Mark 15:21 And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross.

I am known by many as Sean’s daddy, Lauren’s daddy, or Melissa’s daddy. They only know me through my children.

John 14:7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.

Who’s your Daddy?

Romans 8:15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

No one who knows me has any way of knowing my earthly father through me. My hope is that they will know my heavenly Father through me. In order for that to happen, I need to reflect the Father. I can only be seen for what I am and it is important to me that they know my Abba Father.

I am not ashamed of my earthly father but I did not come to know God the Father through knowing him. I am not even sure I ever knew my earthly father in the same way I know my Heavenly Father. God has revealed Himself in ways my earthy father either could not or would not. We bother suffered PTSD so I can identify with the why of it all. Intimacy wasn’t possible for us and I will never have it now that he is gone.

My Heavenly Father lives, my Savior lives, and the intimacy we have is more than I could ever have imagined possible. They know me thru and thru. I know a lot and so little. I open my tiny little heart and They fill it.

Ephesians 3:19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

Mark 14:62-63 And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witnesses?

The Pharisees, scribes and elders were looking for an excuse to kill Jesus. Their conspiracy to do so was falling apart as they could not find two witnesses that agreed on the lies and accusations they brought against Him. The law failed them and the law fails us.

The law cannot bring us into covenant relationship with God. That is what we should be trying to accomplish and Jesus answers with truth but they called it blasphemy. For their plans to succeed, they had all they needed. For God’s plan He had all He needed.

But what about you? What do you need? A savior? A Lord? A friend? A teacher? A King? A Physician? Jesus can be what you need if you will believe. The Pharisees, scribes and elders got what they wanted, a scapegoat.

Leviticus 16:8, 10, 26  And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the Lord, and the other lot for the scapegoat. But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the Lord, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness. And he that let go the goat for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward come into the camp.

Little did they know they fulfilled the law in ways they did not intend. They did not see that their actions made it possible for our sins to be forgiven (was his clothes), become new creations (bathe in water), and enter into a relationship with God and His followers (come into the camp).