Matthew 27: God is REVOLUTIONARY
Whenever I get to the Gospels in my Bible reading, and whenever I read the crucifixion story in Matthew 27 a smile comes across my face. I smile when I see ONE word in Matthew 27 and think about the implications of what was happening.
Matthew 27:38 Two revolutionaries[i] were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left. (NLT)
EVERY TIME I read that I say in my head “So, there were three revolutionaries crucified that day right?”
Jesus was a REVOLUTIONARY! Think of the things Jesus did that were COUNTER religion and COUNTER culture. The leaders thought they were ending a small cult following by killing Jesus. What they were doing was multiplying the REVOLUTION.
Touching the leper. REVOLUTIONARY!
Eating with sinners. REVOLUTIONARY!
Serving as the leader. REVOLUTIONARY!
Teaching on love, grace, forgiveness, mercy…REVOLUTIONARY!
Calling out sin AND calling sinners to overcome. REVOLUTIONARY!
Dying for His followers. REVOLUTIONARY!
Congquering death, the grave and hell. REVOLUTIONARY!
The veil was torn in two. The old system was done and the new system in place. An age of grace and the Holy Spirit now reigns. EVERYTHING changed with Jesus…because Jesus is REVOLUTIONARY! If Jesus is revolutionary, shouldn’t His church be as well?
Following the revolution,
Jeff
