27 A large crowd trailed behind, including many grief-stricken women. 28 But Jesus turned and said to them, “Daughters of Jerusalem, don’t weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. 29 For the days are coming when they will say, ‘Fortunate indeed are the women who are childless, the wombs that have not borne a child and the breasts that have never nursed.’ 30 People will beg the mountains, ‘Fall on us,’ and plead with the hills, ‘Bury us.’ 31 For if these things are done when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?
32 Two others, both criminals, were led out to be executed with him. 33 When they came to a place called The Skull, they nailed him to the cross. And the criminals were also crucified—one on his right and one on his left. 34 Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” And the soldiers gambled for his clothes by throwing dice. 35 The crowd watched and the leaders scoffed. “He saved others,” they said, “let him save himself if he is really God’s Messiah, the Chosen One.” 36 The soldiers mocked him, too, by offering him a drink of sour wine. 37 They called out to him, “If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!”
Luke 23: 27-37
What we usually do with our guilt…
- We bury it.
- Psalm 32:3-5 NLT
- Proverbs 28:13
- We blame others.
- Genesis 3:13 (LB)
- Proverbs 19:3 (NCV)
- We beat ourselves up.
- Psalm 38:4, 6 (NIV)
What Jesus want us to do with our guilt…
- Admit it.
- Proverbs 20:27 (GN)
- 1 John 1:8 (NIV)
- Lamentations 3:40 (NIV)
- Accept responsibility.
- Psalm 51:3 (NLT)
- James 5:16 (LB)
- Ask for forgiveness.
- 1 John 1:9 (Ph)
- Romans 3:23-24 (LB)
What Jesus does with my guilt…
- He forgives me instantly.
- “God is merciful and quick to forgive.” Isaiah 55:7
- He forgives me completely.
- Colossians 2:13-14
- He forgives me repeatedly.
- Hebrews 7:25
- He forgives me freely.
- Ephesians 1:7
- Psalm 32:1-2
