Matthew 27 - so full of action, tradgedy, pain, emotion, love... Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ definitely comes close to showing some of the most realistic screenplay surrounding these events.
So we see Jesus being handed over to Pilate and the crowd voting for his crucifiction. Even Pilate doesn't want to consent to it, so, following the tradition of freeing one criminal, he agrees to let one of the prisoners on death row go free. Who will it be... Jesus, a man of truth, love, and grace who had done nothing wrong, or Barabbas, a 'notorious prisoner' (Matthew 27v16) who had been 'thrown into prison for an insurection in the city, and for murder' (Luke 23v19)? Of course we know the crowd voted for Jesus.
Upon reading this this morning, it just re-affirmed and opened my eyes just that little bit more to how amazing Jesus was and the extent to which His grace flows. He was placed lower than a reknown criminal, lower than a murderer. The darkest of sins were above Him. He made Himself lower than it all, so He could rise above it all. There was not one sin that was beneath Him and beneath His love. He died for ALL of our sins and wrong doing - from those little things we don't even think about or realise, to the worse things we could possibly do; even murder.
How amazing is Jesus? How amazing is His grace? Not one sin was unaccounted for. Not one sin was beyond His reach. He placed Himself lower than it all, so He could rise above it all bringing freedom to all and for all.
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