Reading:
Matthew 27:11-32
Who would you choose?
So many times in today's society we will hear, did you choose to follow Jesus? So many times we will hear the affirmative, "Yes, I have chosen Jesus". That sounds good doesn't it? However, I hate to tell you but if the choice was really up to you, you would act like those in the reading today. Your choice would not be to follow Jesus. You would follow after someone else and choose someone else and this is why.
Our nature is so disordered that we do not even know how to choose good. We are truly rotten to the core. We have nothing good in us apart from Christ. For us to choose Him means that we had to make the first move and that creates a work on our part in salvation. If it would be a work then it is not grace and mercy. But rather God chooses us first. That is why the Scriptures state that Christ died for us while we were yet sinners. (Romans 5:8)
It is sad in this account that you hear the people say, "Let his blood be on us and our children." I pray this everyday for my children but I have a different meaning. For me when I say this I am praying that my children will be strengthened in the True Faith every day, living their lives as baptized children of God, trusting in the blood of Christ for the forgiveness of sins. These poor people were bringing condemnation on themselves and their children with their words. The Blood of Jesus was not a comfort to them as it should have been but rather it was sealing their fate as they continued to harden their hearts against Him.
As He was mocked, beaten and crucified, remember it was done for you, me and the sin of the whole world. There is nothing that you can do that will separate you from the love of God in Christ Jesus. Place your hope in Jesus and His work on the cross for your salvation. Be thankful that He choose you and loves you with an everlasting love!
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