"They will mock him and spit on him, and flog him and kill him," Mark 10:34.
These are, Jesus said, the elements of his sacrifice. Obedient to God, he yielded divine prerogatives and gave himself over to depraved humanity. He listed out what humans do to each other. Ridicule. Despise. Bully. Kill. That's what we do when we've lost our way. (We're still lost.) Priests and scribes condemned him. Gentiles abused and killed him. The price he paid for our redemption.
As we approach Easter we meet with a brother or sister and remember the cost to Jesus. And together we give humbled thanksgivings for mercy freely given to us, abusers of God.
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