Have you ever had a wonderful Aha moment during a sermon where you see something you didn't see before? That happened to me yesterday at the Church of All Nations when Pastor Mark was talking about the events of Holy week and said how Jesus was declared by Pontius Pilate innocent and because it was custom at the Feast to release a prisoner, he gave the decision to the crowd to release Jesus, the sinless or Barabbas, the murderer. Well, we know what happens, the crowd chooses to set Barabbas free and condemn Jesus to death. Jesus was our sacrificial lamb. He died on the cross and because of that we are set free from our sins. The aha moment came when I realized that Barabas was the first to be set free because of Jesus' death. I was in awe of how well placed all of what happened went. God uses everything for good. Setting this murderer free is a concrete example of how we are set free from our sins because of our belief and acceptance of Jesus. Thank you Lord for that nice tidbit you shared with my open heart yesterday!
Matthew 27:26 Then he released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified.
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