I made the title a question because I’m not sure if that’s a lesson in Matthew 27.

As I go toward the end of the chapter I noticed the expression “Son of God” used several times.

Apparently many of the common folks, walking by Jesus’ cross, had this to remark:

“If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross” (40).

The religious leaders had their own version of the same attitude:

“Let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him. He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God” (42,43).

But what about those Gentile warriors, those battle-hardened, vicious, morally-corrupt, cruel Roman soldiers?

“Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God” (54).

I wonder how many of those soliders became Christians.

But like I said at the beginning — What’s the lesson here?

Posted: December 5

“But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom” (Matthew 26:29).

Jesus is anticipating that day.

Am I?

Let me live for that day.

And let me be prepared for it.

“Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven” (Matthew 26:64).

To the Christian, that’s a positive statement.

However, it doesn’t seem like Jesus meant it as a positive for His target audience at that time.

“And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth” (Matthew 26:71).

Huh? How does that verse fit here?!

Someday I may find myself in a situation in which being identified this way will be seen as a count against me.

May I not see it that way!

I want to stand for Jesus then.

So I’ll stand for Him now.

Posted: December 4