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“But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery…which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory” (1 Corinthians 2:7-8).
The princes of this world—the Jewish leaders, and those like Pilate, the Roman governor—crucified the Lord Jesus, thinking they could get rid of Him that way. They did not realize that it was God’s way of bringing salvation to this world. They did not realize that He would rise again from the dead.
But suppose they had known what God was intending to do: our verse today says that they would not have crucified the Lord Jesus. But would they have released Him for the right reasons? No! Rather, their minds would have been so contrary to God’s plans, that they would have deliberately done the opposite, just to go against God’s purposes. Man’s natural heart is wicked, and another verse tells us that “the carnal [natural] mind is enmity [hatred] against God.” You can find this verse; it is in the book of Romans.
We can be thankful, on the Lord’s day, that God’s purposes were carried out, and that we can now enjoy salvation through what our Lord Jesus Christ did on the cross.
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