Offensive words (6) - All The Good Seed Daily Devotionals for 2026

He trusted in God; let him deliver him now if he will have him; for he said, I am the Son of God.
Matthew 27:43.

Offensive words (6)
The final contemptuous insult levelled at the Saviour on the cross must surely have hurt Him most, for it expressed sheer unbelief that He had come from God, His Father, to accomplish the work that brought Him the suffering He was now undergoing, and which had been foretold in Old Testament prophecy. The leaders of the people should have known better.

At the cross it was a matter of our need, settling the problem of our sins, not any trouble of Christ's that God had to deal with.

It was not a case of God delivering His Son at the cross, (which He could have done), but of delivering mankind from Satan's power and bondage.

Nor was it a case of affection or the divine relationship between Father and Son. That was proved when God called from heaven, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased" (2 Peter 1:17). At the cross God sought to restore the relationship with lost man.

It was to atone for our failings that Christ "endured the cross". And that demanded the death of an innocent Victim. Had He been preserved from the cross, there would be no salvation for mankind.

Israelites who rejected their Messiah rejected the salvation that God offered in His love and grace. What a responsibility they have for their folly! That offer is still there for all, not only Israelites, to take. Dear reader, don't let the chance pass by unheeded!

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Today's reading: 2 Chronicles 27:1-9 · Revelation 13:11-18