As Christians, you are told in God’s Word that you will unjustly suffer for the Lord Jesus. You will be maligned not for a lie, but for telling the truth. You will be hated because you stand for Jesus Christ and His truth. Your jobs will be threatened or taken away because you will not desecrate the Lord’s Day by unnecessary work. You may suffer certain physical afflictions from Satan (as did Job), not because you are living in some unrepentant sin, but because the devil hates your love and obedience to God’s holy commandments. Before you can wear a crown of glory, you must first take up the cross, deny yourself, and follow Christ. There is humiliation before there is exaltation. The Lord’s own example reminds you of the cost of being a disciple of Jesus Christ.
Dear Christian, has some form of suffering wearied you to such an extent that you have forgotten Him, who suffered not for Himself but for a Barabbas like you and me? There may not be a better remedy to the pain or exhaustion of suffering than to look in faith and in love to your suffering Savior, who endured the injustice, the stripes, the mockery, and the cross for the joy that awaited Him in purchasing everlasting life for rebellious sinners like you and me. Christ overcame, and so shall you who belong to Him. For, dear child of God, by His stripes you were healed.
Let us consider the following main points from our text in regard to the suffering of Christ: (1) The Scourging of the Lord Jesus (Matthew 27:26), and (2) The Mockery of the Lord Jesus (Matthew 27:27-30).
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