Reading Assignment: Chapter five
It is the shamefully cruel and inhumane sport at the expense of a tormented man, that we need to fix on; for it is here that we get a clear and tragic glimpse of what humanity did when God took on the flesh and walked among us. Jesus could have destroyed them all with a word. Instead, he bore the shame and humiliation, in part so that all who came after him could learn from this story something about the human condition and about the costliness of God’s grace.
Read Isaiah 50:4-9
Read the following question. And share your response with a comment: How has your understanding of the torture Jesus underwent, both physical and emotional, given you new perspective about your own life as you seek to follow him as a disciple?
Homework: Read Chapters 6 & 7 for next week