Maundy Thursday!

For Thursday, April 17, 2025:

John 13:21 NLT: “Now Jesus was deeply troubled, and he exclaimed, “I tell you the truth, one of you will betray me!”

Today is Maundy Thursday. We remember Jesus gathering his best friends for their final meal together. He left us with the sacrament of Holy Communion. “Do this to remember me.” And it’s Jesus’ final night as a human walking the earth alongside mankind. He was betrayed by Judas, falsely arrested and judged guilty by those in power, steps that would lead to his crucifixion. Things appear to have been falling apart at a surprisingly rapid pace! But God may have been thinking, “If Jesus is to be the sacrifice for the sins of the world, let’s not drag this out!” Just my theory.

Most people are sad, even to the point of morbid, on Good Friday. But we should be glad that Jesus took the sins of the world to the place of the dead. Believers were thereby redeemed! And this whole scenario was fulfilling God’s plan to rescue mankind! God’s plan can’t be bad!

In the Hebrew culture 2k years ago, any part of a day was counted as a day. Jesus died and was placed in a tomb on Friday. Saturday was the Sabbath when no work could be done. And on Sunday, Jesus was resurrected, amazingly brought back to life. Three days! He would eventually return to the Father in heaven!

Mankind would be amazed!

Pastor Norton Lawellin

Jesus In the City Fellowship