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Passing By
“And they that passed by reviled Him, wagging their heads” (Matthew 27:39).
“Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto My sorrow, which is done unto Me, wherewith the Lord hath afflicted Me in the day of His fierce anger” (Lamentations 1:12).
As the Lord hung in shame and suffering on a Roman cross for all who passed by to see, many reviled Him as they hurried on their way. To revile is to criticize in an abusive or angrily insulting manner. What an awful commentary on those who had no love or care for the Son of God!
In his book of Lamentations, Jeremiah asks a very searching question for our hearts to consider today: “Is it nothing to you?” As we pass by the cross in thought and spirit today, and as we take some time to meditate on the sufferings of Christ, “Is it nothing to you?” Let’s not be like so many who passed by Calvary, shaking their heads and taunting the One who hung there. Let’s be worshipers with hearts full of praise and thanksgiving, realizing, “He laid down His life for us” (1 John 3:16).
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