INTRODUCTION

Each murder is personal to someone. It is, therefore, difficult to compare one murder to another and suggest that one is more wicked than another. There is, however, one that far surpasses every other murder, and that is the murder that occurred when Jesus Christ was crucified. For one, nobody has ever been more innocent than the Son of God. Judas said of Him, "I have betrayed the innocent blood" (Matthew 27:4Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.
See All...). The murder of Christ was exceedingly wicked, because He was perfectly innocent. Secondly, the murder of Christ surpasses all others because He was murdered by every man, woman, boy, or girl to ever enter this world (1 John 2:2And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for our's only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
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DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS

• (For smaller children) Peter made it clear in his message to the Jews that they had Jesus killed (Acts 3:13-15 [13] The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go. [14] But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you; [15] And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
  See All...). All of us have sinned (Romans 3:23For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
  See All...). Jesus came to save sinners (1 Timothy 1:15This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
  See All...). He could do so because He had no sin (2 Corinthians 5:21For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
  See All...; 1 Peter 2:22-24 [22] Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: [23] Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously: [24] Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
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• What did Jesus do that was worthy of death? If He did nothing worthy of death, then why did He die? For whom did He die? What had you done that was worthy of death?
• What has the Devil ever done for you? What has Jesus done for you? What do you owe the Lord for all that He has done for you? How should His murder change your life forever?

PRAYER NEEDS

• Thank God for sending His Son to die in your stead.
• Thank God for giving you mercy in spite of what you did.

HYMN

Hallelujah, What a Saviour!

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