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Save Thyself “And they that passed by railed on Him, wagging their heads, and saying…Save Thyself, and come down from the cross” (Mark 15:29-30). “And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on Him, saying, If Thou be Christ, save thyself and us” (Luke 23:39). In mockery they implored the Son of God to save Himself, and not only so but one of the malefactors wanted Him to take Himself down, and the thieves with Him. What a wonderful rescue that would have been…or so he must have thought. But why could the Lord not save Himself? 1. He would not have been able to accomplish His Father’s will. “Therefore doth My Father love Me, because I lay down My life, that I might take it again” (John 10:17). 2. He loved us too much. “The Son of God, who loved me, and gave Himself for me” (Galatians 2:20). 3. There was no other way we could be saved. “Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit” (John 12:24).
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