Moment of Meditation: Mocking God (Matthew 27:27-31)

''Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor's headquarters, and they gathered the whole battalion before him. And they stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on his head and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" And they spit on him and took the reed and struck him on the head. And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes on him and led him away to crucify him. (Matthew 27:27-31)''

No one likes to be mocked. The shame that comes with the mockery also causes us not to want to mock anyone. However, that thinking goes out the window when it comes to mocking God.

The soldiers unknowingly mocked God with their mockery of Jesus. However, they were fully aware that their religious habits and temple worship were mockeries of the worship that happened in Jerusalem.

In fact, all religion is a mockery of the Christian faith. Every religion in the world mocks God by making Him in human image. Since God is in man's image, He does basically whatever we want. Whatever we think is right and good is what He considers right and good. This is why the Greek and Roman gods and goddesses were so ... ungodly.

But the true God created man in His image. Imprinted on us the true values of what is good and right. Many of these good and right are counter-cultural. Just like salvation through God's death. God the Son had to sacrifice Himself on the cross so that you might be saved.

Mocking God is no small crime. But God offers forgiveness to those who submit to His image. Revealed to us in His Word. Clothing us with salvation just as He was stripped for our salvation. Amen.