Mark 14:17-21 When evening came, Jesus arrived with the Twelve. While they were reclining at the table eating, he said, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me—one who is eating with me.” They were saddened, and one by one they said to him, “Surely you don’t mean me?” It is one of the Twelve,” he replied, “one who dips bread into the bowl with me. The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him. But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born.”
Who betrayed Jesus? Certainly Judas. While Jesus was sharing the last supper with His disciples, the chief priests and teachers of the law were preparing to secretly arrest Him and have Him killed. Certainly they betrayed Him too. and what about the Palm Sunday crowds who later demanded the release of the murderous Barabbas, while leaving Jesus to die? How about the Roman soldiers?
The painful truth is that it was OUR sin that put Him on the cross. He paid the price for a sin He didn’t owe because we owed a debt we couldn’t pay. It was the love of God for a lost people, you and me, that brought this into being. God, who loved us while we were yet sinners.
Have you considered this endless love recently? Do you bring it to mind each day as you give thanks? Such mercy, such amazing grace.