HOLY WEDNESDAY

The greatest stories have the greatest stakes, and the stakes have never been higher than they were as Jesus’ earthly ministry drew to a close. While Scripture doesn’t record what our Savior did on the Wednesday before the Cross, we can surmise that He and the Disciples would have been preparing for what came next, the celebration of the Passover. In one of the most intimate scenes of the week, we find that what was on the table for the followers of Jesus thousands of years ago is what is still on the table for us today.

Here, believer and wonderer are on even ground, for neither needs the power of the gospel more than the other, both are confronted with the same issue. Each one of us has a sin problem. For some, this may be an easy thing to admit. Your flaws and shortcomings are as obvious to you as the clothes you wear. Others might find this admission difficult; after all, it can be challenging to acknowledge when the call is coming from inside the house. But, admit it or not, each of us, as a result of the fall of man, has been separated from God’s holiness by necessity. His perfection cannot stand proximity to imperfection. The result of our separation is death, both spiritual and physical.

But God.

God delivered us good news in the form of Jesus. This man who we have been following, who the crowds cried out to with shouts of, “Hosanna!” This Son of Man was the Son of God, and although he would be betrayed, and although He would be beaten, and although He would have to die an excruciating death, He willingly did all of this because it was the only way to close the gap sin had created. This is why those who have placed their faith in Jesus are said to be born again, and those who turn away from him have not.

Our prayer is that this journey continues to serve as a reminder for the believer, to arrest your attention and remind you of what your Savior went through to purchase your salvation.

Our prayer is also that God would use this journey for you who are investigating the things of faith. That by seeing this week not as stories in a book but scenes from history, the full weight of Jesus’ love and willingness to die for you would sink in, and you would, for the first time, feel the embrace of Heaven’s “welcome home.”

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Amazing grace! how sweet the sound,

That saved a wretch; like me!

I once was lost, but now am found,

Was blind, but now I see.