First Wednesday 10/1/25: The Cross

Matthew 27:26 (ESV) Jesus was scourged.

Isaiah 52:14 (ESV) …his appearance was so marred, beyond human semblance…

Psalm 22:16-17 (ESV) …they have pierced my hands and feet – I can count all my bones…

Matthew 26:56b (ESV) Then all the disciples left him and fled.

Hebrews 4:15 (ESV) For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.

2 Corinthians 5:21 (ESV) For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Colossians 2:14 (ESV) …by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with it’s legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.

Romans 6:4 (ESV) We were buried with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.

1 Corinthians 15:55-57 (ESV) O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?

Hebrews 12:2 (ESV) …looking to Jesus, the founder and perfector of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

John 15:11 (ESV) These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.

Psalm 30:5 (ESV) Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes in the morning.

Luke 22:19 (ESV) And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, ‘This is my body, which is broken for you. Do this in remembrance of me.

John 19:30 (ESV) When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, ‘It is finished,’ and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

1 Corinthians 11:23-25 (ESV) For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”  In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.”

1 Corinthians 15:55-57 (ESV) O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?

Psalm 118:22 (ESV) The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

Galatians 5:24 (ESV) And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with it’s passions and desires.

Romans 6:6 (ESV) We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.

Luke 9:23 (ESV) And he said to all, ‘If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.

Galatians 2:20 (ESV) I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.