Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent
“21 Again Jesus said to them, “I am going away, and you will search for me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.” 22 Then the Jews said, “Is he going to kill himself? Is that what he means by saying, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?” 23 He said to them, “You are from below, I am from above; you are from this world, I am not from this world. 24 I told you that you would die in your sins, for you will die in your sins unless you believe that I am he.” 25 They said to him, “Who are you?” Jesus said to them, “Why do I speak to you at all? 26 I have much to say about you and much to condemn, but the one who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him.” 27 They did not understand that he was speaking to them about the Father. 28 So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will realize that I am He and that I do nothing on my own, but I speak these things as the Father instructed me. 29 And the one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, for I always do what is pleasing to him.” 30 As He was saying these things, many believed in Him” John 8:21-30.
Verse 28 brings me to my knees in tears: “28 So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will realize that I am He and that I do nothing on my own, but I speak these things as the Father instructed me.” When you have lifted up the Son of Man” is a clear reference to the lifting up of Jesus upon the cross. We all had a part in this when we sin. I helped crucify Jesus on the Cross, and I am so very sorry for this. I have been such a sinner. But Jesus went to the cross on nHis own volition, doing exactly everything His Father instructed Him to do. Jesus died for you and for me. That is the meaning of Good Friday.
Take time in prayer and ask for his mercy and forgiveness.
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, have mercy on me a sinner.
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