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“Christ…who did no sin, neither was guile found in His mouth: who, when He was reviled [insulted], reviled not again; when He suffered, He threatened not; but committed Himself to Him that judgeth righteously” (1 Peter 2:21-23).
The Lord Jesus was treated very unjustly, and those who hated Him did everything possible to insult and abuse Him. Finally, they hung Him on a cross to die, and the Bible tells us that “sitting down they watched Him there” (Matthew 27:36). The Lord Jesus was God, and He had all the power of God at His disposal. He knew that in a coming day, He would be the Judge of all men, and that all those who did not trust in Him would stand before Him to be judged.
However, the Lord Jesus did not speak of anything like this while He was on the cross. He did not answer back when they insulted Him and said bad things about Him. Rather, He committed it all to His Father. In this, the Lord Jesus was a good example for us. When unbelievers say wrong things about us, or insult us, it is easy to want to answer back. But the Lord Jesus left it all with His Father; we should do the same.
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