Thursday, March 28, 2013 | Maundy Thursday
Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14 | Psalm 116 | I Corinthians 11:23-26
John 13:1-15
FREE AT LAST
“I am Your servant, the son of Your handmaid; You have
loosed my bonds” - Psalm 116:16
When Jesus became a human being, “He emptied Himself and
took the form of a slave” (Philippians 2:7). Before Jesus died for us, He
washed His disciples’ feet (John 13:5). This was the work of a slave. Jesus was
sold for thirty pieces of silver (Matthew 26:15; Zechariah 11:12), the price of
a gored slave (Exodus 21:32). Jesus died by crucifixion, the manner of death
reserved for slaves. From the beginning to the end of His life on earth, Jesus
was a slave. He took on our enslaved human condition so we could share in His
salvation (II Peter 1:4). “Before the feast of Passover” (John 13:1), Jesus did
the work of a slave so that we can celebrate forever the Passover, the feast of
freedom from slavery (see Exodus 12:31).
If you receive Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, you are
truly free (see John 8:36) from sin, death (John 6:54) and hell. Yet our
freedom is not without price: we are set free in order that we may follow our
Master, and serve as He has served.
Prayer: Father, set me free to serve in Christ’s Name.
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