2 Kings 6:1-23; Jeremiah 39:1-40:16; Hebrews 10:1-18
I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. John 17:4
In Matthew 20:22 the Lord Jesus described His impending death as “the cup that I shall drink” and as “the baptism that I am baptized with”. In our text, He described His death as a work! No other death in history has ever been described as a work. Paul described this work as one act of righteousness (Rom. 5:18). In Ephesians he wrote of this work as an offering for us, to God, “Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour” (Eph. 5:2). May we humbly come and worship Him for His death and resurrection today. —L. Cain
Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,
Save in the death of Christ my God! —Isaac Watts