Betrayal Wednesday

With the last supper and the cross drawing closer, Judas is setting up the betrayal of Jesus.

We looked at Psalm 118 tonight in Bible study. I had picked it out because some of the Messianic overtones, but as we dug in it was amazing. From the song of victory from the Red Sea, to the Hosanna and palms of Palm Sunday, to the hope of coming victory, to the cornerstone that is Jesus. Great stuff. Psalm 118 was also the last Psalm sang at the end of the Passover meal. It is very possible that this is the last hymn Jesus sang with the disciples before the crucifixion. (Matt 26:30 When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. )

Even Peter when preaching after the healing at Gate Beautiful in Acts 4 quotes from Psalm 118. 8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: "Rulers and elders of the people! 9 If we are being called to account today for an act of kindness shown to a cripple and are asked how he was healed, 10 then know this, you and all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed. 11 He is "'the stone you builders rejected, which has become the capstone. 12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved."

Be Refreshed!

Proverb of the Day: Proverbs 19:21 Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the LORD's purpose that prevails.

Scripture of the Day: 2 Corinthians 5:21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Quote of the Day: Upon a life I did not live, upon a death I did not die; another’s life, another’s death, I stake my whole eternity. Horatius Bonar