March 5, 2025
Lent: Seeing Jesus - Part 3
Luke 18:32-33
03/05/2025
32 ``For he will be delivered over to the Gentiles
and will be mocked and shamefully treated and spit
upon.
33 And after flogging him, they will kill him, and on
the third day he will rise.'' (ESV)
While on His final journey to Jerusalem, Jesus continued to
teach His disciples. He explained what was to happen during the
Passover, how He would accomplish that which had been foretold by
the prophets in the Old Testament.
``For [the Son of Man] will be delivered over to the
Gentiles and will be mocked and shamefully treated and
spit upon. And after flogging him, they will kill him,
and on the third day he will rise.''
The day that the serpent deceived Eve, the day that Adam
defied God, was the first time that we heard of the death of the
Savior. ``And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and
between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou
shalt bruise his heel.''[1] Here we see the virgin birth, the
crucifixion, the defeat of the devil, and the resurrection. Here
we see the love the Father has for His creation, and the love of
the Son who willingly bore the torture and death we rightly
deserve. Here we see the work of the Holy Spirit who creates the
faith in our hearts which trusts only in God, which believes His
promise of forgiveness and life everlasting.
Today, on Ash Wednesday, where we are marked with the ashes
of repentance, we thank and praise the Triune God that we have
been redeemed from sin, death, and the power of the devil by the
innocent suffering and death of Jesus Christ.
May our Lord richly bless you this Lenten season as you
ponder the gift of grace and mercy given to you for the sake of
Jesus. Amen.