BIG PICTURE: At the core of every life is a brokenness we can’t fix. In the suffering of Jesus, we see both the cost of our condition and the depth of God’s love.

TEXT: Mark 15:15-20

KEY VERSE: Wanting to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. He had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified. – Mark 15:15

THE HUMAN CONDITION

At the

of our being, something is misaligned.

Jesus is the only known

to the condition we all carry.

SCOURGED AND HUMILIATED

Roman flogging was

.

Every lash was part of the

for our peace.

Their mockery is brimming with unintended

.

WHY THE WHIP?

It’s more than a moment in history — it’s a glimpse into the

of God.

This is atonement—

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Reveal Answer

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Reveal Answer

—through suffering.

The whip wasn’t

– it was redemptive.

3 He was despised and rejected by mankind,
a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.
Like one from whom people hide their faces
he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.

4 Surely he took up our pain
and bore our suffering,
yet we considered him punished by God,
stricken by him, and afflicted.
5 But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him,
and by his wounds we are healed.
6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
each of us has turned to our own way;
and the Lord has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.

7 He was oppressed and afflicted,
yet he did not open his mouth;
he was led like a lamb to the slaughter,
and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
so he did not open his mouth. —Isaiah 53:3-7

NEXT STEPS: Take time this week to truly reflect on the cost of your redemption. Let gratitude lead you into deeper worship and trust in Jesus.