Jesus, the Good Shepherd
Jesus on the Cross
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For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his. For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin—because anyone who has died has been set free from sin. Romans 6:5-7
Matthew, Mark, Luke, John and the Holy Spirit who inspired their writing are all interested in the last seven days of Jesus’ earthly ministry. A quarter of Luke’s Gospel, one-third of Matthew and Mark and almost half of John are devoted to the events of Holy Week.
The church year also slows down in Holy Week. The liturgy of the church captures the events in “real-time.” Jesus rode into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. Maundy Thursday is the night Jesus was betrayed and the night He instituted the Lord’s Supper. We are Grace have a service at noon and 3 p.m. on Good Friday, the hours that darkness covered the earth. This Easter will be the 1,989th anniversary of the Lord’s resurrection. The ascension is celebrated 40 days after the resurrection and Pentecost ten days later.
We give special attention to these days and all that Jesus taught and did in them. A beneficial devotional practice is to read the events of the first Holy Week on the days that they happened.
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