you,
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  friends and me, and what he was willing to do to save us.
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  And so with that said, Holy Spirit, today as we remember
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  this incredible moment in human history, I pray that you hold
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  us, that you draw us through this story, teaching us what it
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  is that you need our hearts to learn today.
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  Well, friends, I'm barely ready, but I think it is time for us to
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  do it. Let's read together this Good
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  Friday reading as recorded in Mark Chapter 15.
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  Very early in the morning, the leading priests, the elders, and
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  the teachers of religious law, the entire high Council, met to
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  discuss their next step. They bound Jesus and led him
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  away and took him to Pilate, the Roman governor.
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  Pilate asked Jesus, Are you the king of the Jews?
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  Jesus replied, You have said it. Then the leading priests kept
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  accusing him of many crimes, and Pilate asked him, Aren't you
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  going to answer them? What about all these charges
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  they are bringing against you? But Jesus said nothing much to
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  Pilot. Surprise.
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  Now it was the governor's custom each year during the Passover
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  celebration to release 1 prisoner, anyone the people
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  requested. One of the prisoners at the time
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  was Barabbas, A revolutionary who had committed murder in an
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  uprising. The crowd went to Pilot and
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  asked him to release a prisoner as usual.
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  Would you like me to release to you this king of the Jews?
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  Pilot asked, for he realised by now that the leading priests had
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  arrested Jesus out of envy. But at this point the leading
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  priests stirred up the crowd to demand the release of Barabbas
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  instead of Jesus. Pilot asked them Then what
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  should I do with this man you call the King of the Jews?
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  They shouted back. Crucify him.
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  Why? Pilot demanded what crimes he
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  committed, but the mob roared even louder.
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  Crucify him. So to pacify the crowd, Pilot
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  released Barabbas to them. He ordered Jesus flogged with a
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  lead tipped whip, then returned him over to the Roman soldiers
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  to be crucified. The soldiers took Jesus into the
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  courtyard of the Governor's headquarters, called the
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  Prayatorium, and called out the entire regiment.
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  They dressed him in a purple robe, and they wove thorn
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  branches into a crown and put it on his head.
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  Then they saluted him and taunted Hail, King of the Jews,
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  and they struck him on the head with the Reed stick, spit on
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  him, and dropped to their knees in mock worship.
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  When they were finally tired of mocking him, they took off their
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  purple robe and put his own clothes on him again.
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  Then they led him away to be crucified.
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  A passerby named Simon, who was from Cyrene, was coming in from
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  the countryside just then, and the soldiers forced him to carry
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  Jesus cross. Simon was the father of
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  Alexander and Rufus, and they brought Jesus to a place called
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  Golgotha, which means place of the skull.
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  They offered him wine drugged with myrrh, but he refused it.
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  Then the soldiers nailed him to the cross.
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  They divided his clothes and threw dice to decide who would
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  get each piece. He was 9:00 in the morning when
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  they crucified him. A sign announced the charge
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  against him. It read The King of the Jews. 2
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  revolutionaries were crucified with him, one on his right and
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  one on his left. The people passing by shouted
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  abuse, shaking their heads in mockery.
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  Ha, look at you now, they yelled at him.
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  You said you were going to destroy the temple and rebuild
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  it in three days. Well then save yourself and come
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  down from the cross. The leading priests and teachers
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  of religious law also mocked Jesus.
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  He saved others, they scoffed. But he can't save himself.
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  Let this Messiah, this king of Israel, come down from the cross
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  so we can see it and believe him.
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  Even the men who were crucified with Jesus ridiculed him.
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  At noon, darkness fell across the whole land until 3:00.
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  Then at 3:00, Jesus called out with a loud voice.
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  Eli Eloy le ma sabakhtani, which means my God, my God, why have
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  you abandoned me? Some of the bystanders
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  misunderstood and thought he was calling for the prophet Elijah.
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  One of them ran and filled the sponge with sour wine, holding
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  it up to him on a Reed stick so he could drink.
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  Wait, he said, let's see whether Elijah comes to take him down.
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  Then Jesus uttered another loud cry and breathed his last, and
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  the curtain in the sanctuary of the temple was torn in two from
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  top to bottom. When the Roman officer stood
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  facing him, saw how he had died, he exclaimed.
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  This man truly was the Son of God.
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  Some women were there watching from a distance, including Mary
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  Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the Younger and of Joseph
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  and Salome. They had been followers of Jesus
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  and had cared for him while he was in Galilee.
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  Many other women who had come with him to Jerusalem were also
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  there. This all happened on Friday, the
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  day of preparation, the day before the Sabbath.
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  As evening approached, Joseph of Arimathea took a risk and went
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  to Pilate and asked for Jesus body.
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  Joseph was an honoured member of the High Council and he was
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  waiting for the Kingdom of God to come.
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  Pilate couldn't believe that Jesus was already dead, so he
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  called for the Roman officer and asked if he had died yet.
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  The officer confirmed that Jesus was dead, so Pilate told Joseph
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  he could have the body. Joseph bought a long sheet of
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  linen cloth. Then he took Jesus body down
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  from the cross, wrapped it in the cloth and laid it in a tomb
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  that had been carved out of the rock.
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  Then he rolled a stone in front of the entrance.
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  Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph saw where Jesus
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  body was laid. Father, that you would love us
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  so much that you would send up your most beloved only son, and
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  that he would live his life every day leading toward this
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  point in time, this crucial pivot in history of humanity and
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  the universe. When you humble yourself to
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  death, but in doing so, you open the door to life for us, We are
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  humbled by your love for us, flabbergasted at your commitment
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  to us and your willingness to go to this length to save us lowly
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  ants crawling around the surface of this little planet.
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  And as much as we don't understand it, our Lord Jesus,
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  thank you. Thank you for what you have done
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  for us. Thank you for putting yourself
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  through this terrible ordeal. And why?
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  Because you love us. Because the greatest desire of
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  your heart is to be in communion with us.
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  We are so grateful. So with very grateful hearts
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  overflowing with love and gratitude, we pray this and all
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  these things in your name, Jesus, Amen.