Day 13: Luke 23, Romans 6:23

He ought not to live any longer

The Apostle Paul was an upright and blameless man.  However, he was marked as a man who out not to live any longer by all the Jewish crowds.  Governor Festus could not find any punishable offense in him, but the Jewish people branded him as someone not to be spared, treating him as if he were a condemned criminal.  When we look at him, we think of Jesus.  When accused, Pilate, even though he found no crime worthy of death in Jesus, allowed the Jewish crowd to crucify Him on the cross (Lk. 23).  How unjust a death was this?  Why did Jesus have to be put to death on the accursed tree of the cross?  The reason is to grant eternal life to you and me (Rom. 6:23).  Do you not desire to receive this gift of eternal life?  To receive it, you must believe in Jesus.  May God grant you the faith that leads to salvation.