Carrying The Cross

By Himself

Then he handed him over to them to be crucified.

So they took Jesus; and carrying the cross by himself, he went out to what is called The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha. There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, with Jesus between them. Pilate also had an inscription written and put on the cross. It read, “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.” Many of the Jews read this inscription, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, in Latin, and in Greek. Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but, ‘This man said, I am King of the Jews.’” Pilate answered, “What I have written I have written.”

John 19:16-22

The true meaning of the cross is that Jesus Christ died for our sins. He paid the penalty of our sins and that has made God’s forgiveness of our sins possible.

Those who accept God’s forgiveness and ask Jesus Christ to be their Savior and Lord can have only one appropriate response – to serve Him. He is King of our lives.

Jesus is King of our lives,

so we must serve Him all of our lives.

Our Daily Bread – March 25, 2005