2 Chronicles 16:1-17:19; Ezekiel 37:1-28; John 15:1-16
He saved others; himself he cannot save…let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him. Matthew 27:42
These were the taunting words of one of the thieves crucified with the Lord Jesus. It is jarring to listen to a fellow sufferer with the Lord and one on the edge of eternity, mocking the Saviour who came to save him! Jesus came from heaven to go to the cross to take his place and to pay for sins he had committed. If He came down from the cross, the thief would have had to pay for the penalty of his own sins and so would we. Yes, if Jesus saved Himself, He could not save others, and that includes you and me! —K. C. Ung
Jesus, to save them, from heaven came down;
Suffered for them on the tree,
Leaving His heavenly mansion and crown;
Wonderful! How could it be? —Martin W. Knapp