Daily Wisdom

Ridiculed by Everyone! – Mark 15:32

Key Passage

[The religious leaders said:] "If he is really the Christ, the king of Israel (the Jews), then he should save himself by coming down from the cross now. We will see this, and then we will believe in him." The robbers that were being killed on the crosses beside Jesus also said bad things to him.

— Mark 15:32 ERV (Read Full Text)

Key Thought

Jesus is ridiculed by everyone present during his Passion—the crowds cried "Crucify him!" before Pilate, the soldiers beat and mocked him, people who passed by hurled their insults at him, the religious leaders mocked him, and even the criminals who were dying beside him threw in their own ridicule of him. Jesus faced the cruelty and the humiliation of the cross alone. His own closest followers had betrayed, denied, and abandoned him. He does it, so you and I can have the confidence that he will never abandon us—even if everyone we hold dear abandons us and those who hate us hurl insults at us. Jesus demonstrates he will pay any price to love us. What a friend! What a King! What a Savior!

Prayer

Father, thank you for the assurance that I will never be alone, abandoned, or forgotten. No matter what others may do to me, I believe that you are never going to forsake me or leave me. Thank you! In Jesus' name. Amen.

Related Scriptures

Keep your lives free from the love of money. And be satisfied with the things you have. God has said, "I will never leave you; I will never run away from you."
So we can feel sure and say, "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. People can do nothing to me."
Hebrews 13:5-6

So what should we say about this? If God is for us, then no person can stand against us. And God is with us. He even let his own Son suffer for us. God gave his Son for us all. So with Jesus now, God will surely give us all things. Who can accuse the people that God has chosen? No one! God is the One who makes his people right. Who can say that God's people are guilty? No one! Christ Jesus died {for us}, but that is not all. He was also raised from death. And now he is at God's right side and is begging God for us. Can anything separate us from Christ's love? No! Can trouble separate us from Christ's love? No! Can problems or persecution separate us from Christ's love? No! If we have no food or clothes, will that separate us from Christ's love? No! Will danger or even death separate us from Christ's love? No! Like it is written in the Scriptures : "For you (Christ) we are in danger of death all the time. People think we are worth no more than sheep to be killed." But in all these things we have full victory through God who showed his love for us. Yes, I am sure that nothing can separate us from God's love—not death, not life, not angels or ruling spirits. I am sure that nothing now, nothing in the future, no powers, nothing above us or nothing below us—nothing in the whole created world—will ever be able to separate us from God's love that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:31-39

Even if I walk through a valley as dark as the grave, I will not be afraid of any danger. Why? Because you are with me, Lord. Your rod and staff comfort me.
Psalm 23:4

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