Where were they?

Friends, one of the most tragic scenes in all of Scriptures is one that took place later that week in Jesus’ life. He was arrested at midnight on Thursday, and during the early hours of Friday morning, He was placed on trial. Not one person stepped up to testify to what Jesus had done for him or her. He faced many accusers who blamed Him for treason, treachery, and tax evasion, but where was the blind man who was given sight? Where was the leper who had been cleansed? Where was the adulterous woman who had been forgiven? Where was the demoniac who had been set free? Where was Jairus’s daughter who had been raised from the dead, or Peter’s mother-in-law who had been relieved of a fever? Where was the paraplegic who now walked? Where those lives were had touched and transformed by the power and love of Jesus?

Where were they? They weren’t there! Maybe it was too early in the morning. Maybe it wasn’t convenient for them to come. Maybe they were just too tired to make the effort. Maybe they were afraid of what others would say. Surely they hadn’t forgotten.

Whatever the reason was, they remained silent when they should have spoken out. They missed the opportunity of a lifetime—even if it would have made no difference whatsoever in the official outcome of the trials—to praise Jesus for what He had done as He went to the cross for them. Don’t be silent. Not one more minute. Praise Him for what He has done for you.

Friends, surely you have received so many blessings from Him, have you forgotten them? If so, what a tragic situation would be in your spiritual life! We observe here everyone from the Scripture were forgotten Him, He was all alone in front of the Pilate. Even today it is happening the same with our Lord. Today, right now, let us stand by Him, let us speak out and let us Praise Him for what he has done for me and to us. Lord is watching us…

His Loneliness Heals Our Loneliness:

Even though great crowds surrounded Jesus at times, he was alone. And even at the end of his life, he was alone: “All the disciples forsook him, and fled” (Matthew 26:56). The crowds who had that very week shouted, “Hosanna,” now began to shout, “Crucify him, and crucify him!” He was alone (Matthew 21:9; Luke 23:21).

At last he cried out from the cross, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” (Matthew 27:46) Christ, hanging on the cross, was the loneliest person who has ever lived. Why? Because he was bearing your sins and my sins on that cross, and God cannot look upon sin. Jesus was enduring for you and for me the nightmare of our judgment. That’s how much he loves us…

Through his death Christ dealt with the primary cause of human loneliness: separation from God. From the cross he reaches out to you and to me…

You never have to be lonely again. An experience with Christ can fill the void and emptiness of your life, and give you something worth living for. Do you know Christ?

…Billy Graham