Friday, January 30, 2015

Jeremiah, Chapter 2, verse 19:

¹⁹ Your own wickedness chastises you, your own infidelities punish you.  Know then, and see, how evil and bitter is your forsaking the LORD, your God, And your showing no fear of me, oracle of the Lord, the GOD of hosts.

The Second Sorrowful Mystery

THE SCOURGING AT THE PILLAR

Desired Spiritual Fruit: Mortification of the senses

1.      They bound Jesus and delivered Him to Pilate. And Pilate asked Him, "Art thou the king of the Jews?" (Mark 15:1-2)

2.      Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of this world.  But thou sayest it; I am a king." (John 18:36-37)

3.      "This is why I was born, and why I have come into the world, to bear witness to the truth." (John 18:37)

4.      Then Pilate said, “I find no guilt in this man. I will therefore chastise Him and release Him." (Luke 23:4, 16)

5.      Pilate then took Jesus and had Him scourged. (John 19:1)

6.      Oppressed and condemned, He was taken away, a man of suffering. (Isa. 53:8, 3)

7.      Though He was harshly treated, He submitted, like a lamb led to the slaughter. (Isa. 53:7)

8.      He was pierced for our offenses, crushed for our sins. (Isa. 53:5)

9.      It was our infirmities that He bore, our sufferings, that He endured.  (Isa. 53:4)

10.  Upon Him was the chastisement that makes us whole, by His stripes we are healed. (Isa. 53:5)