Jesus is Crucified Part 4 Your Eternal Robe

John 19:23-24 When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes, dividing them into four shares, one for each of them, with the undergarment remaining. This garment was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom. 24 “Let’s not tear it,” they said to one another. “Let’s decide by lot who will get it.” This happened that the scripture might be fulfilled which said, “They divided my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.” So this is what the soldiers did.  
 
THE Spirit foretold this would happen: Psalms 22:18 They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing. (Much of Psalm 22 foretells the crucifixion in painful detail.) The Lord Jesus hangs on a cross, and the soldiers gamble for his seamless garment. Jesus has been beaten to the bone, his body a mass of blood and torn flesh. With no concern for the crucified one, Jesus’ tormenters seek profit from Jesus’ one valuable possession.
    The soldiers exemplify the self-first view that commands many human hearts. They pursue pleasure while the Savior suffers for his people clothed in sin. The world has no concern for the Savior’s extraordinary love.
    Is this true for us? Do we focus on the immediate, and take too little time to look into God’s eternal promise? Even when we know Jesus has submitted himself to ultimate shame, our self-desires can keep us centered on temporary profit and immediate gratification. When we sing, “Jesus paid it all. All to him I owe.” (the hymn “Jesus Paid it All”) do we commit “all” to him?
    How do we more faithfully consider sin’s cost and Jesus’ payment? Amid the daily requirements of our life let’s be ever mindful of our Savior’s redeeming payment. Think of this: 2 Corinthians 5:21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. Jesus, holy and righteous, became sin and shame! They removed his linen garment, but they could not remove his robe of righteousness stretches over his creation (Psalm 71). His robe is no gamble. When you commit to his truth, Jesus’ holy and loving sacrifice will clothe you in his truth.
    Jesus’ robe was specially made. There were no seams, no point to tear it. His robe of righteousness is like that. Center your life on the Savior, who clothes you eternally in his righteousness.
 
Resurrection Truth: Psalms 71:15 My mouth will tell of your righteousness, of your salvation all day long, though I know not its measure.  
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